Medi object choiceless awareness
Intention to remain alert and receptive in a strange place.
Good evening all! I practised this morning but am posting late as I had to dash off to breakfast and then golf.
Today
the weather in Cyprus is more what we are used to, a few wispy clouds
with blue sky. I rose early to practice as after golf I am tired so
there would be a temptation not to do it! So nooo nooo nooo, priority
activities first!
I did a few minutes metta
followed by around 20 minutes noting. If I remember I will sit down and
do some metta tonight after we get back from dinner as I never seem to
focus on that much. I face inwards ie away from the open window.
I
began with the observation of breath, labelling the in and out breath
as rising and falling. I begin by vocalising and it disappears half way
through the practice. I note that the out breath is much longer than the
in breath and because I remembered to take antihistamine I am not
sneezing like I was yesterday, it's pretty distracting to sneeze and
blow ones nose during meditation. After a few breaths I moved as I
usually do to cycle round the senses beginning with hearing, then seeing
and then feeling.
Hearing usually gleans the
most sensations. Today what a cornucopia of noises! The lawn mower
provided unpleasant to neutral vedana as it moved further and further
away from my window. Whenever the lawnmower noises stopped, the sense of
relief was palpable..very pleasant vedana! There was also lots of
birdsong...a cacophony! At least 3 different birdsong I could detect and
sometimes 4. Very pleasant. I could just about hear the waves on the
beach and sea wall nearby. I could hear the occasional clinking of
breakfast crockery from the restaurant nearby. I heard the corridor door
open a few times along with some voices outside my hotel room.
When
I moved to seeing, I only saw very tiny swirls in front of my eyes. I
felt my hands on my knees and my feet in my slippers pressed flat
against the floor. I felt a few itches around the sunburn I had acquired
due to missing a few spots from the application of sun cream...more
diligence required! The air felt warm and there was a very slight breeze
but the temperature was a very pleasant vedana.
My
breathing became short and jagged at times. I did not set an interval
timer so I looked at the clock twice. When I returned to meditation I
noticed that I tended to tilt my neck back so that my back was curved.
So with intention I slowly corrected this posture and my alertness moved
to the front of my body.
As for thoughts,
there were a few mainly about breakfast and planning. I noted that I
became lost on a planning thought but when I realised I became an
observer and then watched the thought scene to completion. I did think
about the lovely dinner that I had last night and the excellent company.
I
think the most pleasant vedana was the fact I did not have to listen to
screaming children as they not playing at the outside pool yet! Love
them dearly but all of you know they sound like they are being murdered
when they are excited and running around!
Just
returned from a round of golf. Very tough but thoroughly enjoyable.
Golf and meditation are my two loves at the moment. You'll hear a lot
about both!
Hope you all had a great day, I will post this to 7dmk, 365 DOM and to hear as I have previously committed.
Look forward to reading all your posts!
🐽💜🐽
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