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cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
No one can avoid straying, but our health depends on the breath that stops us from straying further. No matter how far we've gone, it is the practice of returning to whatever moment we are living now that restores us, because only when fully in each moment we can we draw strength from the Oneness of things.
Maintaining a focus isn't easy... in life as in meditation the
distractions are myriad and confusing. A lot of the time they're driven by impulses and fears... and we stray.
Our mind rushes off on 'what if' questions. We're distracted by 'shiny things' along the way... and it isn't a matter of a lack of discipline that stops us from doing it. It's being human.
I spent a long time yesterday talking with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jansma about... well in the bigger picture it was all about feeling validated... since both of us, in different ways were being pulled 'off course.'
It seems to happen so often with sci-fi TV shows and movies, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, et al, that they acquire 'in print' book spinnoffs, where the 'canon' of a cancelled TV show is continued in those books, and isn't always everything the fan would hope for. In some cases though, there are things that are as the fans would hope, but the whole notion of 'be careful what you wish for' comes into play then.
With the continuation of the SGA canon in novels, and the development of the Wraith (finally), we were both left feeling out of sorts for different reasons... and both struck by the need for validation, and the strength to continue in our own endeavours.
It's been a long while sincejansma and I sat down for a good discussion like the one we had, and honestly what we had wasn't nearly long enough (we kinda got distracted by the shiny books in the bookstore), but I came away feeling somewhat less threatened by the existance of Stargate 'book canon' (because the Enterprise book canon terrified me), and hopefully, Jansma feels a little more aware of her own contribution to the Evolution of the Wraith.
We carry a center
that is always returning.
No one can avoid straying, but our health depends on the breath that stops us from straying further. No matter how far we've gone, it is the practice of returning to whatever moment we are living now that restores us, because only when fully in each moment we can we draw strength from the Oneness of things.
Maintaining a focus isn't easy... in life as in meditation the
distractions are myriad and confusing. A lot of the time they're driven by impulses and fears... and we stray.
Our mind rushes off on 'what if' questions. We're distracted by 'shiny things' along the way... and it isn't a matter of a lack of discipline that stops us from doing it. It's being human.
I spent a long time yesterday talking with
jansma about... well in the bigger picture it was all about feeling validated... since both of us, in different ways were being pulled 'off course.'It seems to happen so often with sci-fi TV shows and movies, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, et al, that they acquire 'in print' book spinnoffs, where the 'canon' of a cancelled TV show is continued in those books, and isn't always everything the fan would hope for. In some cases though, there are things that are as the fans would hope, but the whole notion of 'be careful what you wish for' comes into play then.
With the continuation of the SGA canon in novels, and the development of the Wraith (finally), we were both left feeling out of sorts for different reasons... and both struck by the need for validation, and the strength to continue in our own endeavours.
It's been a long while since
jansma and I sat down for a good discussion like the one we had, and honestly what we had wasn't nearly long enough (we kinda got distracted by the shiny books in the bookstore), but I came away feeling somewhat less threatened by the existance of Stargate 'book canon' (because the Enterprise book canon terrified me), and hopefully, Jansma feels a little more aware of her own contribution to the Evolution of the Wraith.
