Now that I'm done obsessing over the fucking xbox (which.. I love so dearly for it's mind-numbing attributes of awesome blood and gore video games!!!), It's time to come out and smell the fresh air. Today, before I did any study I got stuck into removing unnecessary objects from my room, everything and anything that just sits idle for long periods of time was given the sack. And everything else categorized into shelves or boxes, dependent on their usefulness and how often I used them.
The reasons for this are mostly because I want to learn how to live with less luggage, both on the exterior and interior; seeing as my external environment mirrors my internal, then my home base seems to be the first place that needs some work. I might think to myself that I may be so far behind everyone else my age in regards to being organized.. well fuck, If I was then surely I am up to date with it now!
My next objective, is the same as the last; dealing with regression. I think its become clear to me that I might suffer from slight HPPS/PTSD from taking way too many pills with a immature mind, it surely doesn't matter any more, because while my regression does indeed recede to that state of mind back then, it is more realistic to focus on how I can build up from here.. Instead of rummaging around the rubble that was my Self.
Something else was also brought to my attention whilst in meditation philosophy; the lecturer suggested 2 ideas that I wanted to really understand. The first, was constantly being in a meditative state instead of being unfocused frequently. Being in that peacefulness frequently brings awareness to you're surroundings and much more acceptance of where you are, and what you are, rather than drifting away on some irrelevant concept.
The second suggestion intrigued me much more, this was the styles of meditation, she suggested that for most people that simple meditation techniques are quite effective, where as, to someone with a tendency towards anti-social or schizophrenic characteristics, these simple methods should be avoided, and that for those people particular styles must be used for them before progressing to the more simple styles of meditation. While I did not ask why, and nor did I get a very clear answer as to what kind(s) of techniques should be used; I have my experiences.
A class mate asked the question of what kinds of techniques would be used for those people, and the answer given was that the individuals needs must be met, and that it varies from person to person. In other words; the person guiding the individual with such characteristics must have an idea on what this character is like, what kind of issues they deal with to then progress to a certain style for that person.
Again, I did not ask why, however I think the answer is quite easy, as such it is pretty much explained above. The out of the ordinary or out of normal reality individual may have a mind prone to stress, anxiety or depression and unhappiness as these lead to disease and disorder of the mind, such as schizophrenia or different personality disorders. With a mind that is constantly distracted by aggravating thoughts and ideas then how is that person going to focus on the simplest of meditations? They might be capable, however not nearly as the person who can simply relax without conjuring complex ideas and thoughts which lead to discomfort. The individual who regresses to a negative or what I would describe as almost being claustrophobic (more so having the feeling of being trapped by emotional baggage, rather than actually being afraid of small spaces) would have more trouble doing the simplest of meditations because of the complexity of their out of the ordinary thought processes.
This brought the question of "what is reality?", the insane person might actually have a clearer picture than the non-insane person. This gets into a whole other subject, but to put it simply, to be in this reality is to generally be calm and happy rather than distracted by other means.
So my objective is still to stop regressing into that kind of distracted unordinary state. Now I just have a bit of a clue.
In the next couple of weeks I plan to register for a Shibashi Qi-Gong course, from what I know it's kind of like a mixture between Tai Chi movements and Qi-Gong breathing techniques.
Hopefully I can make this happen whilst doing all my study and working.
Oh yeah, I work now too! At "Research Panel" where I ring people non stop for 8 hours asking them absurd questions that just seem to repeat themselves for 19 bucks an hour. Hey, it's easy and I get to continually ask people annoying questions, just like I do now anyways.
That's all for now.
19 June 2010
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1 comments:
ah great read bro,can def relate in some ways
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