Chance = Change

I have been up here at the Upstate House since Friday night late....with Paul and Steve...Peter, understanding my need for time away from everything non-meditative , was dear enough to stay home with Sally and Cyrano and let me have this utterly valuable time up here without him....he knows that whenever our darling doggies are here, I can never truly relax because I am always wanting to take them out to run, and when they are outside, I worry (since we take the leashes off and let them run naked through the grass!) I worry one of them will drown in the pond or find his way through the deer fencing...(that little Cyrano has a nose for the right sized hole in the fence and finds it unerringly every time!)...so this past full few days have been just for me to wind down in and meditate and exercise and meditate some more...and it has been truly wonderful! Perfect weather....sunny skies....a quiet house....all I needed. Reminiscent of old times here, when it felt like home here.

Most importantly, I continued my resolute meditation program, and exercise work as well. We virtually turned the upstairs studio into a really nice meditation room, and with all the cushions up there, the light pouring in through all the windows, the quiet tone of the large space, it really as been great to be in.

I am reading Reginald Ray's incisive book on Vajrahana Buddhism - the Esoteric third turning of the Wheel of Dharma, the Tantric explorations of this amazing world of thought...THE VAJRA WORLD - and it is marvelous indeed. And will go to hear Sharon Salzburg at Tibet House again Tuesday night. Also, to hear Sylvia Boortsein and Sharon at The Manhattan JCC on the 25th -two brilliant Jewish women who have found a deep home in their Buddhist studies thoughout these past decades - articulate, compassionate and funny women. Can hardly wait.

These days up here at the House are unmatchable!