I was listening to Krista Tippett’s show, On Being, on NPR this Sunday morning. It is also available as a podcast. Krista was interviewing Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus fame. Ms. Campbell is a nun, a lawyer and a lobbyist for social issues. She also practices Zen.
She had the most wonderful description of mediation. She described life as being like one of those globes with all the snowflakes in them. In our lives, most of the time, the snowflakes are swirling around pell-mell. Meditation allows the snowflakes to settle and be quite for a few minutes.
I found that a wonderful image.