Lake Superior
I am in the middle of a 21-day Meditation Challenge. A friend told me about this online guided meditation sponsored by the Chopra Center and suggested it is best if you participate with someone to share the experience. I have truly enjoyed the practice. I wake up each day looking forward to my "quiet spot" on the porch. Comfortably sitting on my my fern print pillow in the summer breeze - the world melts away for twenty minutes.
The experience has been relaxing. It has been spiritual. It has been thought provoking.
I truly like the idea of beginning my day with intention. It brings focus. One of the more challenging thoughts so far has been the idea of suspending judgement. I feel I have become less judgemental over the years, and most would probably say I am a positive person - but one of the meditations brought me to thinking of sending "love and understanding" when I catch myself judging (=negative thought.) Suddenly I noticed I was judging alot. Soon I found that sending these mental valentines really did make me feel different. Better. It worked.
If you are not up for 21 days or are already a master, you might enjoy the individual guided meditations also found on the Chopra center website.
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as I was saying.... Well not really, but I somehow accidently misplaced your two blogs. I had previously enjoyed your sketches and missed the part about moving from Milwaukee to Red Wing. Red Wing is the most beautifully located cities. And, of course, I love to fish on Lake Pepin. Anyway I like the non-judgemental part of you meditation. Unfortunately, I gone the other was. Stumbling on cable Fix New a few years back I gradually became quite annoyed and converted to a Yellow Dog Democrat. Oh well its were I am now. More sketches?
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