After reading Charli’s blog post about having to sit still for 15 minutes. I’ve been thinking about my experience this past following week of my practice of sitting for that long. I have to admit it is a very challenging task. Not to mention this past following week I came down with the flu, so I have been coughing quite often, making this exercise even somewhat more harder to accomplish.

Now I pretty much gotten over my flu thankfully, and I do see an improvement with myself of sitting still for 15 minutes in silence. But now here in week 2, not only I have to sit in silence in the same room, chair, etc. But I have to silence my thinking? I’m thinking, “Oh boy this is going to be something to master!” Then I stop to think, “How much you want to bet that’s the old blueprint talking to you right now?”. Everyone knows that blueprint will be getting you often, especially this early in this coarse.

These last few days of practicing sitting in silence, makes me think of the scene in 3D Animated movie “Over The Hedge”, when RJ wants Hammy to be a “Crazy Rabid Squirrel”. That’s how I describe my thinking, when I am tempting to silence my thinking, my thoughts bounces over the place like a Little Crazy Squirrel on caffeine. Imagining that, it is pretty hard to hold that little jittery critter still for 15 minutes. So far I have manage to silence my thoughts for about 5 sec or so. This is definitely an exercise that is easier said then done, which I’m sure I’m not the only one that thinks this way, but I’m sure by continuing practicing will improve my thinking.

Hope this weeks blog post is valuable to you with your journey with MKMMA, I’m looking forward whats to come next week, and Aloha.