Buy a small bottle of soap bubble liquid. Dip a wand into it. Wave it through the air, or blow against it, and really watch what happens.
If you have a small child near, probably you get squeals of delight and a quickly popped bubble. Not a bad thing.
But if you make the bubbles with no children around, you get perfect spheres that float wherever the wind blows. I know that you already know what a bubble looks like, but a really good exercise is to pretend you have never seen one before, and really look at what is right there. How would you describe it to someone who cannot see or to someone who had never seen one before? Almost no description is good enough. But comprehending bubbles without words, really being present to what they are and not how you would describe them, can take you into that magical place that meditators go to, a different version of what top athletes experience when they are "in the zone" and everything just flows without struggle. In that place, really see the colors; see what is reflected on the bubbles surface (including you!); notice how the colors change second by second and how they move toward white and yellow just before the bubble pops. If you are outside where direct sun is shining on a white wall, blow the bubbles close to the wall and really look at the shadow of the bubble on the wall (I am not going to tell you what to expect: you just have to try it).
50 cents invested toward enlightenment.
If you have a small child near, probably you get squeals of delight and a quickly popped bubble. Not a bad thing.
But if you make the bubbles with no children around, you get perfect spheres that float wherever the wind blows. I know that you already know what a bubble looks like, but a really good exercise is to pretend you have never seen one before, and really look at what is right there. How would you describe it to someone who cannot see or to someone who had never seen one before? Almost no description is good enough. But comprehending bubbles without words, really being present to what they are and not how you would describe them, can take you into that magical place that meditators go to, a different version of what top athletes experience when they are "in the zone" and everything just flows without struggle. In that place, really see the colors; see what is reflected on the bubbles surface (including you!); notice how the colors change second by second and how they move toward white and yellow just before the bubble pops. If you are outside where direct sun is shining on a white wall, blow the bubbles close to the wall and really look at the shadow of the bubble on the wall (I am not going to tell you what to expect: you just have to try it).
50 cents invested toward enlightenment.
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