03-21-2010, 11:17 AM
I love the picnic image! Right now I'm flat on my back on a blanket, allowing the sun to speak to my body, enjoying the presence and energy of others around me, but also knowing that I need my quiet breaks. This is something I'm slowly learning, and it has had to happen through health issues (fine now, but there was one year when I was in pain most of the time); if I don't take the time to slow down and look inwards, my body will make me.
No idea of course, if this speaks at all to your situation, Questioner, but the sentence "slow and confused thinking" made me want to suggest to maybe try more of the non-thinking. It has been said before, and it bears repeating, that it's really kind of hard for us humans to reach the state of silent being. Pain may have taught me more about it than anything else I've experienced. If you meditate on the pain it can also allow you to step out next to it, observing it, and getting a bit of a break.
Also: thanks Fairyfarmgirl for the link! It speaks to a lot of what I'm seeing around me now.
No idea of course, if this speaks at all to your situation, Questioner, but the sentence "slow and confused thinking" made me want to suggest to maybe try more of the non-thinking. It has been said before, and it bears repeating, that it's really kind of hard for us humans to reach the state of silent being. Pain may have taught me more about it than anything else I've experienced. If you meditate on the pain it can also allow you to step out next to it, observing it, and getting a bit of a break.
Also: thanks Fairyfarmgirl for the link! It speaks to a lot of what I'm seeing around me now.