Meditation: A Short Scene by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2020-05-15 at 11:31:43 )

Meditation: A Short Scene by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

Morning. A room with a comfortable couch. THE BODY sits in quarter-lotus position on the couch, eyes closed, breathing slowly.

[THE BODY is present. THE BODY is. THE BODY requires no effort in order to be. THE BODY effortlessly is.]

[Enter THE MIND.]

THE MIND: Hey hey! What is going on over here? What are we doing? Oh cool, we are meditating! I know how to do that!

[THE MIND sits down on the couch next to THE BODY. THE BODY just is.]

THE MIND: So yeah so we just sit here and, like, just be, right? We just be present. That is easy! A little too easy, even. I should probably make some noises and talk to you do not get bored- Crap! I am meant to be quiet. Sorry about that! Really sorry. God I am such a klutz. Can not even keep quiet for a minute.

[THE BODY does not respond. THE BODY is always already fully present, regardless of what THE MIND is doing.]

THE MIND: Not one minute. Not even one minute. Unbelievable, really. How we can not shut up for even one minute. It is a real problem. We should really do something about that problem, you and I. I bet if we think about it real hard we could find a solution.

[THE BODY does not move. THE BODYs energy is fully present, fully felt, here and now, still and silent, without needing to do anything.]

THE MIND: Yep just meditating! Meditating real good. Just like we are supposed to be doing.

[Pause]

THE MIND: My breath sounds funny. Does my breath usually sound like that? Is that normal? Am I sick? Oh God, I am totally sick with the coronavirus are I not? It finally happened! Good thing I am meditating, I can make my peace with death now. Oop! No that is not my breath, that is just the heater. Phew!

[THE BODY remains still. THE BODY just is. THE BODYs beingness is totally independent of the activities of THE MIND. THE MINDs babbling is irrelevant to the situation.]

THE MIND [singing]: Evil is a relay sport when the one who is burnt turns to pass the torch! Evil is a relay sport when the one who is burnt turns to pass the torch! Evil is a relay sport when the one who is burnt turns to pass the torch! [Speaking] God, I can not get that song out of my head! Fiona Apple, man. What a goddamn masterpiece that new album is. Hey remember that New Yorker article about her? God what a tortured genius that woman is. Is it not a trip how she had all those failed relationships with men, and now she is in like a platonic relationship with that lesbian lady? Hell, most women have probably thought about doing that, to be honest. It would not even be that much different from a lot of normal lesbian relationships anyway, what with lesbian bed death and all. Oh! Is that really a thing? I wonder if that is a real thing, or just some homophobic urban legend I heard about decades ago in some conversation and believed ever since? That happens sometimes. Maybe lesbians in long-term relationships have as much sex as other long-term couples do? That is interesting. We should google that immediately. Actually DuckDuckGo, cuz Google is evil.

[THE BODY does not move.]

THE MIND: Come on, this is really important! Let us go search for "lesbian bed death" right this instant to make sure we are not an evil homophobic monster! Evil! Evil, evil, evil is a relay sport when the one who is burnt turns to pass the torch! Evil is a relay sport when the one who is burnt turns to pass the torch!

[THE BODY does not move. THE BODYs simple energetic beingness is fully felt. THE BODY is always present, never absent. Absence is only ever happening for THE MIND.]

THE MIND: Really? Nothing?

[Pause]

THE MIND: This is dumb.

[Long pause]

THE MIND: Okay.

[Long pause]

THE MIND: Okay.

[Pause]

THE MIND: Well, I will be in the other room if you need me.

[Exit THE MIND. THE BODY does not move. THE BODY simply is. THE BODY is still. THE MIND is silent. All is well. All is.]

CURTAIN

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