10-19-2017, 09:08 AM
(10-19-2017, 02:12 AM)Ankh Wrote: Without meditation, I feel so lost and confused. I would say that I need it on everyday basis. Isn't it the same for you? I remember your wife mentioned that she noticed a difference in you if you had the time respectively didn't have the time for this routine and meditation in the morning. =) It does make one feel more in tune and balanced if one gets the time for this practice!
Yes. Definitely. 100%.
However, speaking only for myself as a perfectionist, there are times when I think it's better to forego meditation if you can't fit it into your life comfortably. Examples:
- I'm hungover
- I have to get up earlier than usual for work
- I'm on vacation or travel of some kind and have nowhere to achieve isolation
- The dogs are going nuts for some reason
Generally speaking, I think one needs to have a great deal of compassion for oneself on this stuff. Discipline is a fickle thing: it starts as a way to love the self through aspiring to a goal but can quickly turns into a way of enslaving the self through an arbitrary ideal. Then the guilt, anger, etc. sets in. This will hamper one's practice and make it a chore rather than an exercise in inquisitiveness, curiosity, and real care for oneself.
It really is about paying attention to oneself, I've found. That's where the love comes in--to be able to slow down and take the particular condition of the self completely seriously and completely tenderly. So all I'm saying is: go easy on yourself. This is a very delicate practice.
(10-19-2017, 02:12 AM)Ankh Wrote: Tell her I said HI!
Will do! Thanks for your thoughts, Lana -- it's really cool to hear about others' experiences with this practice.