Friday, December 18, 2009

Finding my groove thing

I can’t believe it’s December, and 2009 is coming to an end. So many twists and turns. Mostly ups, a few downs, but an incredibly adventurous richly blessed, full life. (See previous blog entries). However, with so many new and exciting encounters, sometimes the mundane came seem a bit, well, mundane. Like working and other activities of daily living.

I guess I’ve been searching for some sort of routine since I’ve been back from India, but it’s proven to be elusive, until now. It seems I’ve managed to actually find one of sorts. I’ve moved into the lovely home of my dear friends in Glendale. And it has proven to be just the place I’ve needed. For quite some time I think. I had kind of forgotten how fun it was to share such things like dinner, chores, enlightening conversations, movies, and laughter. Living alone can be wonderful, but isolating at times. It’s nice to find the middle way of sorts. Balance. It’s nice to be here.

I’m back to working long 12 hour days in the world of Clinical Research and surprisingly loving it. I’m enjoying my new perspective on work as a business owner. Amazing how that shift has occurred. I’m so happy to working after a year long respite. I think I’m just happy to have a little income again. Gotta make some money to pay for these $22 LA yoga classes. I never imagined the pursuit of enlightenment would be so costly. ;) That’s for another blog entry.

So here’s the mundane. Work, 7AM-7PM 3 days a week, Fridays off to teach Yoga, Sanskrit class on Thursday nights, Yoga Sutra Class on Sundays, Project Angel Food meal deliveries on Friday afternoons, daily family dinners, dog walking in the Glendale Hills, and lots of love on the home front. Not so bad for mundane. My yoga and meditation practice have been so grounding while I’ve been floating around all over the world in pursuit of all the joy I can possibly experience in this lifetime. So far so good.

This holiday season, my prayer is that everyone will experience happiness, be free from suffering, and experience a peaceful mind of equanimity. Or as we say in Sanskrit:

Sarve Bhavantu Sukinah Sarve Santu Niramayaah Sarve Bhadrani Pasyantu Ma Kaschid Dukha Bhag Bhavet. OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI.