Dear djindji:

My advice is that you don’t try ” to get back to how I was doing before,” that is, to what and how you were doing in the last month. Don’t try to be a Buddhist. Don’t try to do Everything that you believes being a Buddhist is about. In other words, tame the attraction you have to the label, A Buddhist.

Re-read or write down (paraphrase to yourself) one or a few of the principles you like so much about Buddhism and apply one today, in something you normally do. For example, meditation doesn’t have to be the sitting type meditation. It can be the ongoing type meditation aka Mindfulness. Let’s say you prepare your lunch to go, something you do everyday. Pay attention to every part of the operation, not rushing through it. Focus on the sensations involved: what you See, Hear, Feel with your hands, Smell, Taste (if you do).

And for the rest of the day, don’t rush. One movement at a time, focused. This is a Buddhist principle.

anita