True. I've only come close to a true meditative state once, despite many attempts over the years. It was strange... I felt myself float up out of my body, and my own thoughts stopped and were replaced by other thoughts. They were thinking about my current life in the third person things like "This life has turned out okay, everything is going according to plan." I got this sense of overwhelming euphoria and connectivity, and my ego was swept away on the winds of existence.
It was so beautiful and so disturbing... I had to bring myself back down. I felt like I would float away forever...
I was extremely stoned at the time. :]
still, you're right... most of us can't meditate (i've only done it once, successfully) and even if we could it wouldn't be possible all the time - like while grocery shopping.
this entry gave me a lot to consider and try, thanks :)
imagine if the propogandist of the mind was working FOR you and not against you imagine if he whispered sweet sentiments instead of scornful reproaches
This is brilliant and beautiful and true. We tell ourselves stories about how we are and how the world is, constantly. It is never just truth...self-propaganda is a good way to think about it. Helpful, productive propaganda might do us good.
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meditation, in fact, is the art of stopping one's internal monologue of thoughts.
I will first learn to stop mine, then to start it up again differently. small changes, so as not to get too disturbed too quickly.
indeed.
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It was so beautiful and so disturbing... I had to bring myself back down. I felt like I would float away forever...
I was extremely stoned at the time. :]
still, you're right... most of us can't meditate (i've only done it once, successfully) and even if we could it wouldn't be possible all the time - like while grocery shopping.
this entry gave me a lot to consider and try, thanks :)
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of the mind was working
FOR you and not against you
imagine if he whispered
sweet sentiments
instead of scornful reproaches
This is brilliant and beautiful and true. We tell ourselves stories about how we are and how the world is, constantly. It is never just truth...self-propaganda is a good way to think about it. Helpful, productive propaganda might do us good.
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