Nicole's Summary

This past week has been about me and my cold faking yet fully experiencing the WH. I will try and explain this duality in the following lines.

This week "i" suffered through my third head cold of 2007 and saw that the superficial consequences of this included a lack of concentration during my morning meditations. Once again, I seemed to have "snapped back" to faking it, or being permissive with my mind to let it wander, dwell or obsess over the current worry/preoccupation.

Despite these morning distractions and overall cloudiness, the actual days have been immersed in presence. "i" have experienced less stress, less mind-talk and cloudy ponderings throughout the day... it would be untrue to say 'stillness' as I was very active, so active that I seemed to be engaged fully in the experiences of the day.

I have no conclusions at the moment about what this duality means or represents to me, I feel satisfied with the fact that it is. One last thought: my awareness was so focused on Thursday afternoon, that I actually felt the moment, the very second when my cold was gone. That was a fun moment.