Nov. 15 | The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

A meditation on blue sheep — In lunar light: gaze with chaos, savor chocolate

Snow leopard taste: chocolate
Snow leopard sight: spiraled ammonites
Snow leopard sound: wild cries of a primordial woman
Snow leopard smell: sprig of everlasting
Snow leopard touch: wind, cold mountain air
Snow leopard quote: "Now the moon is waning, and the fine lunar clarity of life at Shey swiftly diminishes."
Snow leopard word of the day: impermanence - to strive for permanence is to miss the point
Snow leopard notable:

"The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-the-present, to bear this mindfulness now into each event of ordinary life."

 Snow leopard extra: strong hold of the great cats; "forever getting ready-for-life instead of living it each day"
Snow leopard gratitude: "the precision and openness and intelligence of the present," Chogyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Panthera progress: return to the beginning; living the novel

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