Just sitting around?...

By Vichara


People who may think that when you sit in meditation is just sitting around and doing nothing but breathing are misinformed. On the surface a person sitting just seems to be just involved in some exercise of being still and not dealing with anything. While yes in the very obvious physical this is true and you are being still but inside things are moving along. With this exercise you give your body and mind a chance to re-engage and connect. It gives your entire system the opportunity to slow down for a period of time and set the controls of the body up once again to deal with the events of the day. While sitting the channels that need the vital sustaining elements have a chance to open up and fill. While those switches and gears are being set up for the day the time spent sitting clears the internal horizon. So when you do take that first step into your day your ability to “see” is greatly enhanced…even sometimes with the aid of caffeine.

hummock • \HUM-uk\ • noun
*1 : a rounded knoll or hillock
2 : a ridge of ice
3 : a fertile area in the southern United States and especially Florida that is usually higher than its surroundings and that is characterized by hardwood vegetation and deep humus-rich soil
Example Sentence:
Cattle and sparse vegetation dot a rolling landscape of hummocks and shallow valleys.
Did you know?
"Hummock" first appeared in English in the mid-1500s as an alteration of "hammock," another word which can be used for a small hill. This "hammock" is not related to the "hammock" we use to refer to a swinging bed made of netting or canvas. That "hammock" comes from the Spanish "hamaca," and ultimately from Taino, a language spoken by the original inhabitants of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. The origins of the other "hammock" and the related "hummock" are still obscure, though they are related to Middle Low German "hummel" ("small height") and "hump" ("bump"). English also borrowed "hump," another word which can refer to a small hill or hummock.

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