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Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies



The wheels rose up with them,
For the living spirit was in the wheels.

- Ezekiel 1:20, trans. Rabbi Julia Watts Belser

CWs: Ableism, brief mention of Kristallnacht

I. By Rabbi David A. Cooper, redacted by M. Campbell

Adapted from Rabbi Cooper's walking meditation

"[Wheeling] meditation is one of the most useful techniques in all of contemplative practice. Most of us are lost in thought when we [wheel] from one place to another, [vigilant for any barriers that may make themselves known to us]. Yet, whereas we usually must arrange a special time for a sitting meditation, [wheeling] is something we [tend to] do many times per day. Once we learn how to bring a contemplative aspect to our [wheeling], the opportunities for daily meditation multiply dramatically.

In many ways the [wheeling] practice is similar to sitting meditation. The objective is to focus attention on the experience of the body. However, while the focus of sitting meditation is typically on the breathing -- feeling the chest or stomach move with the breath -- the focus of [wheeling] meditation is primarily what is happening in [our body, our chair, and the earth itself] when we are [wheeling]. And a great deal is happening!

When we practice [wheeling] meditation, it is usually preferable to select a fairly level place about [twenty or thirty] feet in length. The idea is to experience the process of [wheeling], but not to be going anywhere. When we think we are going somewhere, it is much more difficult to concentrate on being where we actually are, that is, here in the moment. When we have nowhere to go, then we can be fully engaged in the contemplative [wheeling] experience. So, pick a place for [wheeling, a place where your wheels are at home and you and your chair sing and dance together, where you know every detail of the terrain to the point you've memorized how to navigate it, to the point the very earth itself joins as a third partner in your ballet], and then please follow along."