{"id":655,"date":"2011-03-29T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T17:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregwhitephoto.com\/blog\/?p=655"},"modified":"2011-03-29T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T17:54:44","slug":"meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregwhitephoto.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not good at meditating.  In fact, I&#8217;m terrible.  I started doing it a few months ago, 10 minutes a morning&#8230; and I gave it up a few weeks ago when my life got more chaotic.  How lame is it that I can&#8217;t even get myself to sit down for 10 minutes and do nothing?  Since I don&#8217;t seem to have the discipline to sit for 10 minutes a day,  what better way to jump start my practice than to sign up for 10 straight days of nonstop meditation?  I know, I&#8217;m crazy.  There will be no talking, touching, even looking at other people (other than instructors), no books, no music, no phones, no media of any sort.  Is it possible to die from lack of external stimulation?  Oh, and no food after noon.   Schedule is as follows: 4 AM get up and meditation.  6 AM breakfast.  6:30 AM meditation.  11 AM lunch  12 PM meditate  8:30 PM any questions?  9:30 PM sleep&#8230;  Repeat.<br \/>\nInterested?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhamma.org\/en\/code.shtml\">http:\/\/www.dhamma.org\/en\/code.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregwhitephoto.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F03%2Fmeditation%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not good at meditating. 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