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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 622135" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Recovering, I have begun a practice of watching the sun rise. I just sort of fell into it, naturally enough it seemed. It is the most amazing time, Recovering. While I watch, while I wait for the light, I practice not thinking. It sounds so corny, but it feels like I can feel the rhythms of the whole sky, of the earth turning, of the light, coming so sweet and strong and clean. Is it possible for you to watch a sunrise, Recovering? </p><p></p><p>I am not sure, but I think this sunrise time may be the best gift I have ever given myself. It is so quiet, Recovering. No words in my head, no thoughts even. Just the slow, glorious rising of the light and then, the sun. There is birdsong and there are subtle morning breezes, Recovering. </p><p></p><p>If you have not already begun this practice and you begin it now, I think that sense of melancholy will disappear.</p><p></p><p>The time of each sunrise, those few minutes as the dawn comes or the hour of watching the light pale and rise changes the quality of the day ~ probably, even of our lives. I wonder why I have not done this in the past? You know, I think it has to do with choosing mental clarity over mind chatter. In the past, I think I always chattered on, in my head, about the beauty of the sunrise and missed the whole thing, though I was sitting right there. Strange, to know that....</p><p></p><p>As the sun rises. That is when I practice the meditation of not thinking Pema Chodron suggests. It is a perfect thing, Recovering. A perfect gift.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 622135, member: 17461"] Recovering, I have begun a practice of watching the sun rise. I just sort of fell into it, naturally enough it seemed. It is the most amazing time, Recovering. While I watch, while I wait for the light, I practice not thinking. It sounds so corny, but it feels like I can feel the rhythms of the whole sky, of the earth turning, of the light, coming so sweet and strong and clean. Is it possible for you to watch a sunrise, Recovering? I am not sure, but I think this sunrise time may be the best gift I have ever given myself. It is so quiet, Recovering. No words in my head, no thoughts even. Just the slow, glorious rising of the light and then, the sun. There is birdsong and there are subtle morning breezes, Recovering. If you have not already begun this practice and you begin it now, I think that sense of melancholy will disappear. The time of each sunrise, those few minutes as the dawn comes or the hour of watching the light pale and rise changes the quality of the day ~ probably, even of our lives. I wonder why I have not done this in the past? You know, I think it has to do with choosing mental clarity over mind chatter. In the past, I think I always chattered on, in my head, about the beauty of the sunrise and missed the whole thing, though I was sitting right there. Strange, to know that.... As the sun rises. That is when I practice the meditation of not thinking Pema Chodron suggests. It is a perfect thing, Recovering. A perfect gift. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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