In tonglen meditation, you reverse it: breathe in the black, heavy, negative, sticky—the susuwartari soot—then exhale the light, positive, clear, and good. You eat the evil. You transmute it.
that sounds more productive! The problem is I want to get it out first from me ideally. If one could exhale the black first, and then breathe in the white to keep it, that would be amazing!
So much here as always but how necessary to have this burst of light and wonder before the darkness of who knows what comes. That table sounds delightful and bizarro, I need more pics pls. And thank you for the nurture shout out. I wish I had time and space and energy for creating but lately it seems all I can do is stay above water. Your blackened Bosch’s are incredible.
So glad to have come across your Substack. Much needed nourishment for the soul. All my favorite cat companions have been black; so sorry for your loss of Poe.
Makes me think of Murukami's cats, which often appear in his writing. I have a black and white cat, and have had all black cats before and have always found them to be especially good cats.
In tonglen meditation, you reverse it: breathe in the black, heavy, negative, sticky—the susuwartari soot—then exhale the light, positive, clear, and good. You eat the evil. You transmute it.
Also that tonglen approach does seem kinder to the universe though - leaving only goodness in your wake. Hmm...
that sounds more productive! The problem is I want to get it out first from me ideally. If one could exhale the black first, and then breathe in the white to keep it, that would be amazing!
So much here as always but how necessary to have this burst of light and wonder before the darkness of who knows what comes. That table sounds delightful and bizarro, I need more pics pls. And thank you for the nurture shout out. I wish I had time and space and energy for creating but lately it seems all I can do is stay above water. Your blackened Bosch’s are incredible.
Thank you! Not that anyone spent this much, but here's the concept as more clearly outlined on this Amazon item - https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Kotatsu-Heater-Blanket-Comforter/dp/B083GTJJB8. You are a creator, no matter what output now!
What Dana said. And yes, those Bosch's are stunning.
I have so much with the Bosch (and writing these) - thank you!!
So glad to have come across your Substack. Much needed nourishment for the soul. All my favorite cat companions have been black; so sorry for your loss of Poe.
Grateful you found me! Cheers to the greatness of our black furry friends!
Makes me think of Murukami's cats, which often appear in his writing. I have a black and white cat, and have had all black cats before and have always found them to be especially good cats.
Yes! I miss my Poe, she was more like a lapdog than a cat sometimes