Laziness is the bane of my meditation practice existence. I can usually think of a zillion and one things I’d rather be doing rather than meditating.
Funny part is that when I’m on the cushion, I’m usually caught up in thinking about those zillion and one things I’d rather be doing.
It is said that the antidote to laziness is both perseverance and diligence. In order to “wake up”, one needs to be dedicated and take action. Who knew the action of ‘just sitting there’ could be suffused with so much action and activity.
My favourite kinds of laziness come from attachment to pleasure- the rosy glow of being in absolutely in love and completely captivated with the geekboy of my dreams…Heap onto that my love of sleep, rest and generally being loafy.
(read in the voice of Yoda)- Practice while you can young TMcG. Death, sickness and old age come suddenly and damm it if sitting for hours on a tiny square cube of a cushion with skate-addled knees and an unfocused mind isn’t trouble enough for you at such a young age..
I dedicate this post to you- dear reader. I need to devote my practice to you. No matter if you are a friend, enemy or stranger. This is a pre-Boddhisattvic Vow digital commitment.
This gives me perspective and helps to fight the laziness.
Dear TMcG,
You seem to want to develop your Buddhist meditation. We have a small Zendo in my NDG home where three of us (steady sitters)meet on Thursday nights. There is a small Zendo in my NDG home. We meditation from 7-9 (with 30 minutes sittings and 10 minutes walking meditation repeated three times. This includes a reading after the 2nd sitting.) However, our practice is Soto Zen mediation probably closer to Brad Warner than Noah Levine. If you are interested in a structured environment, you might consider coming to check us out. Maybe we could meet sometime for coffee at Shaika. You seem like an interesting person.