Putting things out into the universe?

[rebeccaC]

Did some work/photography in San Diego/El Cajon and the El Centro/Salton Sea area these last couple of days. Met a street prostitute in El Cajon while doing some photos and spent a few hours with her. As she said it was just a good vibe thing. We had a good conversation about the way choice is such an interweaving story line in our lives.

I’m still processing my grandmother's passing ….very stern but she was also magic at times and it hurt to lose her presence …I see that hurt/pain as a natural part of life and suffering as a story line we tell ourselves. I see pain as what I feel when I’m connected to myself and want to learn to adapt to the changes loss/hurt/pain brings into my life. Suffering is the story I create around a loss, hopefully not an excuse to not deal with the pain.

I like what Pema Chodron wrote about it being easy to suffer and not as easy to feel pain and still see the joy in life.

Anyway long trip and sleep deprived….. in a good way though



My grandmother was with me in Bombay beach on the Salton sea…we had an ongoing talk about Bukowski

[Crankin]

I am always a little leery of these kinds of statements. Everyone processes things differently; if it works for you, fine. If not, that's fine, too.
My professional experience has been the "voice in your head" is the thing that sabotages most people. That voice is usually negative, stuck in the past, or projecting the future. That's why mindfulness has an emphasis on being in the present.