Week 33 Day 1

Medi object choiceless awareness
Intention to observe all sensations and allow all thoughts to take their course.

Morning all! Today 45 mins with a bit of metta. Very alert with high energy today. I decided to allow all thoughts in and see them through to the end.

I began as always with the breath and then layered on the other sensations. The ringing in my ears is loud today and the TV box is whirring...must be getting an update. Thoughts for the first half hour were some strange scenes about measuring something.  I have been following an intermittent fasting regime and so my mind must have made something up about it! I did have some thoughts about calculating future weight loss. Was able to observe these as simply thoughts and not follow a trail to drifting. Every now and then my focus was on what I saw on my eyelids..green swirls moving towards a centre point. Also my neighbours are active upstairs so I followed them around for a while. I felt relaxed but also felt an ache in my back I could not remove with adjusting position so I just left it there.

Thoughts overlapped and I watched as some progressed and others disappeared as I took a deep breath or adjusted my posture.

I did metta at 25 mins for 5 mins (the bells allow me to stop at 30 if I want to)  I tried the Salzberg affirmations and then focused on my niece, had to bat sone thought trails to the background.

For the last 15 mins I thought about my garden. A few handy ideas came up but nothing earth shattering. The thoughts were intermingled with sounds, sights and the physical feelings of my sitting.

Anyhoo have to dash to speak to mother and then head to the golf course.

Have a great day, will Federer be Wimbledon champion?  🐽💜🐽

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