Week 20 Day 5

Medi object choice
Intention to be present and note all sensations, observe vedana

Morning all! Today I'm back to tube practice! Lots of thoughts prior to practice which I has to observe pass away as I started. Today I pondered whether whilst noting should I feel peripheral sensations all at once or one after the other, should I try to observe more or observe the sensations in greater detail?

I observed my breathing and the noises on the tube. I noted that the driver was sitting on a fold down chair as when he got up it banged against the wall. However that is a conceptualisation as my mind put that thought in my head as all I heard was a bang.

The weather is changing, I'm wearing lighter clothes but there is still a fair breeze which I felt around me. My neighbour on one side was reading a newspaper with her arms wide so that the paper touched me, my other neighbour was quiet.

I got off the train and observed my regular advert trying to observe more detail. I mused as to whether the subject had been electronically pasted in front of the painting. I don't think so. However she was holding the paintbrush so that the bristles lay on her pristine shirt and the colour vaguely matched the picture. Dripping paint irked me again.

As I sat in the next carriage I felt joy and contentment and listened to a group of friends chatting and laughing. My irksom thoughts of the morning had disappeared and being in the present was exceedingly good (like Mr Kipling cakes!)

Have a great day and practice!

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