[MD] Everything/Nothing, or should I get a life?

[Heather Perella]

> >       [Marsha previously]
> > > But I think you have misinterpreted
> > > what I was saying.  No problem.  Painting is
> > > calming, or exciting.  Depends on the subject. 
> I do meditate, but I still can sometimes paint with
great passion.

              [SA previously]
> >      How is mediation counter to great passion?

     [Marsha] 
> I didn't mean to imply that.

     What do you mean then?
 
     [SA previously]
> Zazen, what I like to practice, is alertness, but
not on anything in
> >particular.  I hear a bird, well, when a bird is
> >present to be heard.  Now, if I where to
> concentrate on the bird song specifically, well then
I've begun
> to meditate, I'm focused on something specific.

       [Marsha] 
> You sound very pleased with your practice.

     I meditate, too.  Are you pleased with your
practice of meditation?  With painting?

social chatting spontaneous intellect,
SA



 
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