Feeling Unrested
Oct. 23rd, 2011 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
The wisdom traditions all have some form of meditation or prayer that is aimed at slowing us into this center, where the very pace of creation breathes.
Creation breathes… it's an interesting way of putting the calm at the centre meant for prayer and meditation. I thought it was meant to be stillness and peace… a place to calm the spirit and with it, the body… I've never really thought about it that way before. Perhaps it's the idea of 'slow' that's such a comfort then.
I think I'm only going to get two of these entries done today… where I'd wanted to do three, so that I can catch up, but… the truth of it is, I haven't been sleeping well, even when I sleep – even when I go to bed, I can't sleep. It's a worry, and of course that makes it worse.
So the slightest thing sets me off… rushing down some stupid hole of what actually feels like panic. It's a very uncomfortable feeling. Maybe what I need to do is try and spend some time breathing, meditating or something before I try to fall asleep, to reach that calm slow centre. Maybe some deep breathing, to help, because right now, all I feel is afraid.
The first breath
is always life-giving.
The wisdom traditions all have some form of meditation or prayer that is aimed at slowing us into this center, where the very pace of creation breathes.
Creation breathes… it's an interesting way of putting the calm at the centre meant for prayer and meditation. I thought it was meant to be stillness and peace… a place to calm the spirit and with it, the body… I've never really thought about it that way before. Perhaps it's the idea of 'slow' that's such a comfort then.
I think I'm only going to get two of these entries done today… where I'd wanted to do three, so that I can catch up, but… the truth of it is, I haven't been sleeping well, even when I sleep – even when I go to bed, I can't sleep. It's a worry, and of course that makes it worse.
So the slightest thing sets me off… rushing down some stupid hole of what actually feels like panic. It's a very uncomfortable feeling. Maybe what I need to do is try and spend some time breathing, meditating or something before I try to fall asleep, to reach that calm slow centre. Maybe some deep breathing, to help, because right now, all I feel is afraid.
