Work and sleep

[waves]

(((((((( Mari ))))))))

i like your alarm plan. s&% happens. i'm sorry it happened to you today.

sending lots of good thoughts and hoping that tomorrow will be much better for you.



~ waves ~

[Mari]

I feel low.

[Brokenfriend]

Originally Posted by Mari

Oh Dear!

I overslept. This is really embarrassing and hard to explain to people. I told the secretary on the phone that something came up. That sounds so lame.

I had so many things on my mind when I went to bed at 5:30 am that I forgot to set the alarm. I needed to be awake at 9:00 am.

I think I need to buy a new alarm that I can program.
The one I have now is not sophisticated.

M

I had several alarm clocks about 10 years ago. I was down to one alarm clock two weeks ago,and it failed. I must have had that one for 15,or more years.

I bought a new one last week,and it's not so alarming when it goes off in the morning,after setting it the night before. I like that. BF

[Brokenfriend]

Originally Posted by Mari

I feel low.

I'm sorry Mari. All of this shall pass soon. I hope that you feel better now,and Tuesday during the day. BF

[Theta Z]

Originally Posted by Mari

Hi, Bizi,

I have a Deepak Chopra 15 minute muscle relaxation recording that I can listen to sometimes at night on my iPod when I am in bed. It helps sometimes.

Re meditation: All the techniques I have heard about tell you to keep thoughts/ feelings/ pictures from coming in. That is hard.
Thursday I decided not to fight them. I ignored them as they came in while I was breathing and being the mountain. After a while they went away on their own. That is pretty cool actually. Then I stopped being the mountain and was just "being."

M

That's a genuine awareness of insight, of progress along-the-path in daily practice experience, that I've been hoping to find persons writing about on NT. And of course, I find it here with all you fine ladies & Steve, where I am "Theta, the Quiet One"
in your community threads.

Yes, this!!"All the techniques I have heard about tell you to keep thoughts/ feelings/ pictures from coming in. That is hard." Indeed, so very hard, darn near impossible!! That instruction to "keep your attention on the breath", "do not allow the thoughts" is crazymakers for me!

Tell my mind "not to do" X, and of course my OCD-ADD-ADHD-"acquired"-post-CHI/MTBI/PCS'd-brain-mind will do "X".
How to turn off our busy-busy, mentally mercurial minds, to simply Be and 'rest in simply being' ... wow, Lady Mari, my hats off to ya, Gal!

Kudos! Please keep us posted!

You're an inspiration for me, and help fuel my "last hope", mari! Thank you ever so much for your posts here!

Sincerely,
Theta

[Theta Z]

Originally Posted by Mari

I feel low.

I feel low.
__________________
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go." ~ Rumi

This is so simple, so perfect.
And, I love your signature, mari.

[Theta Z]

Originally Posted by Mari

I feel low.

Originally Posted by bizi

This sounds like progress, am happy for you!
bizi

Originally Posted by Mari

Oh Dear!

I overslept. This is really embarrassing and hard to explain to people. I told the secretary on the phone that something came up. That sounds so lame.

I had so many things on my mind when I went to bed at 5:30 am that I forgot to set the alarm. I needed to be awake at 9:00 am.

I think I need to buy a new alarm that I can program.
The one I have now is not sophisticated.

M

It's a great thing for me, I learned about my basic cellphone last year! Wow! Multiple alarms! Pretty simple to set, even for moi! Hope this may help, mari and steve.

Theta

[bizi]

I am sorry that you feel low mari, may you feel better soon.
bizi

[Mari]

Saturday I bought a bottle of Syrah -- a wine from Chile: drank 4 ounces on Saturday and 2 ounces on Sunday.
It helped with something although I am not sure what just yet.

M

[Mari]

Hi,

Five hours of sleep and rain outside.

I could use some more sleep and I do not think we need this much rain right now.

M