Journal Writing, Resting and Quieting the Mind

Thank you folks for listening to me as I do this journal. Of course I'm doing the writing for myself but the knowledge that you are reading along provides the additional momentum needed to keep up the process. The further I go with the fast, the more challenging it is to get up and sit down to do this. So thanks again for being there with your feedback and words of encouragement.

Now I'm resting even more! I remember when Pretty Kitty would be sick and curl up in a quiet corner, sleep and sip water occasionally. Each time I'd try to get her to eat something which she refused. How audaciously anthropomorphic and ignorant of me. She knew exactly what she was doing! Every animal on the planet knows how to maximize the body's efforts to heal. Everyone except man who palliates his symptoms with various drugs and continues with a normal routine as much as possible.

I believe that Intuition only happens in the present moment - not when the mind is rehashing the past or anticipating the future. Achieving this state requires a meditative attitude in the daily course of events. This period is giving me time to practice my "mediator in the world" theme that I have for the Intuition in Management courses. I have a visual symbol and those words on each transparency that I use in class.

Quieting the mind automatically brings it to the present moment. As I've experimented with various sitting meditations as ways of quieting the mind, I've not found one that was satisfactory for me. Some time ago I began working with meditation in the normal course of a day's activities. With my quiet activity, this is a good time to practice.

As I begin my classes in the fall, I'll have more direct experience to speak from as I share this approach with my students. Unexpected side benefits are coming from this fast. I wonder if I could get faculty development assistance for this? On the other hand, I imagine the state auditors would wouldn't buy that for one minute!