Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Meditation 05-31-23

I did my morning sitting meditation before work today.  It always feels good to start my day this way.

This evening I did tape one of the Gateway Tapes.  I wanted to revisit the first tape again.  The session is only about 37 mins, but it felt so much longer... in a good way.  I already knew how the sessions was structured, but that didn't stop time from moving at what felt like an eternity.  The short session felt like it went on for hours.  At the end of it I felt like I woke from a good night sleep.  I felt like I was in and out of consciousness the entire session.

I plan on doing tape one again tomorrow morning.  I really want to fully explore each one of these tapes to the fullest. 

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Meditation

 About 6 weeks ago I decided that I wanted to start meditating again regularly.  I've been going to a weekly meditation class at the Buddhist Temple, and I really enjoy the experience.

I decided that I wanted to make it part of a regular routine and found an app called Medito, and it had a 30 day meditation challenge.  I successfully made it through the first 30 days and haven't missed a day since I started about 6 weeks ago.  It's become one of the parts of my day that I really look forward to.

As I was going down a YouTube rabbit hole I started seeing videos for The Gateway Tapes.  It's a guided meditation that the CIA was using in the 1980's and the story behind it is quite interesting.  It was crazy enough to catch my attention and look for the Gateway Tapes online.  I found them on YouTube and started using them 3 days ago.  The experience using the tapes has been quite interesting so far.  It's a journey that seems like it will be very eye opening.  I've listened to the first 3 tapes so far, and I've had a very unique experience with all 3.  I feel like this is something I should document.  Each session has had it's own unique journey so far.  This is my first time trying guided meditation and I really am enjoying it, but I also know that I need to keep up with my silent sitting meditation as well.

Tomorrow I'll probably go back to tape 1 of the Gateway Tapes, because I really don't want to rush whatever process I'm starting.  I want to really understand the purpose of every step of these guided meditations.

Sunday, May 28, 2023

SWOLA 137


I feel like I was trying to rip off the Deftones on this one.

Sunday, May 7, 2023

SWOLA 134


Here's my entry for Sunday with Ola SWOLA134

I really like how this one turned out.