Frank's Summary

This week I was sometimes focusing on the perfection of attributes of appearances, such as clarity, openness, vastness, smoothness (no discontinuity between "inner" and "outer" experiences). That was quite beautiful when I could get into it. I meditated on the clarity on experiences by sometimes using the question: "Where is clarity?" and it is found where ever the mind may wonder. This clarity seems naturally perfect. Recognizing this there is ease and bliss and also outside the formal practice, I slipped into the sense of natural perfection a few times during the day.

I had some changes in my work situation. I began to work in Bangalore, India and that caused me some distractions and difficulties in adapting the wh practice to my new schedule etc. I was trying to practice a number of times in the car while a driver took me to work, but somehow that didn't go to well, my mind was easily distracted and I felt scattered. Maybe trying to bring a scattered mind back to practice rather then being a distraction from practice IS the practice.  Not sure.

After a rocky wh week this weekend I visited Ramana Maharshi's Ashram in Tiruvanamalai. I did some practice here, and a sense of perfect beingness occasionally arose as a by product. Maybe one can call this a natural, effortless practice of wh. I feel gratitude for the existence of these places that carry many blessings.