Day 7

Oh what a night…. storms came in the middle of the night sending the dog into a tizzy. I was able to get back to sleep about 2am, then boinked awake with free-floating anxiety about 5am. TOO EARLY. So I did my trick of Om Mani Padme Hum 108 times using my fingers instead of beads to count and it worked. I don’t always even get to 108…

Then about 6am the power flickered off and on. Which wouldn’t normally be a big event, but at our house we have many lights wired into ‘Alexa’ so we can command them by voice. They have ‘smart lightbulbs’ in them, which honestly are NOT that smart. Because when the power goes off and comes back, they all turn on FULL BRIGHTNESS MODE. So 6am and we have two lamps and overhead light in bedroom and in living room blasting us, as well as a few other lights around the house. They have to wait for the internet router to reboot, then the lightbulbs reconnect to Alexa and THEN we can turn them off.

After that ordeal, I headed into the Florida room and was able to nap a little longer, til about 7am. I let the dog out, fed the dog and cat, peed and brushed my teeth and was ready for my morning meditation. It was REALLY tempting to skip it and just get on with my day, but I didn’t. I did my mantra mediation with the CORRECT mantra this time, and the weird thing is that it just felt so much BETTER! I have had teachers tell me that Sanskrit is more than the meaning of the words, that the specific sounds of the words resonate with the energy centers in our bodies. I am kinda believing that now….

It is still raining and I still need to do some yoga and maybe journal on some of the week one questions instead of just a regular journal type thing here, but this is at least a start! Now to work…

And, nothing else happened besides work…however, starting with the correct mediation mantra really set a peaceful tone for my day, and I am happy to give myself a pass on the rest.