Today was a dream come true- I got to play a gig with fellow Sangha musicians MEL WATSON, her partner Jen, and Linda Fane on percussion, as ‘The Migrators’. It was great to get out the brushes and play simple grooves on the traps. I look forward to playing with Mel again in the future!
Today I entered into preparation for retreat month at the Vajralama Buddhist Center. In early January I will be undertaking formal Lamrim retreat in preparation for a tranquil abiding retreat later in the month. I am settling into my room for the next six weeks and listening to the sounds of sangha in the kitchen.
If we appreciate the great potential of this life we shall not waste it. We need to meditate on love, compassion…. and develop and maintain a good heart towards all living beings. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
“I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature,
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
The dogs bark at me as I halt by them;
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy on my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity:
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determined to prove a villain…”~ Shakespeare, Richard the Third, Act I, Scene I
I had a PET scan today. That is a pretty impressive implementation of particle physics and computational technology. What was more impressive though was the compassion that the attendant demonstrated with his genuine smile and concern for how my experience was going. He remembered me from last January when I had my first scan and the prognosis wasn’t so good. I should hear the results tomorrow and am praying that they are as normal as the blood tests. I remain positively positronic in my relationship with this disease and practice daily purification meditation.
Om Vajrasattva Hum
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