Call It Meditation?

Discussion in 'Other Reminiscences' started by Frank Sanoica, Oct 8, 2016.

  1. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
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    Lately, my routine every day of shaving in the morning, and preparing in late afternoon for the evening, both of which involve my shop, which gets opened up, then shut down, is interrupted both times by sitting alone out on the patio, looking at the clouds, when there are some, or the deep blue sky otherwise, thinking back.......Now that I'm an old man, I realize I never took time to do this before. Maybe it's meditation, but I have always thought of that as a religious thing, but religious I'm just not.

    I recall wondering about the clouds as a kid.......wondered why they are often layered with a flat bottom......guy I worked with at Sears, an aviation buff, explained that to me after a lifetime of pondering: the flat bottom indicates the point where the dew point temperature exists! Just musing now.......

    Do you meditate or do similar quiet deliberation? Have you thought of it as meditation? Is it good for us, or wasting what valuable time we have left?
    Frank
     
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  2. Chris Ladewig

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    I wish I could shut the voices in my head up long enough to meditate.
     
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  3. Corie Henson

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    @Frank Sanoica, I wish I could what you are doing. Staring at the clouds and imagining things is a good way to unwind because you get alone by yourself in your thoughts. With my busy schedule now, I don't have time for meditation or simply being alone. But I love my present lifestyle that is quite dynamic because there is no dull period and the only time I get alone by myself is when I sleep. This reminds me of my husband's words some years back that his dream is to have a big land for a farm with a farm house where we can stay and sit on the terrace all day long, looking at the plants.
     
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    I know what you're saying Chris. My head is always talking to me too.
     
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  5. Joe Riley

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    When it comes to meditation..........
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  6. Chrissy Cross

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    I like looking at clouds but my mind is always planning the next step.
     
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  7. Honey Gee

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    I love just spending about 10 minutes part of the day usually after lunch just thinking about nothing and relaxing. Taking in the ambiance.
     
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