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Today is Monday, September 23.
Today's Question from Daily Meditation:
Queries for Contemplation
How have you found ways of solitude in your otherwise busy life? Have these ways evolved over the years? If so, from what to what?
How does your solitude feed your moral imagination and actions in the world?
I have stumbled and reluctantly tried different ways during my lifetime to interact in solitude with prayer and meditation. In the last year, however, I have discovered a walking chant practice. The repetitive physical rhythms gently nudge my attention toward my body. I glimpse fleetingly my conscious awareness beside my egoic thinking mind. I strive to act singly. I feel the vibrations of my feet striking the ground and I feel the word vibrations of sacred names chanted softly under my breath. It is a different awareness. I find it endlessly fascinating that this simple act of feeling the present moment to be so foreign to my rational thinking mind. This practice is such a great supplement to silence meditation.
In the last year, doing a single chanting activity without the worry and pressure of daily commitments allows me to put those pressures in a bigger context. I can imagine acting without being driven by immediate judgments. I embrace and pray to deepen the practice.
https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2019/09/23/the-role-of-solitude-in-creativity-and-justice-making/
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