Today is 17 July, almost exactly a month after coming home. Getting back into the groove of American life has been nice, but at times a bit stagnant. For the moment, I don’t have many projects going on besides finding housing in San Francisco. I’ve been thinking about integrating a meditation schedule into my life, this being influenced by life in Hong Kong.
While abroad, I experienced lifestyle changes: the most glaring being that I couldn’t understand people around me. I’d often find myself lost in thought because I had little distractions around me. I’d watch the news being broadcast on the MTR and I’d speculate what they were saying about the video. Having the thought-space to think without distractions ALL the time was fun (and at times destructive), but nonetheless, great because it was thought coming from within and influenced only by my eyes and not by others’ (except for maybe Yussef’s) thoughts. In coming back to an English-speaking country, I’ve lost that capability. I’ve found satisfaction in inner-thought and would like to nourish and develop that exercise. I’m hoping meditating could do that.
Suggestions on good meditation exercises?
