10/28/2018

Date: 10/28/2018

Salutation: modified adoration
....morning: 07:06
....afternoon: 13:30
....evening: 19:03

Meditation: rhythmic breathing
....Time: 11:25
....Duration:  13 minutes
....Results: decent.
I'm on Threshold Lesson 5 now.
So I'm incorporating the Rose Cross banishing ritual now.
I forgot to start with the adoration.
I performed the Rose Cross banishing ritual as described. I found myself really wanting to use an equal armed cross instead of a Calvary Cross, as described. This is due some aversions to some forms of Judeo-Christian symbolism. I have hopes of overcoming these at some point.
Intoning shalom went much better than I expected. It seemed to resonate quite well.
I forgot to do the "Though, Oh Lord..."as well. I would like to substitute the word "One" for Lord here. Are these kinds of substituted acceptable? I'll check with Francois.
I practiced the ritual properly again.

Meditation: mindfulness
.... time: 12:30
.... duration: 45 minutes
.... result: better

Daily-life: youngest daughter asked me to watch some cartoons with her that we both enjoy. I didn't engage soon enough and now she's doing something else. I'm sad now. Missed opportunity.

Books-being-read:
Other:
Finished reading Threshold lesson 5.

Worked in Threshold lesson 4 goal for about 30 minutes.

I was watching a performance of Hans Zimmer and an orchestra of the SoundTrack of the Batman Dark Knight movie on Youtube the other day.
They displayed the following quotes from the movie:
    Energy follows thought
    Action expresses priorities
    He is able who thinks he is able.
I find myself particularly drawn in by the second one at this time, "Action expresses priorities". I think of this when I'm too tired or don't want to do this work in favor of something more rewarding in the short term but useless in the longer term.