{"id":39045,"date":"2014-12-16T07:10:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=39045"},"modified":"2025-03-06T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:04:53","slug":"sitting-in-the-cold-as-a-profound-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/sitting-in-the-cold-as-a-profound-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting in the cold as a profound meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"snowman_sitting_on_benc_450\"<\/a>47 degrees, I took a predawn walk around the hood this morning, then sat at the firepit to warm up.\u00a0\u00a0 We rarely get cold weather here, so I like to get out in it as often as I can.\u00a0 The cold shocks my system to a new level of awareness: the chill air on my skin, on my lips, against my teeth, into my lungs.\u00a0 In the cold, I wear my hair down and tucked into my collar for a warm hairshawl.\u00a0 The sensation of my own hair against my skin is new awareness for me, since at home I wear my hair up. Piling on layers of clothing gives me new awareness of my physical body: where I feel warmth, where I feel a breeze, where I feel free, where I feel restricted.\u00a0 A tight sleeve makes me feel restricted and limited.\u00a0 A heavy shoe makes me feel restricted but secure. \u00a0 Having new sensations creates new thoughts.\u00a0 Sitting in the cold — just like any other relatively unfamiliar event or behavior — evokes profound meditation for me.\u00a0 A seeing of myself from an entirely different perspective.\u00a0 The many looking outward from the one.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, I’ve allowed my thoughts to congest my sinuses to justify sleeping all day while my subscious works it all out for me.\u00a0 I’ll oblige the Universe and do just that.<\/p>\n

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