‘The success-road is paved with patience and perseverance"
Sri Chinmoy
The Second week of training has the added leg of starting to practice meditation . We had an hour long discussion with Rob by zoom and then several videos I watched about the benefits .I have posted some here. I have also started reading Grahak's book called Running Beyond the Marathon about his experience running the transcendental3100 race in New York .Winning it once and doing it 4 times .Each race 3100 miles round a Block in Brooklyn measuring about 890meteres .
A staggering feat of human endurance and the ability to overcome the physical discomfort and mental stresses over nearly 50 days.
Here is a snynopsis of the book:
Willis, Christopher. "On My Bookshelf: Running Around the Block." Ultrarunning, May/June 2013.
BEYOND THE MARATHON; INSIGHTS INTO THE LONGEST FOOT RACE IN THE WORLD. By Grahak Cunningham. Available for $5.99 from www.grahakcunningham.com(link is external).
The Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race was founded in 1997 by running guru Sri Chinmoy to exemplify the endless possibilities of the human spirit. It is held on a concrete footpath around an883 metre (roughly half-mile) block in Queens, New York.
Why Meditate
I have after 26 November started to practice meditating at least 10 minutes each day . It is obviously not simple and constantly trying to bring the mind back to a focus of the experience here and now .It is an activity ,that will take time to develop and grow into.As the 2 videos above show there are many reasons and empirical data to show the benefits of the practice.
On Friday 27 November I went down to Subiaco Community Centre to watch the Doco above and meet Grahak. In addition on Saturday I spent the afternoon at a introduction to Meditation run by Sri Chinmoy Perth. The speaker was Anuba and her lecture was engaging and enlightening . There are numerous techniques and everyone finds the one that they are comfortable with . Most important is to be consistent. This will be an interesting journey of self discovery and trying to quieten the mind and becoming more focused..
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