A funny thing happened as I wrote about endurance. The old post from 2013 endured. I couldn’t delete it. So, a few updates: Minnesota artist & writer AJ, visiting New York four summers in a row, says that meditating on and cultivating endurance has been a boon to her creative work as well as her pool game (something to do with improving her shots). Endurance, or in Yoga language, Steadfastness, may not sound sexy, but it also isn’t drudgery. We endure pain as we strive to get beyond it to the highest, shiniest aspect of Self, the inner golden rock that never tarnishes. Meditating (or any activity) in a group increases our endurance as a group’s energy can carry us past our myopic self-scrutiny or lazy tendencies.
Take 5 or so minutes to cultivate the quality of endurance. Contemplate the sound, image, or weight of the word. Reflect on a fulfilling experience of endurance, like a graduation or completion of a long term project. Let go of the word and sit with the feel of it in your body. Journal or doodle about it. If you wish, share your insights on endurance here or at: sheilaklewis.wordpress.com. You can also email: sheilaklewis@gmail.com.
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Readers and friends, please let me know how this meditation works for you. best to post and also email sheilaklewis@gmail.com. Thank you!
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Keep me posted–how do these prompts work for you?
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it’s a learning curve, these new fangled upgrades. I really just want a lot of pictures but can’t figure it out. thanks for reading!
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Glad you’re back with the blog!
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Yes, Sheila, endurance has been key to my art making and 9-ball. Both require focus and both require staying with the muse for a very long time in order to begin to move to new levels of understanding. Hearing about endurance at meditation for the past summers at Makom with you has been informing at its best.
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