Thank you Cecil, I enjoyed reading this. You’re right about everything! It’s great to attain a peaceful mind and the deep concentration necessary for creativity.
Excellent subject and essay as always. Funny I was reading it when the gardeners were right up against my back door with their leafblower on driving me nuts. Ah....finally.....he's done. My inner blabbing happens mostly at night when I'm trying to wind down and sleep. Insomnia is my constant companion. I can shut it up when the obsessive thoughts happen regarding my art if I just give in and get up and go into the studio to deal with whatever it is that I'm thinking about. I'll stay in there for a few hours then go back to bed ready to finally get some sleep. Thankfully I'm retired but I'm also very tired when I do get up. I do some journaling but not like I used to. And I just get myself to meditate due to my impatience that I wear like a bodysuit. But I have learned to veg out and blank out my mind when I go outside and let the sun warm my face. Thoughts of gratitude come but nothing intrusive. We all must find our way to serenity as it is a life-saver at times.
Thank you Cecil, I enjoyed reading this. You’re right about everything! It’s great to attain a peaceful mind and the deep concentration necessary for creativity.
thank you!!
Excellent subject and essay as always. Funny I was reading it when the gardeners were right up against my back door with their leafblower on driving me nuts. Ah....finally.....he's done. My inner blabbing happens mostly at night when I'm trying to wind down and sleep. Insomnia is my constant companion. I can shut it up when the obsessive thoughts happen regarding my art if I just give in and get up and go into the studio to deal with whatever it is that I'm thinking about. I'll stay in there for a few hours then go back to bed ready to finally get some sleep. Thankfully I'm retired but I'm also very tired when I do get up. I do some journaling but not like I used to. And I just get myself to meditate due to my impatience that I wear like a bodysuit. But I have learned to veg out and blank out my mind when I go outside and let the sun warm my face. Thoughts of gratitude come but nothing intrusive. We all must find our way to serenity as it is a life-saver at times.