The Physical Act of Writing, or Is Longhand Always Best?
A few people have told me now that I should write longhand, at least for the first draft of something. Here’s why I mostly won’t be doing that. The rationale behind the advice on longhand writing seems mostly to be based on the immediacy and sensuality of the writing act when done with a pen and […]
Days Twenty Two and Twenty Three: Useless and distracted, and tangentially impacted by flooding…
Friday: I woke from two very strange dreams, one very early in the morning, maybe between 4 and 5am, and then the second when my alarm went off. Unfortunately that’s all I can tell you about them: they were strange. By the time I was in the shower, all detail had been forgotten. I’ve put […]
Day Twenty One: On Walking and Ego
Good news and bad news today. Bad first: this morning’s session wasn’t good; there was a lot of ego-based thoughts, little wish-fulfilment aren’t‑I-great fantasies that drew me away from the meditation. That was when I wasn’t thinking about the meditation rather than actually getting on and meditating. The only good thing was that I didn’t […]
Day 20: Coming unblocked
The morning meditation was interesting this morning. I tried counting the breaths, which worked quite well for a while; I got as far as forty-something before my thoughts drifted for long enough to lose count. But it was a tried morning; I think I drank coffee too late last night, and I had real trouble […]
Day Nineteen: Tired & Droopy-Eyed
This is going to be a very quick catchup, as I’m still a day behind with my blogging :) Monday’s meditation session was another sleepy one, unfortunately, and I didn’t seem to be able to keep still. I’ve now looked out my copy of David Fontana’s excellent The Meditator’s Handbook, which I’ll be raiding for tips later […]