Posts tagged Meditation

The Mountain Metaphor

Our experience in life is like climbing a mountain range. At some points, we’re at basecamp, at some points we’re on the road, and at some points we’re on the peak. Most of the time, we’re in the middle — sitting on the side of the mountain somewhere.
It is so easy to look below us [...]


Photos: Chronicles of GlitterGirl: Vol 1

Because I want all these cool photos to rotate in the cool iris widget on the right, I am creating a series of entries that are index to the original article which contain the photos from the Chronicles of GlitterGirl from 2006. It’s inspiring enough to want to make me do another series of the [...]


Photos: Chronicles of GlitterGirl, Vol. II

Here’s the photos and link backs to the second volume of the comic book from 2006. Again, the archives are a wonderful quick way to see these hundreds of posts. 
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June 3, 2006

June 3, 2006, Part II

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Photos: Chronicles of GlitterGirl Vol. III

Photos and links to the original blog entries for the 2nd half of June 2006. Direct access to the articles is available using the archives link on the top of this page as well.
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Photos: Chronicles of GlitterGirl Vol. IV

Photos and links to the original blog entries for  July 2006. Direct access to the articles is available using the archives link on the top of this page as well.
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Photos: Chronicles of GlitterGirl Vol. V

Photos and links to the original blog entries for  August 2006. Direct access to the articles is available using the archives link on the top of this page as well.
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September 2006

Photos and links to the original blog entries for  September 2006. Direct access to the articles is available using the archives link on the top of this page as well.
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Start Again

What I got out of this silence was a gift I never could have gotten had I gone to North Fork: anchors in my own home to my own unrelenting ability to sit with myself and ignore soooooo many distractions. For me, breaking the silence began first when Hunter called me and I answered the [...]


Day 10: Because Evolution is What Separates us from the Monkeys

For years I’ve been hearing about Ken Wilber’s work, integral thinking and his AQAL model. During the last 3 days of my sit I listened to his Kosmic Consciousness audio product which I highly recommend. It was as if, for me, years of things I sort of understood all clicked into place and suddenly the [...]


Day 9: The Unexpected: Part II

On Monday, I had one of the best opportunities to notice my sensations as fear arises. As I was sitting, I heard noises at my front door. After living at my residence for nearly 3 years, I’m fairly familiar with the sounds made on the front steps of the house, so when the sound of [...]


Day 8: The Unexpected: Part I

Relieved to have access to my email – amazing my attachment to it, really – I found myself really moved on Thanksgiving day by all the people who decided to contact me and send me wonderful messages of gratitude. Having my original time piece stop working and having to use my phone to time my [...]


Day 7: I just want to eat a big red steak

After not chewing for 7 days, I simply wanted to chew on a big steak. Nothing else really seemed interesting — just a nice, juicy, rare, steak. An interesting craving to sit with. Excellent practice. And that was the point of doing them both together for me — to notice my own cravings around what [...]


Day 6: I’m sleeping in

My sleep schedule got dramatically off Goenka’s plan. I tossed and turned for hours. Shortly after midnight the senna tea was working and I found myself up late on and off the toilet for a few hours. The subsequent burning sensitive being… Invigorating… inspired me to do a 1 hour sit at 2 am. The [...]


Day 5: Walk 100 Laps in my Socks

Solitary confinement is starting to make sense. I’m making a break for it today when I go and move the car - ah, the great outdoors. I haven’t been outside since Wednesday and here it is Monday of the following week. Hmmm.
Had I gone to North Fork, I would have been forced to walk [...]


Day 4 (Part II): I Love My Mom

One of my sits this afternoon was dedicated to one of the most amazing people I’ve ever known: Mom. I love my Mom. It’s not that I don’t love my Dad, merely that it’s beside the point (and, to be clear, I love him deeply). Dad’s the kind of guy who mostly doesn’t care about [...]


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