Open Pages

The air today was exceedingly inviting. This morning I took a trip to ol' St. Chuck to apply for my new job opportunity, which turns out to be a place of childhood memories. It was pretty odd being there... Very nostalgic. But then after my trip down Main Street and memory lane, I went shopping. Target, and the BNN. Bought myself two new CDs: Mercy (Rocco DeLuca and the Burden) and Simple Times (Joshua Radin). Then purchased three new books: Living Buddha, Living Christ (Thich Nhat Hanh), Keeping Life Simple (Karen Levine), and Meditation Now or Never (Steve Hagen). All fully satisfying. Then off to my father's. A rather calm experience, unexpected, but pleasant. Kung Fu Panda, always a classic.

Now I sit here and write. I could write about so many things. And I really should, but I also have so much to read. Maybe I will just through in this little thought...

Reading up on Meditation, and how it is supposed to bring you back to the HERE and NOW. But sometimes I just want to slip out of Reality. I understand the importance of the realization of the now, but I also need to do something so that I can escape life for a few mintutes. So I am taking the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) that is used in treatment of some patients suffering from PTSD, and tweaking it a bit, and taking the importance of focus on breathing from meditation. And as in classical EMDR using a rhythmic pattern, rather than using light as the constant rhythm, I use music fitting my mood, or the thought I am trying to stress, or mood I'd like to slip into, and breathing rhythmically also, so I have the focus of breath, sound, and eye movement. We'll see how this goes for me. I will also continue practicing classic meditation, as I do find it is important to stay in touch with Reality.