jGilder wrote:I didn't mean to imply that you ever called me a troll or said you hate my topics either...
I surely didn't think you were implying anything unpleasant about me. I know people are feeling very sensitive right now so it
is better to be safe than sorry---thank you for checking.
I like your floating yogi very much---your serenity is quite convincing
.
I cannot float unfortunately, but I will try to be this serene cat:
Along with the cat picture I found this passage, which seems rather nice and floaty and appropriate for tired minds:
"This morning I discovered a passage from
Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema, a Theravadan nun. Here it is:
""The greatest support we can have is mindfulness, which means being totally present in each moment. If the mind remains centered, it cannot make up stories about the injustice of the world or one's friends, or about one's desires or sorrows. All these stories could fill many volumes, but when we are mindful such verbalizations stop. Being mindful means being fully absorbed in the moment, leaving no room for anything else. We are filled with the momentary happening, whatever it is--standing or sitting or lying down, feeling pleasure or pain--and we maintain a nonjudgmental awareness, a "just knowing.""
http://meditationmatters.blogspot.com/