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While meditation is best trained in stillness, the meditative state is accessible at any speed and in the noisiest environments imaginable. Landscapes and cityscapes become sacred mandalas, attuning the rhythms of the body to the lay of the land. Noticing the interaction between the soles of the feet with the sharp angles of rocks or sidewalks. Following the adjustment of bones and muscles while changing posture in response to the slipperiness of sand or oil stains. | While meditation is best trained in stillness, the meditative state is accessible at any speed and in the noisiest environments imaginable. Landscapes and cityscapes become sacred mandalas, attuning the rhythms of the body to the lay of the land. Noticing the interaction between the soles of the feet with the sharp angles of rocks or sidewalks. Following the adjustment of bones and muscles while changing posture in response to the slipperiness of sand or oil stains. | ||
- | Meditating while engaging with the world is an experiment in focused unfocusing. Attending to the whole experience without prioritising anything. This isn't necessarily pleasant. The practitioner can end up attuning to a destructive landslide, or a brook clogged by plastic bags. While human instinct in such situations might be to overflow with fear or rage and react impulsively, | + | Meditating while engaging with the world is an experiment in focused unfocusing. Attending to the whole experience without prioritising anything. This isn't necessarily pleasant. The practitioner can end up attuning to a destructive landslide, or a brook clogged by plastic bags. While human instinct in such situations might be to overflow with fear or rage and react impulsively, |
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- | In a forest, I have felt many times over that it was not I who looked at the forest. Some days I felt that the trees were looking at me, were speaking to me.... I was there, listening.... I think that the painter must be penetrated by the universe and not want to penetrate it.... I expect to be inwardly submerged, buried. Perhaps I paint to break out. | + | |
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