Conscious vs. habit

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Day 4
Conscious attention

•     The central rays
•     The smell and feel of good earth in the garden
•     The sound of perfect fourth intervals on the guitar
•     The sound of the 200 Motels music
•     Glenn Gould playing an arrangement of part of Beethoven's 6th
•     The taste of food, including smoked cheese, potato peels, lentil burgers, ice cream, apricots
•     The feeling of anticipation mingled with concern about telling the story of Big Foot's son
•     The blackberries are so dry; will they recover next year?

Conscious action

•     Morning ritual, mediation and divination
•     Preparing the garden spots for lavender, onions, borage, potatoes
•     Trying to pick out melodies from 200 Motels on guitar
•     Mulching, cutting the underbrush above the blackberry vines
•     Helping Diane figure out a program to convert base 16 numbers to base 10
•     Cleaning
•     Shaving
•     Sitting down with the paper to think about the story of Big Foot's son
•     Repeating the affirmations
•     Cooking

Unconscious/habitual attention

•     Dreams (none that I recall)

Unconscious/habitual action

•     Breathing, balancing, sleeping,
•     Still too much of my eating