After picking up the stone and ringing the bell, I thought of the pressure to write. I considered how writing might take me up and away from concentration, interfere with meditation. But then I remembered to be with whatever arises, and thoughts that are troubling will often be there. So I handled them gently and went back to the stone.
There's a tendency to go back to breathing as a center and make the stone an object of awareness seen from the base of breathing. But that's not my intention, so I stayed with the stone. 'Only this', I thought, the touching of the stone. I moved closer to the touch of the stone, away from the thought.
Am I holding the stone or is the stone being held? Just more thoughts.
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