Enjoy the Silence

[stillbeing]

Today I didn’t want to have my eyes open at work. Perhaps it was just the fact I was bone-tired and would rather have been asleep, but I’ve realised (again) how much better the world is without visuals. Things clutter up your brain when you can see them, all sorts of images assaulting you and vying for your attention. It’s not nice. But close your

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[evildoom_bunny]

It's funny you mention closing your eyes and listening. It's an exercise my counsellor got me to do, although it's called mindfulness. It's just basically designed to calm me down, make me feel relaxed and to help the notion that thoughts are just thoughts, nothing more. It can be interesting what I hear when I do it.

I guess it's like a form of meditation.

[divamelisande]

That is an interesting exercise, I will try it.

I've read one book by Zadie Smith (The Autograph Man) and I liked it.

Isn't it funny how we all play these little games out in the world? Sometimes I feel that life is a constant game, and there's very little realness in it.

[schnitzelrug]

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