Chapter 56

           

           Here’swhatIcaughtmyselfthinkingaboutinmeditationthismorning.

           IwaswonderingwhereIshouldliveoncethisyearoftravelinghasended.Idon’twanttomovebacktoNewYorkjustoutofreflex.Maybeanewtown,instead.Austinissupposedtobenice.AndChicagohasallthatbeautifularchitecture.Horriblewinters,though.OrmaybeI’llliveabroad.I’veheardgoodthingsaboutSydney…IfIlivedsomewherecheaperthanNewYork,maybeIcouldaffordanextrabedroomandthenIcouldhaveaspecialmeditationroom!That’dbenice.Icouldpaintitgold.Ormaybearichblue.No,gold.No,blue…

           Finallynoticingthistrainofthought,Iwasaghast.Ithought:HereyouareinIndia,inanAshraminoneoftheholiestpilgrimagesitesonearth.Andinsteadofcommuningwiththedivine,you’retryingtoplanwhereyou’llbemeditatingayearfromnowinahomethatdoesn’tyetexistinacityyettobedetermined.Howaboutthis,youspasticfool-howaboutyoutrytomeditaterighthere,rightnow,rightwhereyouactuallyare?

           Ipulledmyattentionbacktothesilentrepetitionofthemantra.

           Afewmomentslater,Ipausedtotakebackthatmeancommentaboutcallingmyselfaspasticfool.Idecidedmaybethatwasn’tveryloving.

           Still,Ithoughtinthenextmoment,agoldmeditationroomwouldbenice.

           Iopenedmyeyesandsighed.IsthisreallythebestIcando?

           So,thatevening,Itriedsomethingnew.I’drecentlymetawomanattheAshramwho’dbeenstudyingVipassanameditation.Vipassanaisanultraorthodox,stripped-downandveryintensiveBuddhistmeditationtechnique.

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