Day 77

I was sitting at my desk covering a science class yesterday. I was sitting and listening to the chatter. A thought came in, "Why won't they stop talking?" Then another thought answered, "Why would they? Students behave like students behave. They're perfectly themselves." Then, I began looking at them. Most of them were talking and most of them were happy. They had a sparkle in their eye. I knew right then that they were happy to be alive. They wouldn't have it any other way. And I wouldn't either.

I asked myself, "What separates me from them?" I didn't get an answer.


The Practice
Tuesday Morning - 15 minute meditation
Tuesday Evening - Byron Katie's "The Work" with a facilitator
Wednesday Morning - 15 minute meditation
Wednesday Evening - Live radio with Adyashanti and a 30 minute meditation
Thursday Morning - 30 minute meditation

Reflection

Thoughts are a multi-layer structure. I have thoughts about the thoughts about the thoughts. I was sitting in meditation today and it occurred to me that there could be infinite number of thoughts about the thoughts and so on.  For instance, I started thinking about my work; I caught myself and went back to the present time. A few seconds later, I heard a faint thought say, "see, you don't have to think about your work if you don't want to." Then, my mind went, "wait, that's also a thought." At the same time, I heard a whisper of another thought that I couldn't decipher the specificity of, but I knew it was another layer of a thought that seemed much farther. The further I looked into how far the thoughts really go, the farther they went. There was no end to it.

I realized that no matter how far down the rabbit hole I go, it's all mind. And I am both the rabbit hole and the mind that takes me there.