Originally Posted by
DawgBone
Caenis:
I read through the waking journal thread. Several people reported having success with it. But I'm not sure that a diary-type record, recorded at the end of the day, is the best approach. The idea, it seems to me, is to improve awareness, not just memory. What we want is Zen-like, living in the Now, as opposed to thinking about the grocery list.
I think I will try this:
I'm already using a vibrating wristwatch to remind me to do RCs. I going to add short entries into the waking journal each time I do one of these RCs. I work at a computer most of the day so this will be easy to do. The entries will report what I am doing, hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting and thinking at the time. It will basically force me to Experience the Now several times a day.
I'm pretty sure that the Zen monks don't do it this way, but then they probably don't have vibrating wristwatches …