happy to have joined, energy of a group sitting is always different to sitting alone. group practice is a subtle but definite source of motivation to continue this long path of practice...
i find that in practicing alone (this i mean i live and work in an evironment where no one else practice) one of the bigger difficulties lies in Perseverance and Persistence (the lack of!): the ability to stick with practice through the ups and downs of our lives, to practice even when we don't feel like it. there certainly isn't a shortage of excuses! (to skip formal practice or resist staying with the present moment in everyday life)
Perserverance is no small thing, because at times our resistence can be very strong. Isn't it a fact that we often don't want to stay with the experience of the present moment for more than a few seconds? ...basically we learn that practice doesn't have to please us in the ordinary sense for us to continue practicing...
-Ezra Bayda
resolution - to attend the sundae morning sittings whenever my work schedule allows mi to!
wow. tat's amazing. my mum also went for the session and she told me about it. she's trying to persuade me to join in.
ReplyDelete=O amazingly small world, then hope to see ya there sometime soon then =)
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