Week 26 Day 3

Medi object choiceless awareness

Intention to remain alert and experience raw sensations

Morning all!  Today a short practice on the tube. Just under 30 mins. Noting only, metta later.

Facebook appears to have caught up with itself, fingers crossed!

Noting. Last night very tired this morning no different. After a few breaths to settle, main meditation focus was the smell of strong perfume on the person next to me. It had several notes and I tried to detect each as it wafted across me. Am very rubbish at detecting flower scents but there were several. Sometimes it's unfortunate that perfumes remind me of toilet freshener but not this one!  Not unpleasant but very dominant. The announcements today were clipped at the beginning of each sentence. The door alarm also chimed in at each station. 2 beeps 6 times before the door closes.

I realised I had drifted into thought solution mode nearing my stop. As I got off the train the usual icy beeze caught my breath as I saw a connecting train slide off the platform. However the next train came soon. Very unpleasant vedana with the breeze whipping round my body...Hard not to focus on anything else but that.

I got on the next train and sat opposite a family of four.  Well one presumes so! I mused if all meditation practice requires that one keeps peripheral awareness or if there are some that allow you to drift into a trance like state. The word meditation appears to be used for a whole raft of activities from chilling out after yoga to keeping your temper!

Anyhoo its lunchtime now as I finish off this post. Have a fab day! 🐽💜🐽

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