Eighth day;
Today I did the challenge exercises one after the other. As I slept late, and started working at 8pm, I allowed myself a relaxed morning, cleaned the room and meditated 30 minutes.
The meditation was odd. I have deconcentrated a couple of times due to coughing, but well, I have kept the type. I noticed the effect of the meditation the rest of the day. I feel the world more relative, and anything personal I see in perspective, more dispassionate, which is perfect for acting the best in any situation. Meditation has been quite mediocre in the sense that it has been hard for me to relax and not be carried away by random thoughts.
My mental climate today is a little weird. A “warm” Scottish day with low fog… but the weather here changes very quickly and by the end of the day the fog had cleared. Meditation is helping me to relativize my moods, even though sometimes it is not perfect.
When I finish meditating, I have prepared
myself for my conscious walk. I have gone back to work. To live the city a little, venture and explore. I know the area, but I tend to go the same ways (the shortest ones), and I never really venture into the Princes Street mall. I wasn’t going in, but my intuition urged me to go through the mall and station to work. When I entered all the stores were closing and it was practically empty. A little gloomy classical music sounded and I passed by an anime store that I had to visit. By the time I got to work on the steep Fleshmarket close staircase the 30 minutes had passed.
Coming back I made a photo of the faun portrayed on the street. Quite curious that appears in the area close to my place just after I’ve been calling Baccus/Dionysus for the party the day before.
I don’t feel that it has been a very special day, but to have done and completed the challenge today also makes me feel satisfied!
