God has this great mission for us all in this yellow house: raise our first pup from almost scratch- puppy at the spca.

This alone shall keep me focused enough and if I ever sound crazy wisdom, know I am stressed out silly and will calm down.

Pay attention to the sound you make when you rub stuff. I myself,often rub my small non decapitated left buddha statue with plant in lap. On his back and on his head. I practice virtue by being detached from the sensation. Try to listen to the sound too. The more virtuous touch you practice, the more empty your mind will be an dthe more lucid the sound om to you will appear. Since I am a science fiction writer, here is my twist for further exploration of a different kind-  Pretend you communicate with aliens....by rubbing whatever virtuously. It is an Om sound, that is all. Are aliens real or not? I dont think we are alone in the universe if we are so crowded already on earth with different species.

For the better, I may say. But this practice I read nowhere and found myself, thouhg much explained in tibetan buddhism (sound meditation) as a principle.

Just like you can touch a lover with lust and greed or with detached virtue of love for all beings, so practice gently rubbing buddha's head or back or feet.

A statue I mean.

You are practicing the healing touch and making sounds from it ...I tell you to think this om sound from rubbing, aliens like Green Tara and the Taras can hear on their planet....Welcome to my mind. :)

* It is right now my belief that virtues can heal us and practicing them is truly samadhi or shamatha (i forget which one I mean): empty mind. I may have used the wrong term: too tired to correct if that is the case.