That's me chatting with Leo Rutherford
at the weekend just before going into a sweat. (Note my flies are
coming undone - they have a mind of their own). Leo is in his mid 80s,
so if you get a chance to do some stuff with him, take it. Did 2 sweats
in 2 days. My main concern was what if you run out of prayers on the
second sweat, because you've said them all on the first one?
I was
leading one of the rounds, it was the 4th one where you just listen to
Spirit. And that was fine, and we had
birdsong from outside in the silence. But then afterwards I felt
dislocated, and I remembered why I feel reluctant to lead stuff: the
Managing Director in me takes over, the person I was raised to be, who
takes control and does things properly, and how ironic when it's the
round about letting go of any personal control. He only lives from the neck upwards. But when I asked around
afterwards, no-one seemed to have noticed the MD. Phew! But it's left me
with food for thought. Another inner character to form some kind of
relationship with.
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