its 6:20 and dinner is at 6:30 so i kinda have to speed things up a bit. 2nd session is already 2 or 3 days in, and i think i'm thriving. Some really good old friends have come back, and i'm working on building new one. Already just about everyone knows my name, and from what i hear, i seem to have a good rep. I'm in the Teva Major, which includes 2 camping trips, one which is river rafting, and one rock climbing - so i'm excited for those, but so far, the major has just been about random jewish quotes and trees - which is not exactly intellectually stimulating. In David Singers class, i'm forced to think - its good for me. On that subject, i had a good talk with DS the other day about how people are sheep untul they are notified of it - in reagards to judaism and observance and prayer. Also i came up with a really good metaphor for prayer using a rubiks cube.
One more thing - there are like 5 israeli campers this session, 3 guys, and 2 girls. I've gotten REALLY close to the guys, they're fun to hang out with - and as a plus i can practice my hebrew.
Gotta go, hope its not lasagna.
2 comments:
So what's the metaphor for prayer and rubik's cube? There was an article in the LA Times last week about a kid who got it down to 14 secs. Can you get Tefillah down to 14 secs? It might make it more accessible to the sheep, and to me too.
What's the deal with people and sheep and prayer. Say more.
Suzuki Roshi, who wrote Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind wrote about meditation (prayer if you wish) The best way to control your sheep is to give them a big pasture.
By this I think he meant in meditation, rather than trying to control your mind it's ok to allow your mind to wander but to call it back to you point of focus.
What did you have in mind about sheep and prayer and how does that relate to the fact that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were all in the shepard business?
You got a problem with Lasagna?
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