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How To Make The Most of Your Life: The Old Man and The Three Young Men
My meditation streak hit day 64 today. Without putting too much pressure on myself, I’m hoping to keep up my regular sitting until I hit 100 days. The last time I sustained such a streak was after my father died. Sitting regularly helped me breathe in the face of mortality, my father’s and my own (fewer people ahead of me in line, as if there is a proper order).
Meditating on one’s death is a common practice in Buddhism. A mantra might be, I could die today. I don’t actually meditate on death often and when I do, I feel like I’m a fraud. Most days, I still don’t think I’m going to die that day, even as I’m saying the mantra.And sometimes I’m having simultaneous thoughts that are exceedingly mundane (as I mentioned inThe Interior Design Benefits of Meditation).
Then this happens. The other day my mind was a whirligig when I sat down on my cushion. So, I picked a short, guided meditation from the app. I didn’t trust my mind not to sprint in the other direction if I tried just setting the timer. I settled in as instructed, then my guide…
