Feel the sharp and sudden pull for a weeks retreat into silence.
A call here, an auto-reply there. It seems almost too easy to slip away.
How little the world depends on me.
Relief and a bit of sadness.
Feel the sharp and sudden pull for a weeks retreat into silence.
A call here, an auto-reply there. It seems almost too easy to slip away.
How little the world depends on me.
Relief and a bit of sadness.
Have a restful and insightful week of meditation. See you when you come back.
I can relate to that posting oh, so very much. How easy it is to slip away, in this noisy, noisy world. And how important it is to find that quiet, as well. Have a wonderful week of meditation!
Not sure you definitely did you say were actually going on retreat, rather than expressing the wish to or reflecting about it!
If you did go … I hope it proves really productive, healing and insightful.
If you didn’t … I hope you find the spaciousness of mind in your daily life such that retreats become a deep ‘bonus’ in life, rather than a need!
best wishes to you in the Dharma
How nice to be welcomed back by your comments, thank you so very much. It was an insightful time. Some very unexpected and not entirely comfortable messages. (Isn’t insight just like that, though.) Also not an entirely silent retreat, as I did break to vote, listen to election returns, (cry,) and allow myself a few conversations.
I have so much respect for people who do the 3 year intensive practice retreats. And I see how far away I am from being ready to truly consider one for myself.
Chodpa, I especially respect your comment about living in daily spaciousness so a retreat becomes a “bonus” rather than a need. My life is quiet. I see few people and go few places. A silent retreat is sort of redundant for me. But I wanted the opportunity to devote concentrated time to a few practices.
True. The need was there too. I’d become aware of a growing level of confusion around choices I was making and re-making and re-making. And I wanted the healing, clarity and visioning time of a week away. I saw a space open up suddenly. And I leapt (grasped) at it.
I’m “mostly” ready to be “back.” But I won’t wait so long again to give myself this time as a gift, rather than a need.
Welcome back Mahala, I’m glad to hear you took th etime you needed … hope you are feeling rejuvenated. Even though I just had a vacation I feel I need some time like that as well. We live in a crazy world.
“I have so much respect for people who do the 3 year intensive practice retreats.”
How wonderful that this exists, and people do them! I am totally awed by beings good karma, and positive aspirations that they are able to do such things in our time.
May the blessings from their practice spread throughout our troubled world, and sooth beings hearts with love and compassion!
Thinking about you today, Mahala.