Week 17 Day 6

Week 17 Day 6

Medi object choiceless awareness
Intention: to note quickly and accurately

Morning all! Today I had a bit more time to practice, so I did 45 minutes in total. I had set my timer for the usual 30 minutes but felt reasonably alert so did an extra 15 minutes at the end. I was interrupted by the doorbell with 18 minutes but passed the SNAT test.

Today I felt alert and my intention was to note quickly, I started with 5 minutes metta and then proceeded to noting. I began with the rising and falling of the breath, the sounds, the feelings in my body and the light in front of my eyes. At first I was vocalising, and then I began to note without vocalising and and it provided a very calming yet intriguing environment. I was able to observe some thoughts and realised that each time a thought came into my head it was preceded with an image,  I had started to think about future planning. In the middle of the practice a very wide pair of eyes appeared in front a of my eyes,  an image over a black and white scenery - was very strange and shocking. I have been thinking about watching a film, and so images of that film and of how I was to watch it must have drifted into my mind.

My body was as though it was a soft but solid block, and I could feel my breathing as well as hear the ringing in my ears and feel my presence on the edge of the bed all at the same time. During the extra 15 minutes, thoughts came into my head more frequently. But I did nonetheless remain alert.

I'm hoping that this weekend I will be able to do longer meditations because I am on call for work so whilst I am not working I have to stay indoors. So I'm hoping to do more tidying and practising. No golf (sigh) but I get paid for these two days so that is the benefit.

Happy practising!