Straightening the Back

Day 14: Just joined the TI blog tonight (but not the TI). Good to see your words smiling here. Thanks.This second week passed quickly. The TI marks autumn departing. It involves more struggling and fewer highs and lows. The additional prostrations etch the reality of the effort each morning. During the days, awakening to patterns of self importance arising in the mind and waves of silent resentment (7th and 9th precept work). Clicking off the TV after eating each evening, allowing the solitary silence to approach. Sitting two rounds in the evening requires patience. Each day rising in darkness, walking out to the car, meeting in the blackness, remarkable timeless star constellations – endlessly patient. This has not been an easy week, one full of commitment of yet another flavor. Gassho