Meditation
I decided to take some time out from documenting the unusual beak formation of crossbills to share this intriguing activity that this female yellow shafted northern flicker is engaged in. Yes, correct, I found her meditating in the same spot previously occupied by the red crossbill. I am quite impressed and must admit that she’s way better at this than I am, and God knows I have tried. Supposedly, meditation helps you relax, especially when using the correct breathing technique while concentrating on making your chi circulate along your body meridians. I have come to the conclusion that I am not very good at this and suspect the only way this would work for me if I was (were) in a deep coma. I come away from my attempts to meditate in a state of utter mental exhaustion. What happens when I try to meditate is that random thoughts pop into my head, such as most recently wondering why we haven’t come up yet with the perfect personal transportation device (PTD). I am thinking here a hover board based on anti-gravitational waves that, just as the name implies, hovers without noise of any kind. Naturally, it is powered by some equally quiet propelling mechanism that avoids having to use your legs and feet to kick propel it. Of course, this mental imagery is based on the recent discovery that Einstein is/was correct regarding his theory of gravitational waves. 100 years ago … how far ahead of his time was this guy? …. And how did they prove this? With perpendicular 4 kilometer long vacuum tubes and laser light. Absolutely ingenious and how can you possibly expect me to meditate with all this going on and what I feel is a giant leap forward to my PTD. I wonder if she, the bird, is having the same thoughts. Oh wait, of course not because she’s actually meditating and completely zoning out. So much confusion …
All along the watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Meditation
I decided to take some time out from documenting the unusual beak formation of crossbills to share this intriguing activity that this female yellow shafted northern flicker is engaged in. Yes, correct, I found her meditating in the same spot previously occupied by the red crossbill. I am quite impressed and must admit that she’s way better at this than I am, and God knows I have tried. Supposedly, meditation helps you relax, especially when using the correct breathing technique while concentrating on making your chi circulate along your body meridians. I have come to the conclusion that I am not very good at this and suspect the only way this would work for me if I was (were) in a deep coma. I come away from my attempts to meditate in a state of utter mental exhaustion. What happens when I try to meditate is that random thoughts pop into my head, such as most recently wondering why we haven’t come up yet with the perfect personal transportation device (PTD). I am thinking here a hover board based on anti-gravitational waves that, just as the name implies, hovers without noise of any kind. Naturally, it is powered by some equally quiet propelling mechanism that avoids having to use your legs and feet to kick propel it. Of course, this mental imagery is based on the recent discovery that Einstein is/was correct regarding his theory of gravitational waves. 100 years ago … how far ahead of his time was this guy? …. And how did they prove this? With perpendicular 4 kilometer long vacuum tubes and laser light. Absolutely ingenious and how can you possibly expect me to meditate with all this going on and what I feel is a giant leap forward to my PTD. I wonder if she, the bird, is having the same thoughts. Oh wait, of course not because she’s actually meditating and completely zoning out. So much confusion …
All along the watchtower – Jimi Hendrix