Morning Exploits

Let me tell you my morning exploits. I did my meditation, as usual. Then, a little after five o'clock, I came downstairs. My body was unwilling to take stretching exercises, so what could I do? I said, "The best thing is for me to go out for a walk." I left the house at ten minutes past five. My dog Chela was fast asleep. I blessed him and then I left.

I started walking on 150th Street towards the Grand Central Service Road. All the time, there was a struggle going on between my mind and my heart. My heart was telling me that I closed the front door of my house. My mind was telling me that since I did not hear the sound of the door closing, that means I did not close the door properly. In the morning, I am in quite a high consciousness, so I could easily have been unmindful.

Then I came to a decision. I turned back. I wasted 200 metres going back to my house. There I saw that the front door was very nicely closed.

10 September 2000