Ozy and Millie
Wisdom for short attention spans.
Over at my home station
- So I screwed up my PO box December 12, 2018If you’ve gotten fan mail back, it’s my fault. I failed to keep my PO box paid up, and I know some people got mail back. I’m really sorry! Feel free to send stuff along to the new address: Dana Simpson PO Box 6347 Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6347 Again, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience! […]
- The unicorn of Today July 9, 2018So the Today Show had Amazon.com list some summer reading books for young reluctant readers. I’m #8! I’m almost more excited that Breaking Cat News, by my friend Georgia Dunn, is #2. Go Georgia! Go kitties! Read more →
- I won something! July 8, 2018It had been a little while since I actually won an award, though I’ve been nominated a few times. This time, kids did the voting! Phoebe was voted “Bravest Hero” (For The Magic Storm) at the Kids’ Comics Awards, at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival. (Which, by the way, I should attend some time. […]
- I’ll be in Spokane July 8, 2018At Auntie’s Bookstore, this Friday (the 13th) at 6. Washington, I wish I knew how to quit you. Read more →
- Wednesday in West Seattle June 19, 2018I’ll be returning to C&P Coffee Co. in West Seattle, for Words West Literary’s kids’ night. I’ll be reading some selections from various “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” books. It’ll be me and Suzanne Selfors. Last time it was fun! Starts at 6. Read more →
about what happens when I try to meditate, only I’m not flexible enough to scratch my ear with my foot.
Every now and then I try and my daughter looks at me like I’ve lost my mind.
Actually, I think this is how “enlightenment” happens. The meditative pose reduces stimulation causing the mind to wander. A bunch of thoughts get jumbled up, and from this the mind is able to extract a “truth”.
The problem with this is that the “truth” you receive is up to the whims of your wandering mind.
Nope; enlightenment comes to the stilled mind. The jumble of thoughts experienced by beginning meditators is an impediment to enlightenment which must be overcome before the student can progress.
Just let the mechanical mind run while you ignore it.
Just when you’re forggeting she’s a fox, she does that.
I know. I love furry strips where the characters are not just “guys in suits”.