Wednesday, November 19, 2008
You know, doing things like changing one's computer keyboard layout does wonders for one's powers of concentration. I haven't worked this hard in years! And I did it on purpose! I think it might take this time, though. More letter combinations are starting to roll off my fingers without thought. It's an interesting process to revisit—learning how to type, that is—twenty years after doing it the first time.
The holidays are coming and for me and many others, it is a time that can be filled with tension. I have to watch out for feeling a) like I'm being told what to do and b) feeling like someone's trying to take something from me. That's all me feeling ignored and threatened. I also need to be aware of my emotional state, be honest it, and have the courage to make it known when appropriate.
My spiritual training teaches me to let go of pre-conceived notions about how things should be, to let go of the clinging to desires and aversions around wanting or not wanting to do things, and to let go of judgement of things.
Tactically, I may need a time out here and there, but that's OK. Things are what they are. I'm OK.
Zen and the Christian Holidays. Who'd a thunk it?
The holidays are coming and for me and many others, it is a time that can be filled with tension. I have to watch out for feeling a) like I'm being told what to do and b) feeling like someone's trying to take something from me. That's all me feeling ignored and threatened. I also need to be aware of my emotional state, be honest it, and have the courage to make it known when appropriate.
My spiritual training teaches me to let go of pre-conceived notions about how things should be, to let go of the clinging to desires and aversions around wanting or not wanting to do things, and to let go of judgement of things.
Tactically, I may need a time out here and there, but that's OK. Things are what they are. I'm OK.
Zen and the Christian Holidays. Who'd a thunk it?
# posted by goldpython @ 10:38 AM 
