Thank you, Maia. So helpful...and yes, coolness as antidote to fiery urgency. I've been so strongly sensing a need for elemental balance in these times. At least to the level of "good enough." Love this Jami Sieber track. 🐘🩶
This is such a helpful and supportive post, Maia—so many great suggestions.
I appreciate this idea of "cooling". We're not only in a heated season of current affairs, but we're also experiencing the heated season of summer, which seems to make heated emotions worse.
Maia, I love how you've spoken about Shamatha meditation as a means of cooling down and peacemaking in the most intimate sense. Meditation is my go-to for calm, but I also benefit greatly from listening to spiritual teachings, which provide me with valuable perspective. I enjoy coloring, too! It can be very calming when I stay present in the moment while I color.
For me, in addition to my sitting practice, gardening. Planting things and watering things and growing things and watching the things being eat by slugs. Reminding me as well, every thing is impermanent. 🙏🏼
I’ve recently been taught a meditation on Prajñaparamita, on her as a deity and on the heart sutra and I am finding it very beneficial, when a lot of my existing Buddhist practice is failing to calm my polycrisis anxieties.
Love coloring! It honestly also helps me to get out and do something. I’ve been volunteering at food drives, marshaling protests, helping distribute excess food after farmers markets to non profits and summer programs for kids.
As I was re-reading my post, I wondered if I should have put 'cool' water instead of 'cold.' I think in many holistic health perspectives, cold is a shock to the digestive system and cool is a bit gentler for us. Anyway, the things writers think about!
Thank you, Maia. So helpful...and yes, coolness as antidote to fiery urgency. I've been so strongly sensing a need for elemental balance in these times. At least to the level of "good enough." Love this Jami Sieber track. 🐘🩶
This is such a helpful and supportive post, Maia—so many great suggestions.
I appreciate this idea of "cooling". We're not only in a heated season of current affairs, but we're also experiencing the heated season of summer, which seems to make heated emotions worse.
“ It’s peacemaking in the most intimate sense.” Love that. Thank you for these reminders. Cooling sounds on time for sure.
Maia, I love how you've spoken about Shamatha meditation as a means of cooling down and peacemaking in the most intimate sense. Meditation is my go-to for calm, but I also benefit greatly from listening to spiritual teachings, which provide me with valuable perspective. I enjoy coloring, too! It can be very calming when I stay present in the moment while I color.
Just ordered the cello cd. What peaceful music! Thanks for the link. Enjoy the rain!
I guarantee you will love it!
Lovely reminder. Thank you, Maia.
For me, in addition to my sitting practice, gardening. Planting things and watering things and growing things and watching the things being eat by slugs. Reminding me as well, every thing is impermanent. 🙏🏼
Thank you for your call words.
Thank you for your calming words.
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I’ve recently been taught a meditation on Prajñaparamita, on her as a deity and on the heart sutra and I am finding it very beneficial, when a lot of my existing Buddhist practice is failing to calm my polycrisis anxieties.
Thank goodness for the big refreshing rain we just had!
It's been wonderful, hasn't it? Hope you're well, Cyndi!
Love coloring! It honestly also helps me to get out and do something. I’ve been volunteering at food drives, marshaling protests, helping distribute excess food after farmers markets to non profits and summer programs for kids.
Oh yes, getting out there and being of service is such a good way to regulate ourselves... thanks for infusing that into the conversation, Logan!
I feel calmer just reading this, thank you, Maia. I'm looking forward to listening to the music links next! 🙏💚
would love to hear how you like the music selections!
I really liked listening to the the Sam Cooke while watching the video. I watched it twice! 😊
Loved this! A big glass of water this morning. 💙💙💙
As I was re-reading my post, I wondered if I should have put 'cool' water instead of 'cold.' I think in many holistic health perspectives, cold is a shock to the digestive system and cool is a bit gentler for us. Anyway, the things writers think about!
Ooh I disagree. We could all use a shocking plunge in an ice bath right about now! This was so good 🩵
I agree with sitting near water… the reflections and motion on the surface are so calming.
Yes indeed! Do you live in a place where it’s possible for you to sit nearby water, Korie?
Yes! I live on a small lake with lots of water fowl around all the time 😊.