Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness

Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness

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Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness
Day 2: After Meditation, So Much for Enlightened Dish-Stacking

Day 2: After Meditation, So Much for Enlightened Dish-Stacking

Part 2 of 3 (Being)

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Glenn DeVore
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These two short vignettes follow the rhythm of Day 2 as it unfolds: sitting with a question, and another attempt at mindful kitchen service.

This section is about the constant questioning, and the unexpected ways our intentions still tangle with ego – even when we think we’ve “learned the lesson.”


Day 2: Just As It Is

(Being)


Sitting with, ‘How?’

The morning instruction began as it always did – quiet shuffling into the meditation hall, retreatants settling onto their cushions, the faint creak as people adjusted their seats. A moment of stillness. A collective inhale and exhale.


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