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.
One of the few radio stations where I live is an activist, information-based station that is funded only and completely by listeners, KCEI. No corporate, public broadcasting, or other organized sources of funds. The station is decidedly left-of-center, people of the world and Planet oriented, including recording and then airing local town hall forums or Indigenous or historical lectures about this area.
For wide-context on world issues, may I suggest a few podcasted shows or weekly ones?
To obtain the podcasts, you might have to make a donation to the organization. Please do. Keep thorough journalism available.
How one begins a meditation sitting/session sets the tone. It supports the session by orienting the mind, aligning one. We begin with gratitude, then do the simple, yet deep, technique used Tuesday.
We come back to a simple technique which combines factors that we have used before. The sense of Presence, brought forefront in many ways through our practice, is one aspect or feature of this technique. The heart another. The fresh factor is purposeful non-modification. Letting smooth and unfabricated BE unfabricated.
These tomato seeds display a primordial form which Mother Earth invented and then has used countless times, for myriad and diverse life forms. Clearly, the “egg” is an excellent way to bring forward the next generation.
It has been wondered if early life forms were similar: a primitive center of cognition and sensation floating within a type of egg-sack, itself floating in the first oceans.
In the garden and in Nature around here, several renditions of this design are seen. Chinese Elms (now naturalized to the area) put out millions of circular white paper shapes with a single, tiny black seed at the center. Mountain Spinach, orache, does the same but a hundred or so rather than millions.
Once Mother Nature and Mother Earth landed on this design, it was replicated; and to this day, all fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds lay eggs. All insects lay eggs. Plus, for every mammal, including humans, the egg design is used. In all of these cases, the eggs lay infertile until sperm activates gestation. But for plants, the so-called male and female exchange – called pollination – is what creates the seed.
As you garden or stroll in Nature, notice the primordial designs. We are surrounded by such wonders!
