tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post8371231158279759243..comments2024-03-24T03:12:21.128-04:00Comments on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Mysticism: Gone Fishing!Lance Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04504850608959937357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-73054107730839554862018-08-19T07:34:45.309-04:002018-08-19T07:34:45.309-04:00Shabatt Shalom! Thanks for chiming in, Brother Don...Shabatt Shalom! Thanks for chiming in, Brother Don. I think the bottom line is Making the Sabbath Holy, no!? Making the Space. Taking the Space. Holding the Space to relax beyond the ordinary hustle bustle of the modern capitalist hard driving sped up way of life we're immersed in. <br />I think what your alluding to IS what I'm talking about in a very real way. <br /><br />I, of course, just like to Sit Still and feel The Silence, but hanging with Special friends doing Special things like hanging with friends, reading inspirational books, long walks, sounds great. <br />🙏❤️<br />One Love,<br />Lance Lance Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174480565578669357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-75554385750117127172018-08-18T11:50:13.803-04:002018-08-18T11:50:13.803-04:00Shabbat Shalom! This sounds to me a lot like the S...Shabbat Shalom! This sounds to me a lot like the Sabbath. <br /><br />I spent two years living in group house with a hippie, Rainbow, medicine man rabbi, Moshe Blatt. The focus of the house was the Friday night open house pot-luck celebration. A few years later, living in Portland, Maine, I invited people from the street and others to a weekly celebration at my apartment. Not exactly what you are talking about, but very fulfilling for me.<br /><br />A sort of New Age definition of Shabbat that resonates with me is a time set aside with no compulsions, meaning do whatever you want, even work, but only if it doesn't feel forced. If the meditation felt forced I wouldn't do it. Some ideas for recommended types of activity are love-making, long walks in nature, reading inspiring books.<br /><br />Not the same as what you speak of, but with some similarities.Don Karphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272396482405908072noreply@blogger.com