Day 28 Entry

The Morning Sit

Today we sat for a short sit since I have certain life constraints that put me in the spot to have to do things before a certain time. And so our 25 minutes were perfectly spent giving our bodies the attention it wants.

A mind untrained is like a dog loose off its leash. It will buy into thoughts as if they’re all real. A thought is only real if you choose to give it reality. If a thought arises but isn’t useful, then there is no reason to invest your energy into it. That’s why body scanning is perfect—so the pull of thoughts loosens and instead you focus on how your body feels.

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Meditation Flowing Into Daily Life

Sometimes practice shows itself where you least expect it.

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I was running today, but instead of bracing against the clock or obsessing over my breath, I softened my gaze inward. I let my attention go blurry, like the way you look at a candle flame without really staring at it. The focus spread out and became diffuse.

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Time passed easier. The effort felt lighter. The treadmill became less of a battle and more of a rhythm I was carried along by.

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This wasn’t something new—it was the same lesson I’ve been training on the cushion, just hidden in a different form.

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• Convergent focus sharpens the blade. It’s precise, but sometimes too tight.
• Divergent focus spreads like a lantern. Softer, less intrusive, still illuminating everything.

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Meditation is showing me that the blade and the lantern both belong in my toolkit. On the mat, in motion, and in daily life, the skill of awareness doesn’t switch off. It follows me, whether I’m scanning my body in stillness or jogging in place with strangers on either side.

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Reflection:
This is the quiet transfer of practice: what was once “just meditation” becomes a living skill. It softens the edges of the moment and shows me that the boundary between practice and life was always thinner than I thought.