Thursday, July 07, 2022

The Blessing of Olfactory Hallucination

 As the group gathered itself by way of a shared meditation, the person guiding it invited us to hold our own hands and picture us holding one another's hands. I closed my eyes and imagined us as a group huddled close together, breathing the same air. 

I felt the heat and closeness of such a gathering.

I smelled it.

There is a pleasant animal smell produced by a close gathering of human bodies. For obvious reasons, I have not smelled it in a very long time. In that moment, I smelled it.

I must thank the leader of the meditation for that.


The Magic Eight-Ball says: "Giving thanks is always in order."

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