July 29 2018 COUSINS

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Cousins and best buds,
Clean curl, little guys stoked!
Checking out the waves.
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What is it that creates an affinity between people? Often you will see a similarity of interests. However, you will often see what appears to be night and day interests manifest in friendships. These cousins Arjun and Kai deeply enjoy and appreciate one another and it has always been that way. On the surface they seem very different. Arjun is quiet and Kai is noisy. Arjun is left brain analytical – he loves taking things apart and putting them back together. When he looks at a bug he is counting legs and naming body parts. Kai is right brain he may not count the number of legs on the insect, but he sees the colors and blending of colors present on the little one’s body. Serious Arjun teaches Kai how to analyze and build. Flying by the seat of his pants, Kai teaches Arjun to take things a bit more lightly and laugh a bit more. They are rather like interlocking puzzle pieces wherein one side pushing out compliments the other side pushing in. In addition, there is commonality of theme running throughout. So, what appears on the surface to be quite different, on closer inspection shows many points of contact. I do not know all the interlocking points of contact between Arjun and Kai. I do see the joyous and respectful friendship they share. As grandmother, holding deep thank you, that they have been given one another to travel through life as friends. 

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July 13, 2018

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Infinite ocean -
Thinking of the Beloved.
Waves on waves of joy.
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Preparation for meditation:
• Find a quiet spot
• Sit erect and relaxed, cross legged or in a chair feet flat on the floor
• Chest out and shoulders back
• With chin parallel to the ground
• Hands with palms turned upward at juncture of the thighs and abdomen
• Close your eyes and gently lift gaze upward to the point between the eyebrows. No straining.
…. Then what ….
Consider going to the link here to continue to actual meditation practice ….
http://www.yogananda-srf.org/Learn_to_Meditate/A_Beginner_s_Meditation.aspx#.W0i8JvZFxYc

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“If the beginner yogi sits on the hard floor to meditate he will find his legs going to sleep, owing to pressure on his flesh and arteries. If he sits on a blanket over a spring pad or mattress, on the floor, or over a hard bed, he will not experience discomfort in his legs. A Westerner, used to sitting on chairs with his thighs at a right angle to his torso, will find it more comfortable to meditate on a chair with a woolen blanket and silk cloth under him, extending under his feet which rest on the floor. Those Western yogis, especially youths, who can squat on the floor like Orientals, will find their knees pliable, owing to their ability to fold their legs in an acute angle. Such yogis may meditate in the lotus posture, or in the more simple cross-legged position.

“No one should try to meditate in the lotus posture unless he is at ease in that position. To meditate in a strained posture keeps the mind on the discomfort of the body. Meditation should ordinarily be practiced in a sitting position. Obviously, in a standing posture (unless one is advanced) he may fall down when the mind becomes interiorized. Neither should the yogi meditate lying down, for he might resort to the ‘practiced’ state of slumber.

“The proper bodily posture, one which produces calmness in body and mind, is necessary to help the yogi shift his mind from matter to Spirit.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda, God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita

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Photo of Encinitas California Beach from this site
https://suebeeandkat.com/2016/02/29/encinitas-sunset/
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