Sacred Sit Spot Practice #2

Go to your Sacred Sit Spot and pay special attention to weather: breezes, clouds, etc. Feel them as external parts of passing moods or internal feelings: the introversion of fog, the clarity of bright sunlight, the settling down at twilight, the sense of awakening at dawn. Watch for the moment when the weather shifts, or when animals move from place to place.

How does weather-as-mood affect the movements of insects and animals? How does it move in your mood and body? Weather can be nondual, erasing the inner-outer distinction: we feel different because of it. We can judge weather (like we judge ourselves), or simple allow ourselves to be with it.

Are we able to see the rain and say, “Yup, its raining,” instead of listing a litany of reasons why we don’t like the rain? Sit with the changing weather moods of the day and practice noticing and not judging. This practice extends itself to ourselves and gifts us with grace for ourselves and our responses to current events and situations.