it's definitely a better way to start the day than looking at your phone, or, as Craner, horrifingly, is in the habit of, immediately switching on the 24 hour news channel for footage of war and destruction.
not for the faint-hearted though. thighbone trumpet crew only.that's actually quite tantric, in a left-hand path style
i was reading a poem today which may or may not relate to this idea of space, creating space between eye & object, object & word.it lets you say not just i feel awful today, but i feel awful in this specific way. a little bit of space and distance before you plunge into the world of distractions and work.
it's definitely a better way to start the day than looking at your phone, or, as Craner, horrifingly, is in the habit of, immediately switching on the 24 hour news channel for footage of war and destruction.
towards the end of my sessions which typically last anywhere from 6 to 13 minutes i often find a resolution takes shape, a moment of clarity emerges and i say to myself firmly and enthusaistically, today i will phone Craner and tell him I love him, for example.
Zizek talks about how these news channels are a facade to pretend that things are worse than they actually are, for fairly comfortable westerners. I'm not sure if I'd put it like that but Craner's sadomasochism is fascinating.
If there is anyone on this forum less likely to start meditating than me, surely it's @thirdform
Any trace of existential angst or dismay is entirely erased, and a sense of ineffable understanding is approached. I rationalize this sense of understanding in terms of my mental activity being just an aspect of a larger unfolding of the structure of energy of the universe, which I mean figuratively and scientifically.what do you find there in the absence of thought Stan? how would you describe the internal conditions and events?
I love how this vision involves my mom calling me Stan.i was laughing last night at the image of your mum walking in to the room to find you stood there, catatonic, drooling slightly
"Stan, (shakes you) Stan! what's happened to you Stan?"
i did 10 minutes today. eyes unable to focus. inner atmosphere muggy, pleasant"
It involves a release of the urge to will my state of mind into a more favorable direction. The compulsion toward progress dissipates and a sense of ultimate fulfillment dawns, if even in a fragmented way.Any trace of existential angst or dismay is entirely erased, and a sense of ineffable understanding is approached. I rationalize this sense of understanding in terms of my mental activity being just an aspect of a larger unfolding of the structure of energy of the universe, which I mean figuratively and scientifically.