Mornin' Snapshot

Meditated late last night, just seemed like i could go on for an' ever. Well, not quite, I mean I was sittin on my chair in front of the shrine with nite light in the holder burnin' low but otherwise dark, and there were the usual aches and pains in my body but somehow it was all under control. Sometimes I can sit down late night to meditate and within about 3 seconds flat I know it is a waste of time, that i will barely be able to manage 2 mins on the chair. Body knackered, body crushed. Miscalculations like that can happen all the itme, but when it is the right time to do it it can be good. Any time after 10-10.15, if I am not too tired, then I can usually sit for 45 mins or even 1 hr with not much problem, not much in the way of interference. In fact sitting at that time is way better than sitting say at 7.30 or 8, at those times my body and mind have still not recovered from the rigours of the day, livin' an' workin' on the edges of the Smoke, slowly drillin' down on my life energies. Meditation at that time can be just one long bore fest of constant dull pain which aint much fun at all. Sufferin'. I mean sufferin' is all around all the time but ya can pick an' choose to a certain degree on the levels ya wanna endure. Far better to eat, to rest for an hour or so, restin' in my case means watchin' something on the box with Tamdin which I enjoy, or doing a bit of this on the lap. Then later go and sit. Better, much better for me to do it like that. So that is what i did last and I felt the light stretchin' up above me, to the sides, front back and beyond. Then when I stopped I sat back on the little sofa next to our shrine and fell asleep beneath the open window, half moon on the wane shinin' through. Pretty good.