dzogchen

[bubblingbeebles]

it turns out distance running and meditating are alike in more ways than i'd expect.

when running, after going enough distance, the body stops giving any more energy to the brain than strictly necessary, so thinking becomes an arduous activity - any thoughts that form are hard to hold on to, and making logical deductions (or doing math) becomes

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[mklip2001]

That's a really interesting way to look at it! I don't know enough about meditation practices, I think, to be able to apply this to my own running, but I'm glad to see this connection. It's most important for you to discover what pushes you onward and what keeps you in control.

[bubblingbeebles]

:)

[sleepsong]

There is such a thing as Walking Meditation as well. The only thing about it on Wikipedia is a Zen Practice, but Eva and Ibrahim and I were talking about it a little last week and Eva I believe knows a fair amount about it in general.

Related to this, you know what I've realized? To me, knitting is a meditation. I become so one with everything when I'm just sitting there working on something as mindless as that sock, and it truly connects me to everything around me, even as it absorbs the entirety of my being.

Could I be any more of a nerd?

[bubblingbeebles]

walking meditation: i was expecting some sort of illumination on the right way to carry yourself when going from point A to point B, but that is cool too. i would try it.

it strikes me that a nice thing about the meditation group is that there's much more emphasis on the community than on each individual; the people themselves are respected for their personal experience and knowledge. i'm sure if i showed up being like "i'm upset about X" they'd listen and be intimate, but it doesn't really seem like the point of the group.

i've always thought of knitting as a good thing to busy one's hands with while working the mind on something else that's not quite engaging enough to keep your full attention on its own. (one of my gripes about chainmaille is that you have to look at what you're doing, so your eyes aren't free for reading.) i guess "being in the present moment" could be a good thing to occupy the rest of the mind with!

[sleepsong]

Given that this is my actual project at the moment, no, knitting is not always about occupying your hands while thinking - sometimes it's just knitting, and that's all that there's room for in your mind, because what you're working on is just so mind-blowingly complex. But it feels so, so amazing. Like my mind is made of heaven.

[bubblingbeebles]

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70% grey matter
15% heaven
1 tbsp lemon juice