Onions:
As an individual (not that there are any individuals really but it's a term of reference) or as a person I find myself made up of many layers like an onion. I suppose also in many ways the outside of an onion is a reflection of the inner of the onion, and maybe also the world that exists around the onion.
We grow and develop layers. Many attributes we have may not necessarilly serve us; as mentioned before I am an alcoholic but have been non-drinking for over three years, maybe it's four, I kinda forget on that one. Spent ten minutes trying to work it out the other day and gave up.
The layers that don't serve us can also, I feel, become restrictive of our general outlook on life and the way we may feel as we pass through life.
By peeling back the layers we come to a source of oneness or emptiness and that is reflected in all of us just as it is in god and the world around us.
By peeling back the layers we come to a source of oneness or emptiness and that is reflected in all of us just as it is in god and the world around us.
Now interestingly, through meditation that incorporates body scanning and the use of equanimity it becomes apparent that the attributes which do not serve me come bubbling to the surface and then peel away like the layers of an onion to come closer and more connected to that which is god. I saw that this morning as some sort of alignment, an aligning onion; similar perhaps to a French Onion ??
All joking aside, I feel it's important for me to spread the word of such alignment; such onion skinning. My practise makes me feel more peaceful and equanimous as a human being and I can only think that is a good thing; not just for me but also for the people around me. Just as stopping drinking had a positive impact not just on me but also those around me and those people close to me.
As far as my experience of meditation today went, both the hour sitting early at 6 15am and morning spirit at 9 15am felt very deep, very connected to that which is, and/or god; yet on both occasions I came out of the practise before the end. With the hour sitting I finished at 55minutes when the pain became too prevalent. Interestingly enough although initially I felt disappointed; very soon, within a second, realised disappointment was a foolish feeling to be having.
Here's a link to a friend who also practises and believes that such practise can dramatically change one's life:
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