#ml-meditation

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Meditation log: Jenny

I find that it's extraordinarily hard to not will an end outcome from meditation.  When I feel more positive after a meditation session, I'm satisfied.  When I find something new that I experienced, that makes me feel like I'm making progress.  After a month, it's hard to push away the expectation for some outcome, either progress or lack thereof.  To simply be, without any specific goal, feels impossible to obtain.  

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Meditation Log - Mei

I've been thinking, reading, meditating, and exploring the above image for the past week. At first I look at the near field... then I look far

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Meditation Log - Mei

The Dalai Lama lecture last week left me thinking about a few questions: how do we end that apathy around climate change? And how do we create compassion for the environment?

The day following the Dalai Lama lecture, I attended a mandala ceremony held by Tenzin, where children helped the monks disassemble a sand sculpture. And I was left thinking that perhaps it is through children that we an create compassion, a natural compassion. During my meditation the past few days, I've been feeling a sort of energy for change.

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Meditation Log - Mei

This past week, I've been gradually sleeping more regularly. Exactly 8 hours of sleep; starting at exactly midnight each day. I've never been a morning person, but I soon felt more rested and motivated for morning classes. 

But last night, I broke from the routine, and slept at 4am. Definitely don't feel well rested.... I'll see if I can jump back to my set time, or if I need another transition period...

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Meditation log - mei

Last class, we were asked to “observe something new every day.” Even if it is minutiae. The past few days, I’ve been more aware of the weather. The sky? The clouds? I’ve noticed that it’s slowly getting colder in the early mornings and the late nights. I feel the season transitioning to fall.

However, we seem so detached from weather and the “seasons” ? My dining hall serves the same dishes, the same vegetables, the same fruits every day, every day of the year. There is little reflection of natural change. Consequently, sometimes I hardly notice natural changes.