Tag: death

Writing into Life, more

The theme for tonight’s Buddhist meeting – as it will be for the next few meetings – is ‘embracing change’.

I’ve been doing my best to ‘change my mind’ for a long time. It’s a slow process, for me, but one that I’m committed to. I listen, I meditate, I reflect and, one way or another, I change.

I hope – pray – that the process of change is also bringing about healing. I think it is.

Our usual teacher is away, so the teaching is given by a nun from the Centre.

We meditate on death and impermanence, which may sound morbid, but acknowledging and facing the inevitability of death does make sense to me, and I listen intently.

I don’t feel I have to fully understand and remember everything that I hear, and I certainly don’t. My powers of recall are not that good, and it is a process of gradual assimilation anyway.

There was a lot of emphasis on being able to let go of attachments that we acquire and accumulate in this life.  I’ve not necessarily been that good at acquiring and attaching but then I’ve historically not been very good at letting go either.

After greeting me when I got home, Lydia has now settled down to sleep, on her favourite rug.  She looks totally adorable and relaxed.

I’ll just sit for a while before I too settle down for the night.

I don’t need to set an alarm for tomorrow morning – we can just sleep as long as we want to and get up when we’re ready. Luxury!