I meditate to transform my experiences. What does it mean to know transformation? I have become more familiar with the subtleties of the breath’s sensation – this is the most communicable transformation. It is easy to imagine an increase in awareness in nuances of sensation: the spectrum of a painting, the textures of a carpet, the timbre of a violin. The words point to the distinction: “green”...
Editorial notes: On this day Shai publishes his first post dedicated specifically to Judaism. This is significant as it is the beginning of the fourth phase in Shai’s intellectual journey. After having first devoted a substantial body of writing to scientific inquiry and to the study of ancient and classical Western philosophers, and having recently commenced his study of Eastern Wisdom, Shai...
I intend to attend to the sensation of breath at the nostrils’ rims. I begin with counts, and if the mind settles down so that the numbers are perceived as distractions then I abandon the counts. Every session is different. But some features are familiar. I am familiar with some variations in the breath. I am familiar with some variations in attendance to the breath. I may grasp and direct...
The title of this blog comes from Fernando Pessoa.
The subject of this blog is any of those items that crystallize in my mind and urge concentration into the written form.
The traveller is the journey, the outer is a refraction of the inner, and everything enlightens everything else.
Good journeys.
Categories Journal – relating and describing the experiences of my own day to day life Out-of-the-darkness – specifically my efforts and experiences in recovery Self-improvement – specifically my efforts and experiences in remaking and improving myself Searching – specifically my thoughts and responses to deciding and reconsidering direction Observations –...
