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Days 31 to 36  Expect nothing

27/8/2017

 
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I have just managed to get back into my blog! I have no idea what went wrong - but it seems to be fixed now. Curious that it first went down on the 22 August, the day of the solar eclipse. A bit spooky that. And there certainly was some weird energy in the air.

The next day (32), when I set out in the morning I got to the beach with some awesome light around but my camera's photocard decided to misbehave. It seemed like everything was against me. Later, flitting through posts on Instagram, I came across the following quote from the awesome Ram Dass: 'It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.' So that was a good reminder. These obstacles are annoying but the main thing was that I did my mindfulness walk each day. And I did.

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On day 33 I caught a beautiful sunrise and went off down to the beach. I did my mindfulness walk a little differently that day, picking up driftwood and shells as they 'called' to me. I collected quite a few bits and pieces, including fragments of sand dollars and a crab carapace. Inspired by some of the people I have seen on Instagram, including Day Schildkret of Morning Altars, I used my finds to create a mandala. You can see it below. It is not symmetrical, not perfect – and I'm ok with that. The finished mandala reminds me of a sunrise.
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The following day (34) was another one of those 'bare' sunrises, when the sun is going to come up in a sky bereft of clouds. The glare is intense. So, fed up with getting headaches, I took a different route. I walked uphill from my house and then back down. It was perfect. The glare was shielded by trees and houses on the way up and down and I was able to do my mindful walk in my own neighbourhood.

Day 35 and I was in Moeraki on a weekend away. I had hoped to photograph the famous boulders and perhaps get a shot of the milky way – but a thick blanket of cloud put all ideas of that to bed. Here is a shot of Moeraki harbour, under that thick mantle of grey cloud. I did my mindful walk along the coast, listening to all the different sounds, including the sound of the ocean, birdsong, buzzing of bees and the distant noise of someone hammering on wood.
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That brings me to today (Day 36). I did my mindful walk in my own neighbourhood again this evening. The sunset wasn't much to look at today, so no photos of that. But on the drive home from Moeraki we went inland via Geraldine and I saw some very strange-looking clouds, and so here they are.
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Here's hoping that during the last few days of my practice there are no more technical hitches!

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