Started my morning by sitting on a boulder, by the water.
with breath
with pulse
with attention
with care
gentle breath
gentle pulse
gentle attention
gentle care
I don't know how, exactly, but some intuition moved me to play with these invitations.
With each breath I thought of a phrase and steeped with it, ... of being with.
Humming. Dearly wanting these qualities towards my self, within, and in conversations held among us.
It takes the brain seven seconds to process, to actually hear and register what someone said.
To me, that feels like two full breaths ... before speaking again. Enough time to hum.
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I wonder if seven seconds also applies to the thoughts I speak to myself, as well.
To sit ... in seven-second waves, of connection, closer.
To sense ... in seven-second waves, perceiving what is here, clearer.
To notice ... in seven-second waves, realizing, in relation.
To think ... in seven-second waves, of recognition.
To initiate ... in seven-second waves of conception.
Does our comprehension have a pulse, that can be ridden, in cycles, in phrases,
surfing the pendulum of mindful time?
With deep pauses to gather.
Does attention span follow a similar cycle as the pulse of cerebro-spinal fluid?
wiki: Cerebrospinal_fluid
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There is a necessity to take time
leisurely enough,
with enough space to feel my feelings.
Otherwise they fly by, roughly ignored.
For my awareness and aliveness, it's essential that I sit in the garden, for it to grow.
What we pay attention to grows.
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Fast, forced rushing is not so gentle,
does not allow the choosing of choices,
the free ability to say 'no',
to give consent to anything,
to design it, create it,
to feel it,
or to even see my path my way,
when swept up in a hurricane.
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My tolerance and abilities vary widely.
What is adventurous and playful fun one day
can be overwhelming and out of control the next!
When I've slept well, fed well, clear-headed and alert, then
great fast movement can be a rich dance!
As soon as I'm too tired, it can be too overwhelming,
and then the very same activity feels violent to me
What was once gentle and perfectly fine can at anytime
become too much or too fast, so there needs a continual
responding to each thing, communication in relation,
guidance that naturally flows
and adjusts along with the living situation.
Limits and abilities flex and change,
the comfort zone is a moving blob,
so the general quality I seek to maintain
is the gentleness of being with.
... Comfort for all ...
Not disconnecting but gently spacious.
with breath
with pulse
with attention
with care
gentle breath
gentle pulse
gentle attention
gentle care
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Tetris
