From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V6 #42 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Friday, September 12 2003 Volume 06 : Number 042 Today's Subjects: ----------------- A Meditation ["Sara Chamberlin" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:35:39 -0500 From: "Sara Chamberlin" Subject: A Meditation I practice a form of insight meditation known as lovingkindness in which you repeat variations on these four approximate affirmations: May I be safe May I have physical well-being May I have peace of mind May I have ease of well-being You begin with yourself, then move on to a loved one, a mentor, a neutral person--the mail carrier, for instance--a difficult person (always a good lesson!) and finally to everyone in the world. The wonderful thing is, of course, the knowledge that someone, somewhere is sending you lovingkindness back at any given moment. Anyway, the past few days, these four affirmations as questions have played in my mind instead. At first I thought the music was so lovely, I wish John had written more, but now . . . now I think he might have written just enough: If not us, not them If not now, then when? If not here nor there If not this world, then where? I bid you all peace as this anniversary draws to a close-- Sara ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V6 #42 *******************************