tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post7673727696641600156..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: B Alan Wallace - On Practice Spacewilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-63267838572472229762011-07-08T08:48:07.563-07:002011-07-08T08:48:07.563-07:00Often, I will meditate during my commute on the L ...Often, I will meditate during my commute on the L train in Chicago. There's something about being packed into a train car with a bunch of strangers, all standing/sitting still while the scenery outside flies past. It's alternately calming and anxiety inducing. Then when we arrive downtown, all the skyscrapers and noise and people walking in every direction, the buzzing energy of a big city. Everything is moving too fast to fully process. I start to think about the history of how all of this came to be, and all the interconnected lives and processes, simultaneously chaotic and coordinated. There's a moment when the train crosses the river and I start thinking about how this enormous city is connected to the land it's built on and Lake Michigan and the rest of the world. I notice how tiny my sphere of awareness is, how much that is happening all the time that I'm completely oblivious to. Then I get off the train and go to work. As a meditation experience, it's worlds apart from sitting on a cushion in a quiet room.Dan Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122975933948756756noreply@blogger.com