Right now think about what you should be doing...come on...think about it! that stack of paperwork to fill out...the next patient, customer or client coming in soon...your laundry to be put away...your scheduled butt scratching session....
I mention this because how many of us really have the time to do nothing...or perhaps a blog...
We find ourselves constantly running around...you ever find yourself pushing yourself to finish an everlasting list of things to do? It can be hard...you end up pushing yourself so hard to the point of stress and sometimes frustration with something that you really have no clue what it is...we find ourselves hardly ever celebrating the little things in life because there is always "the next thing to do".
Although it may be different and close to impossible my PSYCH!SENSE philosophers, I push for all of you to find your place in the day to pull your mind away.
Here's why hobbies work: 2 reasons!
one they allow you to vent out frustrations and daily things that begin to eat at you...
two is that they allow you to not think about your daily crap.
think of it this way....
We walk around daily...at times we even have to run, usually from angry husbands that see the smile face on my butt as I jump out the window...but as we stay on our feet all day you have to sit down eventually that allows your feet and legs to rest a bit. In our daily lives we are so full of "laundry lists" from dropping kids at school, drving to work...dealing with drama there...going home and cooking....then going to bed and rinse and repeat the next day...
allowing yourself time every day to sit and do nothing is like resting your feet or legs...you must be willing to sit in emptyness or in a place where you don't have to think...for any of you that play instruments...when you practice or try to learn something new you have to focus sooo much on the material you cannot allow your mind to sit anywhere else...this is a break from the daily routine....
This is why meditation....when you can master it, works sooooo well...they have learned to let their mind go blank...
SEX!!! yes...wake up...when you are having great, good, ol' booty bumping action you you forget about all the crap that goes on around you...you focus so much on the friction...the rhythm...and the enjoyment of the love between the two (or three, giggidy) of you. Granted orgasm does help...but more...our minds are pulled away from the drama, stress and pain that we see and feel everyday.
The point?
find your blank mind. learn an instrument so that you have to focus so much on it you cant focus on anything else...paint or draw because you must try and focus on the image...some love exercise....it picks up endorphins....but you can "run" out the pain..and gay, like tom cruise.
The idea of a blank or quiet mind has never made sense to me. Because this was the image I was given over and over again by various meditation practitioners, I struggled for a long time and got nowhere. Perhaps this is an issue distinct to myself, but not for most others. However, I have since found a description of meditation that makes sense to me. I couldn't possibly do justice to it with a brief description here, but I can say this: Our minds never go quiet. Through meditation, however, we can reach a state above the constant and turbulent river of thoughts, aware of that river, but not in it. I'm a big fan of A Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine.
ReplyDeleteDaveychan this is amazing. I got 2 messages saying just this, "How do you make your mind go blank." amazing! you are right..it can be hard to do...that's why with many I suggest trying to do something that instead of going blank (as it is hard) that they try and focus/distract their thoughts and concentration on something else...in my example an instrument.
ReplyDeleteby the way...love that statement!
"Our minds never go quiet. Through meditation, however, we can reach a state above the constant and turbulent river of thoughts, aware of that river, but not in it."
i like to not focus on anything
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eventually random thoughts come thru and i get some of my best ideas... the toilet works well ... private, quiet, nothing else to do but sit and wait... and relax = )
LOL!!! although I tend to take quick showers ...like 3 - 5 minute ones..I sometimes will just stand there and will often have random ideas and blog topics just pop up in my head. hmm..remember when batman had that circular walking path at home where he would think how to solve a problem?....I think ours is the bathroom. nice...and gross
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