I dedicate this day to Jim, who is on day five of a Rohatsu retreat and has not slept. Bodhi Svaha!
Today I notice the desire to read about concentration; doubt again and the desire to move to the abstract. I notice the indirect dreamlike quality of so much of my life. My mind does not seem to like this particular concentration of touching. But I know enough to practice directly. These are the qualities of the stone and of me:
-Impermanence
-Non-separateness
-Unsatisfactoriness
The stone is not permanent and yet I touch it. It is not separate and yet I touch it. My relationship to it is unsatisfactory, and yet, the tools of insight into conditioned existence are in my hand. I am grateful for that.
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