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I was actually trying to meditate for a while before this...

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Eelco

That was absolutely hilarious Eelco! Thank you for sharing.

That cracked me up!!!! I hear Little Boy in Blue doing some toning there.

Good luck with all that! (I say through the chuckles...)

Lol thats my youngest son, Arend (Eagle).
We are allowed to comb his hair, but no scissors..

Don't worry your not the first to mistake him for a girl...
Best one was at swimming lessons about a month ago where some girl asked her mom "why does that girl have boys gear down there".....

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Eelco

Eelco wrote:Lol thats my youngest son, Arend (Eagle).
We are allowed to comb his hair, but no scissors..

Don't worry your not the first to mistake him for a girl...
Best one was at swimming lessons about a month ago where some girl asked her mom "why does that girl have boys gear down there".....

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Eelco

Doh! Apologies to Arend. In my defense, I must say there isn't much way to tell one way or the other, with that video. And I guarantee you I would not notice the equipment at that age. Lol....Oy!

p.s. I fixed that

Kids certainly know how to have fun don't they

I thought of you this morning, Eelco. This morning's meditation challenge for me:

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Really, you just never know what the background distraction will be at my house.

Hope all is going well with your meditation efforts

Much Love,

1inMany wrote: Hope all is going well with your meditation efforts

Much Love,

Picked it up again just the other day..
Going for samatha over the next few months..Get my concentration up I hope.

With Love
Eelco

I face similar challenges with my practices. Playing-with-kids Meditation, Petting-cats Meditation, and more recently, Pecked-at-by-chickens Meditation, all in all, difficult forms to master.

Eelco wrote:

1inMany wrote: Hope all is going well with your meditation efforts

Much Love,

Picked it up again just the other day..
Going for samatha over the next few months..Get my concentration up I hope.

With Love
Eelco

Is this what you are doing?

http://www.dhammaloka.org.au/articles/i ... ation.html

"The Buddha said that a well-trained mind is the most useful thing and the untrained mind the most dangerous thing to have. An untrained mind causes a lot of trouble to oneself and others, so begin by dedicating quite a lot of time and patience to the cultivation of concentration."

"A clear mind can look so directly, intensely and so penetratingly that we can see through experience and see it for what it really is."

Niiiice. Sometimes I come around to my breath to refocus, when I catch myself identifying with thoughts. Otherwise, I don't focus on the breath. I may try it to see what that's like.

Do things in your life start to go berzerk when you pick up meditation practice, Eelco?

I can't imagine chicken pecking meditation. That would take some doing, fo sho.