What a beautiful and insightful post! I read it a couple of times! Thanks so much for all that you share here. Your description of your meditative walk and time at the creek - complete with making a new friend! - is wonderful. I love how you were able to immerse yourself in the moment, and even when you started thinking that you "should" have brought your camera with you, you quickly caught yourself and went right back to appreciating the experience you were having. I loved reading this! I can really feel how powerful the walking meditation is for you!
That berating self-talk...............Ah. I know it so well.......This is one of my biggest challenges: learning how to let go of the judgments...... My mind is my own worst enemy a lot of the time (yet another judgment!!!) I get so very caught up in my thoughts and my thinking. I read a quote the other day by Eckhart Tolle which spoke to me:
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"The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken."
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Yes! This is so what I need to do!! Transcend my own thinking, especially my fears. I have no idea how to do it, but it feels like meditation and mindfulness practice are a step in the right direction!!!
On that note........It's time for my evening session!
