Lower case b or upper, being is amazing!

Lower case b or upper, being is amazing!

We return to the simple practice of abiding. Simple in simplicity, but as most practitioners soon discover not simple to accomplish. Why? Because every part of our incarnated nature is restless. Fidgety. And, always doing.
At some point in meditation training, how untamed the mind and personal equipment actually is becomes glaringly obvious; and usually that is when the invitation is to simply abide. To not fix, poke, adjust, or change the nowness of awareness is our invitation.
It is so important to hold all beings in our hearts these days, and every day. It matters. The energy of caring matters.
Colors. Tastes. Shapes. Then cooking and creating with them. Heaven!
Second: tomato, cucumber, feta salad
Fourth: slightly cooked and canned tomatoes for a cold winter day
Sixth: a medley for my acupuncturist
Eighth: can you ask for anything more amazing!
How fortunate we are.
Acknowledging that in any moment generates a field of gratitude. Then, when that acknowledgement is wished forward for others and all beings, a field goes out from us. And, when this is done within a group, such as morning meditation, the field is increased.
This is our meditation.