I've come to the conclusion that the spiritual life is about voluntarily lessening the grip of the desire for sensuality. Not really that profound if you consider that's what the Buddha was pointing to 2500 years ago (2505 if you want to be exact with his death/parinirvana). You flip the script on hedonism and epicureanism and all the other sense pleasure isms, which for me includes intellectualism, because I love me a thought. Then I catch myself and return to absorption, where thinking is in the background.
In a way Buddhism really helps sensuality, because you really enjoy the things that get through. I had a dried plum that reminded me of that William Carlos Williams poem. Yum. Edging with asceticism is quite powerful.
Trying to meditate 3 times a day for an hour each. How's that going? Well, Mehdi just text to meditate, and it's 5 people meditating online! Only for 30 minutes, but I see meditating more is the solution to my problems!
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