Journey OF a thousand words

Well here we go.  First Blog on my new blogger.  I have been inspired to take up the practice of writing more and maybe working on my touch typing.   I don't really have a goal in mind, other than it might be a good way to engage the right side of the brain, think on paper, and reflect on my experience.  Sort of like a diary.

I wasn't sure what to call the blog - my first creative block - not a great start.  Notes to no-self is a buddhist take on the diary - No Self - Anatta - is a signpost to a mystery - the mystery of a life being lived but with no one at the centre - Of course there is the imagined self - rising and falling with thoughts, dreams, longings and fear - but it is just part of the scenery, unfolding, growing, changing and happening.

Its not a perspective I inhabit all the time. 

Woke up this morning and practice metta for 30mins.  A balance between wishing well and accepting what is.  If anything my practice is more about the latter at the moment - as if just listening without trying to fix.   Maybe that is the function of the blog - as a way to listen without judgement and simply see what comes out.  Im not sure if that is a great recipe for good writing.   However the Notes to No-self - also suggest the function of this blog is more for myself - and less for an audience.  Although when writing its always a possibility that someone will read one day, maybe even way into the future when this body has been reconfigured back into earth, water, heat and air.

If you are one of those people reading, wherever you are- I say "Hi!" I hope you are well and happy and if you find anything of interest that great.