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Revised Daily Practice Notes for 2021

3/2/2021

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Watching Intention Practice

Counting the chanting beads

[Holysync Meditation Bells]

Tune in: Ong Namu Guru Dev
Sat Nam
I am well, happy, at peace etc
White Tara Mantra
Mul Mantra
Hari 108x for health and success
Shabad and/or Bellows Breath
Contemplate the essence of this practice:
Watch the mind. What are the intentions behind thoughts,
words, or actions as they arise? Watch objectively without
reaction so that eventually you will be able to see things
clearly for what they really are.

Sit quietly.

3 deep breaths
Wahe Gura Chant
Remember how to think of past,

present, and future.

Set intention for the day.
Just one thing at the time.
Remain non-reactive
Keep quiet
Watch

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No Mud, No Lotus

2/3/2021

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"No mud, no lotus: Without struggling through the mud, you cannot find the happiness of the Lotus. Without grit, there is no pearl." - Thich Nhat Hanh

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Accepting certain things

1/6/2021

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Alberto Giocometti (?)

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The Mad Heathen of 8th Avenue

12/12/2020

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8th Avenue and 47th Street in New York City

Took the E train across town to photograph this building, originally known as The Lamasery, which in the1870s became the home of the newly formed Theosophical Society with a spiritual center focusing on more esoteric practices. I'm hoping to do a concept painting and now will have to paint the ghost of Madame Blavatsky into the top floor window on the right. The New York Sun called Blavatsky 'The Mad Heathen of 8th Avenue." From what I know, she was into some powerful and fascinating things.

When I was done shooting, I walked along Broadway, stopping in the first Army Navy Surplus store I've seen in I don't know how long. Took a left on 44th Street on into Times Square, now like a ghost town.

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