How Jesus perceived things.....

I endeavor to understand how Jesus lived.

I endeavor to understand how Jesus perceived things.

Jesus is often confident when he speaks in the Temple.

Jesus is vulnerable when he is tired and people close to him are struggling.

Jesus spent a lot of time by the sea.

Jesus was often traveling across seas by boat.

Joseph died.

Mary struggled because her son was often down by the sea.

End Daily Meditation. Novena. Week 4, Day 3.

30,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

Weather Patterns in Washington, Summer and Fall

Weather patterns in Washington are such that it rains in the afternoons;

Often it does not rain in the morning but it will rain later in the day.

Weather forecasters predict showers starting around 3pm;

Sometimes it rains and sometimes it does not.

Winters here are mild in temperature but it often snows.

Our last 90F day was Sep 9.

I suspect our last 80F day will be Oct 9.

Perhaps our last 70F day will be Nov 9.

I will watch this year to log each of these markers.

End Daily Meditation. Novena Week 4, Day 2.

29,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

How do we function when we do not feel well?

How do we function when we do not feel well?

Exercise gives us energy when we already have energy.

Exercise can overwhelm our immune systems if we do not have enough energy.

Yoga Nidra and Meditation allow us to regain energy, when we have little energy.

We want energy, such that we can be mobile and in tune with our surroundings.

We want energy, such that we can maintain our dietary goals and read books.

We want energy, such that we can listen to the goings on of the lives of others.

Yoga Nidra and Meditation allow for this.

Ashtanga Yoga or running or biking might take from us the energy we need.

In terms of maintaining dietary goals when we have no energy;

I struggle with this.

I eat bagels in the mornings when I would rather fast until noon.

I drink more green tea and less black tea;

I integrate more herbal teas into my routine.

Foods like donuts, I know I should never eat them.

Foods like pizza, I know I can eat them sometimes.

Foods we know we should  never eat; we also should not eat when we do not feel well.

Eat fruit instead of donuts.

Eat bananas for dessert.

Eat a bagel if you need energy.

End Daily Meditation. Novena Week 4, Day 1.

28,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

Meditation in the here and now is peaceful.

Meditation in the here and now is peaceful.

Stillness of the mind, allowing us to know that this too will pass.

Jesus must have meditated, I wonder what meditative techniques he preferred?

Seedless meditation is sitting without any direction.

Seedless meditation is sitting without hoping to imagine anything.

Jesus was often very tired; he must have enjoyed sitting quietly alone and closing his eyes.

Meditative practices can sometimes involve imagery.

We are asked to imagine logs floating by in a river.

We are asked to imagine the sun shining down as we nap in the clouds.

We are asked to imagine the sound of the ocean.

I now prefer to sit in silence without imagining anything.

I like to sit and to enjoy my limbs not moving.

I like to sit and to enjoy being warm and dry and not working for a few minutes.

I appreciate not being hungry or sick or upset.

When I meditate now it is, How do I interact with my senses?

I am likely not sitting in complete silence, How do I interact with the sounds?

I am likely not sitting in complete solitude, How do I interact with the people around me?

My feet are touching my shoes.

My shoes are touching the ground.

My mind interacts with my shoes that are touching the ground.

End Daily Meditation. Novena Week 3, Day 5.

25,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

Yamas and Niyamas, Compassion and Yoga.

Yamas are how to relate to others.

Niyamas are how to relate to your personal life.

Compassion links Buddhists to those whom they have never met.

Yoga links Hindus to those whom they have never met.

We are here. We are nowhere but here.

There are many of us here in the here and now.

What links us together?

Buddhists are linked to those whom they have never met via compassion.

Hindus are linked to those whom they have never met via yoga.

Are we able to understand compassion as it relates to yoga?

Please take the time to thank yourself for coming to your mat today.

The light in me, honors the light in you.

Compassion is understanding that everyone is suffering.

Compassion is understanding that everyone is suffering.

Yoga is sewing our bodies into the fabric of the universe.

Yoga is sewing our bodies into the fabric of the universe.

End Daily Meditation. Novena Week 3, Day 4.

24,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

Mindfulness in the context of mobility and longevity.

Mindfulness in the context of mobility and longevity.

We want to be able to walk when we are old.

We want to be able to stand upright when we are old.

We want to be able to eat apples when we are old.

Mindfulness in the context of currents of good will.

We want to surround ourselves with what is healthy.

We want to surround ourselves with people who have goals.

We want to have friends who can walk and eat apples with us when we are old.

When is the next full moon?

What is the price of sugar in terms of the global commodities market?

Where in the world are there major droughts?

Mindfulness in terms of tangibles, things we can keep track of, that affect people far away.

What affects those whom we have never met?

How does this affect us in terms of mobility and longevity?

Mindfulness in the context of mobility and longevity.

We want to be able to walk when we are old.

We want to be able to stand upright when we are old.

We want to be able to eat apples when we are old.

Mindfulness in the context of currents of good will.

We want to surround ourselves with what is healthy.

We want to surround ourselves with people who have goals.

We want to have friends who can walk and eat apples with us when we are old.

End Daily Meditation. Novena. Week 3, Day 3.

23,9. 2015. Washington, DC. 

Keeping Track of Seasonal Markers, Mobility and Longevity.

Physical activity habits that promote mobility and longevity.

Eating habits that promote mobility and longevity.

Mindfulness habits that promote mobility and longevity.

Yamas are how to relate to others.

Niyamas are how to relate to your personal life.

Mindfulness is eating while not watching TV.

Mindfulness is walking while not listening to music.

Mindfulness is also keeping track of seasonal markers.

September 9 this year was our last 90F day in Washington.

Mindfulness is also keeping track of seasonal markers.

Putting away summer clothes and bringing out fall clothes.

What do we save for next year?

What are we eager to get rid of because we never wore it?

What are we tempted to save but really should discard?

Calendars keep track of a variety of orbits per celestial objects.

Lunar calendars and solar calendars.

Eastern Orthodox churches always celebrate Christmas and Easter on a different day,

than Anglicans and Catholics.

Pivots in time that are meaningful, periods of transition into something different.

Time is that which occurs between events.

Time is that which occurs between events.

End Daily Meditation. Novena. Week 3, Day 2.

22,9. 2015. Washington, DC.