Mindful Blogging

"Gathering the Light" from the Taoist book The Secret of the Golden Flower, translated by C. G. Jung and Richard Wilhelm - I have no idea how this relates. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Finding time to meditate is just as hard as finding time to blog.
I feel like I have to have a large chunk of free time with which to meditate in.
The way that mindful meditation is set up actually allows meditation to be brought into every day life. It's not something to be set aside from everyday life, mindfulness is brought in to the hustle and bustle of life.

It is still hard for me to practice consistently, but it is as simple as paying attention to what you are doing. The usual practice of meditation, in the eastern sense, is to pay attention to the breath. This is pretty simple, in essence, but extending this to other aspects of life is the difficult part. Simply paying attention to whatever we are doing at a particular time is by far not easy. In the hustle and bustle world we live in, being able to do one thing at a time and pay attention to it is even more difficult.

I have decided, as I have time to write this post, that I will develop a new type of blogging- Mindful blogging.
As the spearhead of this practice, the instructions are simple.. just pay attention to the keystrokes, the pressure of the sofa on the back, the sounds going on around, and simply be in the moment.
Try it out! Its really not that hard, and after you've been going for a while it becomes increasingly easy to be distracted by thoughts and other outside stimulus.

That's all for now- if you have any feedback it would be greatly appreciated. Just remember to do what you are doing and pay attention....