Re: A student's responsibility Posted by Jeff on November 30, 1999 at 11:01:59:
In Reply to: A student's responsibility posted by Michael on November 30, 1999 at 10:02:21:
Hi Michael and all!
Michael wrote>We can continue the discussion or we can go to sleep.
Sometimes silence is not sleep but merely students doing their homework.
http://www.teleport.com/~interlud/meditate/sitdown.htm
For myself, I find that doing nothing is an elusive luxury. My ego
drives me to participate, to read, to work, to think. Yet as I am
speaking, I am unable to hear. Yet it is just this luxury that
mindfulness is about for me, especially in the beginning(and I am still
very much in the beginning.I understand that this about taking
mindfulness out with us into the "world", but I can't take what I don't
have.
Back in the 2nd semester Jabr(hello if you're still out there) talked
about sitting meditation as part of the learning process. As it is
presented here and in most sources, mindfulness is something that can
be done anytime anywhere. For me personally, a little downtime is
helpful to exercise and train my mindfulness "muscles" so that when I
am out and about, whether at the store, work, or here in class, I can
draw on those muscles built up in those quiet times.
Even now, break time is over and the clock is calling,
take care all, Jeff
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