Hot Springs at Bodhi Manda Zen Center
One of the things I've missed most in the 15 or so years since I was training to be a Zen Monk at the monastery in Jemez Springs is the tranquil Hot Springs available on site. So nice to return to its healing waters.
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Looks unreal
Oh looks so fabulous! How long did you train? (Still waiting on that story lol! I’ll just piece it out in the comments haha!!) enjoy your beautiful time :)
Haha, still processing the memories that continually rise to the top the longer I am here, but the story will come in time.
I trained for 9 months, some of that involved meditating 18 hours a day... which I concluded was a bit over the top!
Oh my! 18 hours a day~~ whew! that's a lot. The most I've done is at numerous vipassana retreats- what, probably not more than 12 scheduled hours a day. I loved it, but I was able to get great sleep and take walks during the day during which I wasn't really meditating. <3
Oh maybe it was 11, I've done VIP too - it's awesome, but the first one is really really hard.
Eeek - 18 hours a day is tough! 11 hours I've done, for 10 days, and that near on killed me physically - mentally, I could probably do it again.
Ya, the physical aspect is the big challenge for me as well. My mind takes a little while to settle in, but once it does it doesn't really present further trouble.
I agree - the limits of the physical body, huh!
Wonder how they'd look with me loungin' in there, makin' fart bubbles. ... Let's find out!
I am in
Come on over guys! Just give the center a ring to let them know when you're coming. Number should be in the website: http://www.bmzc.org
hey @cahlen, I have a ? For you. I noticed you created many more accounts. How did you go about doing that? Did u have to start from scratch and how did you get enough differing phone numbers to confirm them all? Lol! Or did you do it some other way - like through your main current account or something? Wanting to create another account. Thanks :)
Hey @mountainjewel! I just noticed this question, so sorry about the delay.
You don't need a phone number to create a Steem account. That's only for when you go through Steemit.com to do it. They actually donate Steem to you to give your account enough Steem Power to Post, Comment, Upvote, etc., so they have to make sure people aren't making multiple accounts to essentially take advantage of their charity.
There are multiple places you can make Steem accounts, but the one I've been using lately is here:
https://v2.steemconnect.com/accounts/create
you're so cool @cahlen.... sorry i never updated this either to tell you that i read this somewhere in a tutorial. thanks for typing all this out for me... you're the best! how've you been lately? missed you around here a bit ;) !<3 hope your travels are awesome. check out the gila yet?
Glad to hear you weren't waiting on me! What's the new account you made?
I've been doing well, just busy with supporting the Zen Center and taking part in an intensive meditation retreat over the weekend. I've still got to make that video about all of this!
Haven't check out Gila yet, but it's on the list for when I go nomadic again.
wow awesome. glad to hear you're doing well. i'll look forward to your vid :) intensive meditation retreat - sounds fun!
i made a page called @the-hearth - it's centered on earth-based creation to boost other steemians and be a hub for people to follow to catch high quality posts! <3
Nice, followed! Got a plan to get it pumped with some SP or will it primarily be a Resteeming account?
thanks for the follow :) i'm sure we'll see a certain wizard featured on there...
i have asked the community for delegations. i've delegated 50 to it and plan to keep doing increments as @mountainjewel continues to grow. currently i have about 300 of mine in qurator to get the daily upvote so some of it is tied up. i do want it to have some sp so people start to use the tag the-hearth. i think the community is more likely to use that if it relates to some type of $$. it's a long term plan to resteem daily, curate weekly, perhaps do some podcasts or interviews if the page develops sufficiently :)
Oooh podcasts, exciting!!!
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