Week 29 Day 3

Medi object choiceless awareness
Intention to remain alert and receptive, observe raw sensations

Morning all! A cloudy day in Lyon today but still warm enough to practice in front of the huge pot plant.

Today 30 mins with 5 metta at the end. Today I had the intention of observing raw sensations before mentally identifying  them. The main focus was human sound which turned out to be children playing in a sports ground. Intermingled with that was the traffic noise and the sound of construction in the distance - to be exact a kango drill. The children's noise reached a crescendo several times, they must have been playing a structured game. In the middle I heard a familiar sound which I identified as airplane noise.

Every so often a warm breeze would waft past my face very pleasant.  I detected a smell of food cooking.  My hands were resting on my knees and my back was intermittently aching.

Accompanied with the lights and swirls in front of my eyes, these sensations were very pleasant. For a while they all mingled together with no start or end.

Metta at 25 mins was still tough, yesterday we arrived back at the hotel after midnight and so no time to read or reflect. Need to address that tonight.

Today a walk with a local greeter in the afternoon.  Let's hope it's not raining!

Have a great day, thanks for all your well wishes and I am having a very nice time particularly since I can meditate outside which blocks out the ringing in my ears!

Á bientôt! 🐽💜🐽

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