Day 48

10:00 AM

       " Find your eyes in the mirror, concentrate, meditate..."

Most of the teachers start a class with this line... I hear it every day. Find your eyes in the mirror... I hear it, but never really do it. I focus on the breath, on the movement, sounds. However, until today I never really found my eyes in the mirror. Never locked in on them...
I did today... For the entire class I didn't look anywhere, but my own eyes. Concentrate, meditate.. It changes the class for you. It is an amazing feeling, You become more aware of the people and things around you, more than if you actually pay attention to them... You become aware of yourself, your energy, you can follow the breath clearer. One thing you really notice is the inner dialog. Focusing on your eyes will give you front row seats in the theater we call life. You are right next to the stage, and you can hear your Ego and mind perform at their best. At one point I just stopped and asked myself: " Does this theater ever closes...? Does it ever stop...?" Naturally, as soon as I said it the theater was shut down. The show was cancelled. Only for 7 seconds though...

2:00 PM

Listen more... Talk less... That should be our motivation, our primary point of focus. Really get yourself to listen, pay attention to what the other person is saying. Try not to think in advance, preparing your answer or what you are going to say, only sit there, breathe, and open yourself to the other person. Don't judge, criticize, and compare. Just listen, and the answer will surface naturally, without even trying to find one. Whatever they have to say, your inner peace stays intact. There is nothing in the world that can disturb you flow, it is YOUR flow. You decide what your reaction to something bad will be. You choose...
Being more quiet, instead of talking and making noise all the time, will enable you to open your senses more and hear more. Hear more from the inside and the outside. Hear the inner dialog, people around you, sounds... Just listen and then make decisions out of it. Use your ears more, not your mouth, you have two of them anyway...

11:00 PM

Really long day today. Good yoga class, number 48... Snowing outside...