{"id":5683,"date":"2018-05-06T19:52:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2018-05-06T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:52:32","slug":"reasons-to-meditate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/reasons-to-meditate\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Meditate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

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to practice noticing<\/span>
\n to understand simple things<\/span>
\n to give myself clarity<\/span>
\n to face inevitable difficulties<\/span>
\n to make a conscious choice<\/span>
\n to welcome my feelings<\/span>
\n to know pain<\/span>
\n to experience the bliss of effort<\/span>
\n to take gentle possession of my mind<\/span>
\n to free my mind<\/span>
\n to be aware of my sinsitivity<\/span>
\n to dip below superficiality<\/span>
\n to brighten my eyes<\/span>
\n to forget how i look<\/span>
\n to stop moving<\/span>
\n to let myself be how i am<\/span>
\n to love deeply<\/span>
\n to risk being myself<\/span>
\n to sit upright like a pyramid<\/span>
\n to stay still<\/span>
\n to breathe in the air<\/span>
\n to encourage a positive habit<\/span>
\n t o behave in the manner of one who woke up<\/span>
\n to pursue freedom<\/span>
\n to touch the ground<\/span>
\n to learn without words<\/span>
\n to unlock my heart<\/span>
\n to go beyond<\/span><\/h2>\n

Lisa Cullen<\/p>\n

Lisa Cullen writes:\u00a0 Two women are waiting on a packed train platform in Calcutta.\u00a0 One of the moment is hunched over reading\u00a0The Spiral Dance.<\/em>\u00a0 The other is absorbed in biting her fingernails.\u00a0 A cow ambles by.\u00a0 A rickshaw driver is arguing with a naked sadhu.\u00a0 A Tibetan woman is selling bone malas.<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “Which character am I?”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  to practice noticing to understand simple things to give myself clarity to face inevitable difficulties to make a conscious choice to welcome my feelings to know pain to experience the bliss of effort to take gentle possession of my mind to free my mind to be aware of my sinsitivity to dip below superficiality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poety","category-the-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReasons to Meditate - Many Roads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/reasons-to-meditate\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Albert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Albert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d65113da84d62fbc945e6ee35f823e2a\"},\"headline\":\"Reasons to Meditate\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-06T18:52:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/calcutta.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Poetry\",\"The Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/reasons-to-meditate\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reasons to Meditate - 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