Writing Meditation

 ONENESS

                                                   (after Andy Baggott )    

                                    

"L eap-splash – a frog."  

~ Basho (1644-1694) 

Look,

just this bowl...

and

images struggling

to contain its contents:

Air, light, shadow, stillness.

Thoughts...

More thoughts...

Letting go...

More letting go.

  

Look,

just        this       bowl...

and

the chatter

of "me/not me.”

Who is entering the stillness

Looking?

Look, Basho!

Leap, Splash - a bowl.

~ Cedric ~

One of the joys of this summer is practicing "meditative writing."

Here are the guidelines that speak to me.

Practicing Meditative Writing

    1.   Find   your place, and sit comfortably.

2.   Get in touch with your breathing.

3.   When you become still and relaxed,
     close your eyes and slowly count your breaths to ten.

4.   Now open your eyes (and other senses),
     and be present to the moment.

5.    What are your first impressions?

6.   Write them down as simply as possible,
     without getting caught up in critical thinking.

7.   Now sit quietly, reading the words,
     and recalling the feelings the first impression evoked.

8.   Close your eyes again, and listen.

9.   Again note down any deeper impressions.

10.Now allow the notes to guide your writing.
     Or, as I like to say, "Simply stir and enjoy!"