What currently passes for integral practice…
- Spirit
- Shikantaza
- Some koan study (minimal right now)
- Douglas Harding‘s experiments (during daily activities, especially when out and about)
- Breema (yoga/mindfulness)
- Big Mind process (some with friends)
- Atma Vichara: Who/what am I? (upon waking in the morning)
- Mind
- Byron Katie‘s inquiry
- Big Mind process
- Breema (yoga/mindfulness)
- Rejoicing (finding joy in other’s happiness)
- Gratitude
- Studies (limited)
- Body
- Breema (yoga/mindfulness)
- Brisk walking & light running
- Strenght (some although minimal)
- Biking (although less now in the winter)
- Eat simple, hearty peasant food (just got a crockpot!)
- In wider context
- Personal relationship(s)
- Sustainability work in the community (initiating discussion groups)
- Give Breema and Big Mind session to folks
- Organize simple living & sustainability related workshops etc.
The last few weeks have been a period of resting from much of this, which seems to be just a part of natural cycles – both individual and seasonal. Resting and integration phases are as important as the more active ones.