Thanks for the info.

I’m glad the squares arrived safely at a time they could be used. I saw where you would like a number of people participating to give a variety of squares for each afghan. I’ll have a few more on their way this week.

Good luck with the Share A Square Day this weekend. The project is a wonderful thing you have set in motion.

In all actuality, falling asleep is one of the principle obstacles we all encounter, but it is also an indication of progress. If you look at the process for concentrative forms of meditation from the view of brain waves, as you enter into the meditative state you pass through the same changes in brain function that you pass through as you fall asleep. You pass from beta, through alpha, into theta, and perhaps into delta.

The conditioning we have to associate the reclining position with sleep as we do this is difficult to overcome. In a way, what we’re learning to do is send the body to sleep while retaining awareness.

Weekends relaxing on the beach! Aaah.

I have several posts about meditation here. Don’t overcomplicate it. In theory, it’s simple. The benefits - they do come with steady, long-term practice. Day by day you may notice nothing. But look back after a period of time and the effect is apparent.

Awesome list of links, and thanks for including my post about providing service. I was just talking about this again yesterday as I was relaxing on the beach and getting ready for another service-filled week on the ‘net!

Also, I am going to go read the post that you linked about meditation. I SO need to understand those concepts more. I have no doubt that I will see many benefits whenever I learn to do it more effectively.