Today, I meditated at a Buddhist temple. I was really in awe, and have a deep appreciation for Buddhism since my meditation practice is deeply rooted and originates in Buddhist practice. My initiation to true meditating, along with experiencing what consciousness really is, was with a friend at a tea shop many moons ago.

In today's meditation, a lot of material goods I desire (electronics or entertainment goods) appeared. I let that pass. I was also kind of focused on the digital clock set to 24h time that was among the Buddha statues. I did not like it at first, but I can appreciate that I knew I was in a decent meditation for 20-25 minutes because of it (I left my phone in the car for reasons of not disturbing the temple, and to limit my distractions).

I had to let go multiple times in this meditation, and I alternated between breathing and just sitting. I focused a lot on certain parts of the temple, statues, and the clock. I eventually was able to dive in and close my eyes once again. I think that I really was able to focus on desire, along with limiting my desire. I resisted buying some booster packs (Yu-gi-oh) at the store last few times, and my initial reasoning was anything but limiting desire. I was replacing desire with another desire. I will ask to (as well as practice patience to) focus on limiting my desire when going to stores in the future, rather than replacing desire with another.

I got a lot out of that meditation. I truly connected with the desire of limiting desire, which is the only desire worth seeking in Buddhism (?) anyway I liked my time at the temple. I could have gone further into the meditation, and I appreciated the monk that was able to calmly remain in a seemingly blissful state of meditation. Duty calls, and I have a life on life's terms. So, it was time to head out when necessary. Gods willing, I can return to that temple and possibly work towards breathing back into nothingness again.

Numbers that came to mind today: 3, 6, 9, 93, 777

Rune: ᚢ - Uruz (definitely liked to be utilized today!)