Today, I’m a guest blogger on Choices with Madeline Sharples, sharing my thoughts on…
EXPLORING MINDFULNESS
1. A Meditation on Bugs
I hadn’t walked five minutes up the trail before they ambushed me. A swarm of gnats dropped down in front of my face like a thin, black veil. Two flies laid claim to my ears—bzzzzzzzzzzzzzing in stereo. Their siege left me breathless—afraid to inhale.
My swatting—swat, buzz, swat, buzz, swat, buzz, buzz!—was moot.
By coincidence, I had recently watched that scene in the movie Eat Pray Love in which the Julia Roberts character successfully sits in meditation for a full hour despite an enthusiastic swarm of bugs and thoughts. She lets the small annoyances pass and finds her way to stillness.
I’ve had a hard time with that kind of mindfulness—still sitting, mind clearing…
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