Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_005

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A handwritten page from a spiral-bound notebook with a blue square containing "BB" and some notes about agitation and meditation retreats.

Title: Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal_005
Alternative Title: Setu Retreat: Mantram Journal
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2020
Description: The image shows an open spiral-bound notebook with handwritten text. The left page is mostly blank with a blue square containing the letters "BB." The right page contains handwritten notes discussing agitation, meditation retreats, and the construction of a new house. There are no visible art or photos, but there are some faint, possibly erased, markings on the left page.
Identifier: 004_061920-111920_setu_retreat
Dates Completed: June 19, 2020 - November 19, 2020
Keywords: Beginning of the pandemic; Kelly; Online retreat; Zoom retreat; Meditation center; Blue Mountain Center of Meditation; Tomales, California; Setu; Bridge; Post-65 chapter of life; Finite bodies; Eight Point program; Mantram; Jesus Prayer; “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God Have Mercy on Us”; Passage Meditation; 2005; Holy name; Immanuel Lutheran Church; Columbus, Nebraska; Church doctrine; Christ’s teachings; Hurricane Katrina; Suffering; Displacement; Dallas; Texas; Mercy; Ancient mantrams; Divine spirit; Covid-19; Lockdown; Stillness; Reflection; Mantram prayer; All living beings; Initials on pages; Right hand page; Prayer practice; Spiritual connection; Repetition; Contemplation; Sacred words
Transcription: - With my Love + Blessings, Scrap/120
- How has the practice positively helped me lately?
- Helps me literally pivot
- when I start to feel heart palpitations
- THIS AGITATION TODAY
- WHAT is it?
- 1. Jackhammers, chain saw & leaf blower all at once
- when this meditation retreat started.
- 2. The preposterous size of
- this new white/plantation era design house.
- 3. The time it has taken
- to build this thing —
- so far. And not alone.
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Is Part Of: Setu Retreat : Mantram Journal
Relation: Image Gallery