Winter Meditation# 3 at the Park - alone with ALONE.

Even if hardly any animal souls were around, except for that squirrel, which came running off from the other side of the walking trail, holding a nut in the mouth, and right towards the tree under which I was sitting for meditation; and even there were only milder quakes of the ducks from behind the trees in the still running water of the lake, yet there was a sense of animal like energy all around in the air.

The trees with their animated trunks looked like life energy embodied in their naked bark in its fullest expression.

Before starting the meditation I stretched myself sitting on the cushion over the doubled up yoga mat, placed over the plastic colourful mat, held with pegs on all four sides. As I stretched, my body felt expanding beyond my skin. And it kept expanding.

I felt like becoming part of that presence which I cannot name and the air coming out of my chest formed a sound that I gently let out responding to the animal energy all around in the air.

While connected that way, I leaned backwards looking up at the sky covered with the diffused light embracing the clouds. There was a sense of nebulous purport in it, that again I cannot name.. Some drizzly drops fell on my face and its wetness felt like the sweetness that lingers on the lips after a tender kiss.

Everywhere the animal spirits were roaming without showing their faces but in full presence open to be felt beyond the fields of thoughts and words.

It is Dec 25; Christmas Day, and I thought it will be totally forlorn park when I go for meditation. Though there were less people walking by or walking their dogs than other Saturdays, however, it was not as forlorn as I thought it would be.

This was one more Saturday where the weather was friendly. However, my intention remains to befriend the weather even if it may not look that friendly.

So I sat with eyes closed and sometimes softly open. After becoming present to my breath and body and feeling and thoughts, I moved into the rainbow of 7 senses.

The widest circumference being of sounds from far away and then from close by; then the visual field within the closed eyes or within the soft gaze, then the smells (O' the smells laden in the fog), then the tactile sensations over the skin, and then inside the skin (the textures of muscles and bones) and then the sensation created by organs and hormones, and then the lingering tastes in the throat. O’ the seven circumferences of the rainbow of senses.

Being with the rainbow of senses was being alone with Alone. The gates to heavenly realms are within our hearts; all we need to do is to knock. As Yeshua aka Jesus of Nazaretah said 2000 years ago, as reported by Matthew:

"Ask, and it will be given.

Seek, and you will find.

Knock, and it will be opened ...".

(It is Christmas Day and popping of these words cannot be accidental.)

And then the timer went off that I had set for 30 minutes, leaving time for some Qi Gong and yoga. A couple was passing by and from their demeanor I felt safe to ask for a photo so I can share with friends when I share my experience in this writing.