Monday, April 12, 2004



Mark, the instructor at Common Ground read this poem at the talk last night:

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you truly want.
Dont go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill.
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
-Rumi


9:22:11 AM    comment []
 
Clinging

Oh, I get it.   I go to Common Ground meditation center, take off my shoes in the entrance, sit for an hour and when I come out, my shoes are gone.  I get it.  I learned that I was clinging to my shoes.  Now can I have them back?

Aside from losing my shoes, it was a good talk.  On Sunday nights at Common ground, there is a sit for 1/2 hour, with some intermittent guidance from the instructor, then a lecture, then a question and answer session.  There are chairs available if sitting on a mat doesn't work for you.  It is a Vipassana center as opposed to a Zen center. 


7:05:37 AM    comment []