Week 15 Day 1

Week 15 Day 1
Medi object choiceless
Intention observe raw sensations and label,  observe how thoughts feel.

Evening all, practised this morning but made some notes before hitting the golf course. 5 minutes metta and 25 mins noting. Metta was good, able to fixate on feeling for a while on and off.  Today very Spring like and I felt very upbeat. The room was quiet, but amongst the rising and falling of the breath I heard the neighbours speaking, the heating clicking and my ears ringing. I felt my hands on my knees and my feet in the ground. There were occasional itches but not as bad as yesterday! My energy was not as high as last night, so felt a drift or two but I was glad to have noted them. I had some thoughts about golf and some other thoughts which I couldn't even remember just after the practice. I tried to see how the thoughts felt and how they came and went...not easy and I think I didn't really get it. In the 2nd half of the practice I did focus on my fingers and felt some buzzing and pulsing. I started to feel a bit hot so my energy fell and I sat up straighter to avoid dozing . The bell volume was better today. Pleasant vedana mainly and felt energised afterwards. 

Played a great round of golf on my home course and the conditions were much drier today and the greens were in excellent condition. Right off to watch a film now...happy practising!