--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick > > <jochadw1@> wrote: > > > > > > I think right now the Self is sucking us back in. I've missed my > > program many, many times over the past 30-something years but > lately > > I can't seem to wait to get back in there because the energy is so > > incredible. > > > > I went for years where the only good meditations I had were in > > groups, needing the fullness of the group to feel that saturated > > silence. By myself it just felt thin, and chock full of thoughts. I > > don't know when that changed- it was gradual- but now there is that > > sense of depth and fullness when its just me, even when meditating > > in odd places like the front seat of my car. So much so that my > > desire to meditate in a group has long since vanished. > > > > The other thing I've noticed, as the year changed over to 2007, is > a > > sense that the atmosphere seems clearer and cleaner. The picture I > > keep having is that like a tree with many of the smaller branches > > cleared out, or a river delta with fewer tributaries. The mental > > environment is just cleaner somehow. And I haven't been looking or > > expecting anything- I will pretty much deal with whatever comes > > along and am not one to place my happiness into the future, or > sense > > things taht aren't there. > > > > Just curious if anyone else has innocently become aware of such an > > atmospheric change, coming into the New Year? > > Yes, I have noticed a lifting of spirit; even during the New Years > celebration, New York City, was playing Lennons's Imagine- which I > thought was a beautiful touch. > I feel too that the deaths of James Brown, and President Ford, > brought upliftment and healing and remembering, of two 'peace- makers. > And the death of Saddam also, in contrast, felt like a darkness > lifting, I must say: I guess because he inspired so much fear in > people of that region. > So, proceeding this new year, there was a lot of transition going on. > And a feeling of upliftment and expectation... > > > Glad to hear it!
