Sat…75 and a month

We instinctively avoid unpleasantness, often without our awareness. When we touch something unlovely in ourselves—fear, anger, jealousy, shame, disgust—we tend to withdraw emotionally and direct our attention elsewhere. But denying how we feel, or projecting our fears and faults onto others, only drives a wedge between us and the people we yearn to be close to. - Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along".
I love the new word blog option… so now it is time to see if pictures will go …. This was taken at the Confucius temple in the night market. I don't think I have ever been.

(Not so good… Pictures do not move from word to blog. So I will write a little and then go online to post pictures.
I went to the night market today so that I could see if I could find Blues club… it is so different during the day…

I wandered around in the back.. where they store the booths over night… I like my bottle pics. Thailand runs on energy drinks… I run on Chang..but most young boys are drinking energy drinks.

I went to where Poon had his booth… think it is a spicy food place now… I am so happy I got to meet him and his brother and get items from him. I have had a funny thing… I brought 4 flashlights… all four are done… I put batteries In the one that Joe gave me… funny… I have stuff from home so that when I feel like I am floating in space and not tethered…. I look at my family items… now I can turn the "joe" flashlight on and off and think Joe… or look there is light.
Sat is meditation day… actually I am sitting here in white… we chant forever.. I read my dharma book.. then we get walking instructions. About 10 minutes into the walk… a woman abruptly put her hand over her mouth and ran out the door. I don't do well with people getting sick..so put my head down and kept.. lifting treading touching stepping…she came back… then we sat….and then we were up to walk again This time… she fainted… and I think she might have hit her head. Most of the regulars were trying to get her awake with smelling salts… lifting …treading… touching…stepping … then… what are you doing… go home. This was after 1.5hrs of sit/walk… time to hang it up.
Sometimes when I am in a more western place, I wonder where I really am ..

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