10,000 hours.

Had a great chat with Shirley today about spirituality.  We waxed and waned on the semantics that may separate faith and spirituality to which I ever-so-smugly replied, “Spirituality is believing, faith is knowing”.  Now, before you take a dump on me that I was supposed to be teaching, the lesson plan was based on belief systems.  What matters is where this went and where it may be going.  We danced amongst the trying notions of staying on the path, guilt, awareness, presence, and much more.  These all were spawned from a single adjective she so aptly injected – barefoot.  Wow.  What a word.  Remember wandering across the summer lawn barefoot, feeling the sun upon your face, wondering what bugs lie beneath, not caring?  I can close my eyes and feel that worm between the toes.  This touched on a key element of our journey over the session that we found uniquely centering.  Who is the quiet observer inside us?  Who is the ghost in the machine who taught him/herself (or was taught) to not “walk barefoot” with abandon of ego and pride?  Where or who is this person that resides within and once loved that sensation, but now denies themselves the abundant joy life provides us that isn’t to be sought after, but exists right before us every single day?  I’m not sure.  I do need to walk down the hill and grab 6 beers.  That may be all I need to know for now. 

We have lots to cover in this blog/podcast.  Ego, pride, saying “no”, meditation, on and on and on….  I’m really looking forward to this.  It’s said that one needs 10,000hrs of practice to be good at something.  I’ve got some time.  “It’s OK to suck at first” is why I post, will be why I start taping shows again, and is why I need to relearn being a musician.  Long story short – this is a journey of reinvention and resurrection.  No no, the other kind of erection.

By the way, I simply adore the name Shirley.