Christie:
Sorry for not introducing myself - i wasn't thinking.....
Hi Everyone i'm Christie and i'm a meditator
Hi Christie, and welcome to DhO, where every door out is always open, lol.
I see that you haven't been here since late October, and I hope you didn't set the timer wrong on your self-locking cell! If so, I hope you emerge better for the retreat.
Balzac used to chain himself to his writing desk, when he was determined to finish a novel. So the self-locking idea in the service of a higher aim is not unprecedented. Odysseus had himself tied to the mast, so he could hear the sirens' song as his ear-plugged crew rowed past them, another self-locking in the service of art and contemplation. So you're in good company. I have been in a few locked cells myself, but other people had the keys. still, we meditate where we find ourselves.
There are a few meditators here as well, lol. Feel free to join the mayhem.
best, tim