In a choir down home we practised in a place quite near a railroad yard. Those were the days of steam and coal. The sound of the whistles would break our rehearsals, shaking the building. To deny them would mean we'd start on discordant notes, often sharp or flat and with rhythms set by the cadence of the competing trains. To block this out our choirmaster would stop, have us match the pitch, tone, and tempo, and then cut us off to begin a new work The notes did not linger in our repertoire , but the soul lingered in our prise winning interpretation. How does distraction aid or form your meditation?
2007-09-16 11:27:11 · 5 answers · asked by Fr. Al 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mckenziecalhoun you sound too busy, How do you meditate which such process to your method?
2007-09-16 13:52:19 · update #1
When my daughter was an infant, it was often hard to find time to sit quietly and count my breaths. So I would hold her and count her toes.
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2007-09-16 11:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by bodhidave 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are no distractions to practice.
There are only distractions to expectations.
Remove expectation.
Relate all things to practice.
Each fly is a reminder of one's focus. Each fly's movement is a connection, consciously connected, to where one is and what one is doing.
Make it part of one's practice.
Retreats, even one's own mind, have nothing to do with enlightenment.
2007-09-16 11:35:33 · answer #2 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Thay's lineage, we transform distractions into calls to mindfulness. Cell phone ringing? Red light? Train whistle?--Each can be a call to return to our breath, return to our true nature.
2007-09-17 13:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by karen_shiatsu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I study the fly
2007-09-17 01:28:46 · answer #4 · answered by Bemo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by helping me practice patience
2007-09-16 11:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by manapaformetta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋