{"id":2032,"date":"2020-11-29T00:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T00:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chanmeditation.ca\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2020-11-29T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T00:37:09","slug":"2032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/29\/2032\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing of 1-day Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-masonry fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-plus fg-ready fg-col2\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-2029\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-column-width\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-gutter-width\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/retreat-photo-1.png\" data-attachment-id=\"2030\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/11\/retreat-photo-1\/3842003193.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%2284%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%2084%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/photo-4.png\" data-attachment-id=\"2031\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/11\/photo-4\/893966079.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%2284%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%2084%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>I am learning to be friendly to myself, to allow myself to feel tired, frustrated. I can tell myself &#8220;Let&#8217;s see how you feel, what you want to say&#8221;, instead of not allowing any negative emotions<br \/>and thoughts. There is no need to push them away &#8211; they are part of myself. I can deal with them in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>What a relief to know that it is OK to doze off, to make mistakes, to feel tired, to not feel up to par. I am only human. There is a gentleness in allowing. Not allowing things to be causes agitation and tension; constant fighting and rejection causes fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Just to accept oneself and all as it is brings relief. Causes and conditions determine the way things will be. I need to give myself a break from constantly trying to improve myself, from trying too hard to change. I am good enough the way I am, regardless of my faults and shortcomings. I need to concentrate on my accomplishments in life and allow, accept and be at<br \/>peace with how things are. It will save a lot of mental anguish, of wanting things to be different from what they are. It will free me from trying to be what I am not. I am no better or worse than anyone else. I am unique and am not obligated to live up to other&#8217;s expectations, and nor should I allow myself to get caught up in the pressures, the struggle and the comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>I have been unfairly judged and have unfairly judged others. It hurts me and it hurts others. I do not continually have to keep trying to be better than I am or to try to live up to other people&#8217;s ideals. I can be at peace with myself and relax.<\/p>\n<p>Written by WZ 2020.11.24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2036,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/2036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanmeditation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}