It takes a month to make a habit or so they say, and I'm on my way, I'm on my way. I get my phone ready, I've got to time this. Get into pose. I've got my own poses.
Then START:
"gotta make a list I'm gonna kill...and...wait! That's a thought...let it go...
...wonder what I'll have for lunch...WAIT! THOUGHT! LET IT GO
..and then I'm gonna...and ... THOUGHTS!! BAD! CLEAR MY HEAD!! IMAGINE SWEEPING THE LEAVES AND THE LEAVES ARE THOUGHTS...
NO, DAMN, THOSE ARE THOUGHTS TOO
...how much money is it there left in the bank? THOUGHT! THOUGHT! LET IT GO!!!
...this place is a dump...gotta clean it...
THOUGHT!!!"
Eventually after a long while of wrestling inane thoughts that just percolate up like the bubbles in champagne I arrive at a place like this:
"...
...I'm bored...THOUGHT!!...
just breathe...THOUGHT!...
..."
END. Open my eyes, stop timer. Record time. Over 22 minutes, a new record, I'm getting better at this...Now the actual time I'm actually in any sort of meditative state - even at 22 minutes, can't possibly be even 1 minute. But I am noticing flickers in the white noise and assure myself that I will get better - qualitative as well as quantitative, like anything it's just a matter of practice...