OK, here we go. Last night I veered from my usual guided practice and sat with a timer only for the first time. I enjoyed the experience and will try and do it once per day now. It was a pleasant break form the drone of some guided meditations I've been listening to. Some of them give me the impression of a person who likes the sound of their own voice waffling down a mic for 10 mins repeating the same shit I've heard before. I began to feel that perhaps their outpourings were getting in the way of my concentration, so last night I gave them the flick and all went well. I feel more in control than usual, but of course I'm aware this could have been purely circumstantial. Let's see how it goes moving forward. All for now...
'My roots, breath deeply. Keep me connected with the core of me.' I just listened to a woman sing this mantra for 7 minutes while trying to stay on the breath. The practice felt better today after the shambles that was my last post. Not that I care of course. I know that we all get days like this, days when nothing seems to work. Today, was a different matter entirely. I felt a deep inner glow - whatever the hell that is - and a certain level of contentment. I'm not sure whether I liked practicing with the sing-song mantra of not. Something is telling me to breathe in silence, but I think I'll stick to the guided meditations for a while yet. I don't want to get ahead of myself. During today's practice I did have some thoughts. Namely, the thoughts that arise in our head cause us to feel a certain way (negative/positive/indifferent) and then we as humans 'feel' that way. How are you today? I'm great! or I'm not too well today. Are we real