Meanwhile, I've been having a strange craving for Shell Silverstein and other child-like things such as drawing. Oddly, Mr. Silverstein seems to make a lot more sense on a Buddhist level than most of pop culture. He keeps it simple and positive on the whole. Not a lot of the angst you see in most poems and music. Take the poem in the picture for example (which I randomly flipped to first thing). It talks about how you can have "one of those days", but it doesn't get all worked up about it, it even adds a funny picture. So, you're having a bad day? No biggie, this guy is too. Right now I'm really feeling like all of life should be interpreted as a Shell Silverstein poem.
In other news, haven't meditated today, but I did get up around 7 this morning. I was definitely awake since 7, but I stayed in bed till about 7:25ish... Either way, I was able to take my time getting ready, but I'd like to get up right at 7 tomorrow.
Highs:
- really feeling the Buddhist mind-set today
- feeling the buddhist mind-set led to me enjoying everything a great deal
Laters!
Spontaneous gifts: Good!
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I feel like I was going through the same thing last week. My meditation became this habit that I was just doing it, but not really doing it, if you know what I mean...I was just going through the motions, which is helpful in a way, but not in the awesome way that meditation is when you're really focused. Anyway, for whatever reason I just snapped out of it. I think mixing it up (i.e. guided or not-guided, 20 min or ten, morning or night) helped me find my groove again. For me, it can't be boring or forced. It's the same way when I go to the gym. I have to mix it up or I just won't go.
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