tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752442688135445689.post2129026128345364195..comments2023-05-22T09:24:12.725-07:00Comments on The Chronic Meditator: A Wise BreakUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752442688135445689.post-87028246036808713922010-04-17T11:58:22.359-07:002010-04-17T11:58:22.359-07:00I listened to this podcast a few weeks ago. I thin...I listened to this podcast a few weeks ago. I think the sit and stick with whatever comes up sentiment is still very common. <br /><br />To me it seems that if you spin off into overwhelm about something difficult coming up, that might be the best point to shift your practice. Taking a break might mean going from just sitting to chanting lovingkindess verses, or walking meditation, or focusing on whatever is going "well" in this moment (you're alive, probably not physically in danger, maybe warm and not in terrible physical pain - just a few examples.) <br /><br />There probably is a place for dropping it all and taking a walk or having tea or doing some other activity, but I find that comment of Brach's a bit easy for people use as an excuse for skipping out on anything difficult that arrives. <br /><br />What I have found is that through regular practice, I've learned to some degree to have a gut sense of when I'm wanting to avoid, and when it's necessary to make some kind of shift, be it subtle or major. A kind of knowing your actual limits.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.com