Verk, What did the Father Buffalo say to his son when he was headed to school?
BYE-SON!
I think what you are talking about Verk I would closely relate to the experiences we have when we are really with what we are doing. Often the time ends up flying by and we've done something simple for a long time, or seen how much we've done in such a short time.
I experience this most often when I am gardening and hiking. Also I experienced this this fall sorting trees on a belt line sorting trees. There was almost a point where the quality of tree, the speed of the line and you ability to just sense you were piling the right number of trees became a blur and the shift passed with a blink. I call it Zen quality operations
Those things didn't occur together as much as last fall season though.
Which leads me to this.
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Originally Posted by turmaline
this is good if it didn't mean doing the dishes again, or laundry, or cooking or,other...goes on and on...for years on end with nothing or no one to give you any kind of reward or praise...but to tell you what you arent doing?
I get what you mean though.
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I can't cold heartedly say that thanks isn't nice and favourable as these things are part of a healthy life. In my opinion finding some inward reasoning and reward/satisfaction is also good and healthy.
Specifically what I mean here is when we do any activity with a mindful presence it's part of a practice at being where we are. When we do dishes we feel the warmth and texture of the water and notice how it makes us feel. When carrying heavy loads we look at the straightness of our back and how our muscles are clenched. We sense our lives and rest in them like we hear the sounds of the changing storm on a tin roof. We can sense the severity and intensity of the weather, but our constant awareness of the roof over our heads brings us ease with which to weather it.
This roof is mindfulness and under its power, which is in us, we can see certain things arising and other falling. We are more aware of how to deal naturally with the concern.
Without thinking that you will have to do something forever without thanks, ponder rather, WHY you would keep doing it IF no one ever said thanks and if you ever would keep doing it at all. Find your inner importance to doing it.
Once you know why you are doing it, hopefully it will come with ease more often. This doesn't mean it won't stink sometimes. And that you still can't ask kindly for a thanks, or better yet, some help now and again, but it will help you through the dry spells knowing your doing it because you want to and for whatever reason it has to be done.
So next time you are doing the dishes or whatever feel with all your senses what you are doing and make it a constant play of the senses. You're the ring master, the senses the lions, and your perspective is the taming you do them, your skillful means of teaching. They don't always act how you would like them, but with time and looking you'll know more what it looks like when they are about to do something you don't think is favourable to the crowd. The Ring Master knows when to use the lions cunning speed and wit, natural to the lion and when to hold back the ferocious snarl as you stick you head it is mouth.
I wish you all the happy things turm. And think of the moments in life that have brought you this far. You may already have quite a collection of whips, hoops and balls to train them lions your dealing with now.
Sage Tree