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…and you don’t either.
Meditation can help you realize that.
I sit on the chair that I put together from IKEA. I’m not going to put on airs and say it’s some handcrafted chair from an unpronounceable place. It’s IKEA and it took me 10 minutes to put together and it probably needs to be tightened. It does feel a little loose.
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I have been a student of meditation for 15 or so years. I first started trying around the time I met my wife and I have been trying to cultivate a practice since then. Reading the work of people who meditate, working through the process on my own, and remembering that I want to meditate more often have been the pillars of my practice.
Like anyone, I go in and out. The remembering is the hardest part.
Next time you put on a pot of tea and you’re alone, try this:
As I sit on the chair I hear the sound of the tea kettle begin to rise.
I open myself to hearing the sound, and the sound alone. The anticipation of the whistle keeps me focused. After all, I don’t want to wake up the whole house.
The first sounds are sputtering hisses. It’s as though there is a fire trying to catch, but I know the water would put it out.
