This morning I was able to complete a fourty five minute routine of walking and sitting meditation and although it now feels like an eternity ago I feel a brightness that has yet to dim from it. I am no less tired and stressed than I have been of late and only a little less sick but I do feel that there has been a shift which I can only attribute to my teacher and the presence of the community that I was fortunate enough to enjoy last night.
In essence, I feel that I have a renewed trust in my ability to practice and in the practice itself. Reminders of the fundamentals and of the inherently improvisational nature of lived practice are just so vital to keeping myself afloat that I can hardly believe anyone is capable of solitary practice while treading water in the flood of lay life. I am so grateful to have found the teachings and a commu
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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