Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Another year begins with the usual hopefulness of what possibilities lay ahead. As I look back on all that I had laid out last year when time was my frenemy and naivety was embraced with the fervor of those who have no idea what is in store for them. Although I still owe the story of what transpired in the middle of last year (and it will come eventually), its events changed my…

  • I was just looking through my posts on my phone app where I sometimes write drafts while on the move. I found these in the draft folder and thought I’d post them now even though they may not be pertinent at the moment. There are moments when I wonder why I don’t stay in the moment long enough to finish a post or to acknowledge the feelings of that time. Now as I…

  • Who knew that it would be nearly two months before I would find myself free and focused enough to post again once I got my visa? 🤔 I started working full-time on the 1st of November, which fills my days without much time to think about other things. This is both good and bothersome to someone who has been free with time for 18 months. The routine and structure of a work schedule…

  • When we made our escape from the desert, we really had no idea how we were going to make everything work given that we are not allowed to work legally under a tourist visa. Thankfully, we both found ways to get around this as we worked to establish our visas and settle into life in ‘samurai/ninja country’. 🇯🇵 Despite some worry about the timing as the immigration rules are extremely strict here, I…

  • I seem destined to a few times a week routine at the moment. I am not going to complain about that as it is definitely better than nothing at all. 😀 Monday (Oct 16) Meditation 16 minutes Vjnana Manual Monday practice (25mins) Tuesday (Oct 17) Mindfulness reading (15mins) Thursday (Oct 19) Meditation (Sam Harris on YouTube) 30 minutes Yoga (30mins) Friday (Oct 20) Meditation (11mins) Hopefully I will find a more stable routine…

  • It’s the middle of the night as I write this. Despite falling asleep around 10ish, which is our usual weekend bedtime, I jolted awake feeling overheated and paranoid about the mosquito loose somewhere in the room even though M “locked it” in the closet. If I know there is a mosquito, I will not sleep as I could swear that I also heard buzzing in my ear. With no way to turn on…

  • The pounding of the raindrops on the metal objects around us wake me these mornings. Grey skies glow through the rice paper windows as I burrow deeper into the warmth of the covers trying to ignore the steadily dropping temperatures marking the onset of the autumn season. Having spent nearly nine years where it never gets colder than 16 degrees Celsius or 60 degrees Fahrenheit, I am not quite prepared for the more…

  • Day 4 – chemical free with the help of a break from the grey and falling spit from the sky. Yesterday was foggy both in my mind and in the weather. It continues to get colder day-by-day, but with the sun in the sky my heart warms today. It is not clear whether it is the lifting of the fog in my head or the fall climate that is affecting me, but really…

  • Well, this week turned out a little bit better than last. I can definitely feel the difference, so that is good news! 😀 Tuesday (Oct 10) Meditation for 30minutes Vjnana Manual Sunday practice (40mins) Wednesday (Oct 11) Mindfulness Reading for 20minutes Thursday (Oct 12) Meditation for 12minutes Free practice (20mins) Friday (Oct 13) Meditation for 26minutes Vjnana Manual Friday practice (34mins) ~T 😀

  • As I posted about a week ago, I am still writing and am currently work on series on spiritual well-being. 🙏🏽 To ensure that I am writing from a place of truth rather than theory, I decided that it was time to return more seriously to my own practice. After my training finished, I sort of took a long break to focus on other aspects of my life (of which I am still…

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