AND, TUESDAY . . .
Tuesday of the Immersion 1 began much the same as Monday; without the introductions. Out of the box, we were asked to turn to a friend and review the six qualities of the absolute (without using our notes, hopefully). So -- check your memory bank before reading further.
OK, they are: chit (self knowing/awareness); ananda (bliss/ecstacy); purna (fullness/perfection), spanda (pulsation/creative delight); svatantrya (ultimately free); and shri (absolute goodness).
Went on to discuss several ideas to contemplate; things like, 'every experience can be used as a gateway to enlightenment', and 'any time you feel a bit of connection, that's awakening'. There was more, but I need to have more brain cells operating to decipher my scribbled notes.
Writing this reminds me I have two days of notes to transcribe, and know I won't get to it until tomorrow morning. Not a good thing. But, life gets in the way sometimes.
Last night, I also was able to go to the musical 'Wicked' -- which was wickedly wonderful. Tonight, the ballet. Such social life! I usually do nothing on these excursions -- just hibernate in my room, but this trip is offering more, and I do plan to enjoy it -- even though, my eyes are a bit bleary this a.m.
After you have attended a few of these with John, you learn to read emotions/happenings into how a day unfolds. My interpretation of yesterday: We were sloppy on Monday; therefore in our practice yesterday, we were worked HARD and precisely. We were also asked to give it our best effort. And - as a fellow attendee pointed out after yesterday's session - the more people groaned, the harder we were asked to work. Groaning NEVER helps; just do the work.
So, on to day 3. Looking for my Visine -- 5 hours of sleep does not a rested Leslie make.
Have a great day,
OK, they are: chit (self knowing/awareness); ananda (bliss/ecstacy); purna (fullness/perfection), spanda (pulsation/creative delight); svatantrya (ultimately free); and shri (absolute goodness).
Went on to discuss several ideas to contemplate; things like, 'every experience can be used as a gateway to enlightenment', and 'any time you feel a bit of connection, that's awakening'. There was more, but I need to have more brain cells operating to decipher my scribbled notes.
Writing this reminds me I have two days of notes to transcribe, and know I won't get to it until tomorrow morning. Not a good thing. But, life gets in the way sometimes.
Last night, I also was able to go to the musical 'Wicked' -- which was wickedly wonderful. Tonight, the ballet. Such social life! I usually do nothing on these excursions -- just hibernate in my room, but this trip is offering more, and I do plan to enjoy it -- even though, my eyes are a bit bleary this a.m.
After you have attended a few of these with John, you learn to read emotions/happenings into how a day unfolds. My interpretation of yesterday: We were sloppy on Monday; therefore in our practice yesterday, we were worked HARD and precisely. We were also asked to give it our best effort. And - as a fellow attendee pointed out after yesterday's session - the more people groaned, the harder we were asked to work. Groaning NEVER helps; just do the work.
So, on to day 3. Looking for my Visine -- 5 hours of sleep does not a rested Leslie make.
Have a great day,