I feel like Im lacking inspiration in general, spiritually, and overall. Someone wanna help me out with that? If you could hook me up to some really mindblowing essay or something to read on the internet, or whatever, that would be realllllly peachy. And by peachy, I mean SWEET.
http://xoomer.alice.it/johnlennon/index.html maybe this will help? not to sure how much of a fan you are..but when I'm feeling un inspired or down I put on the song in my life, or don't worry be happy (not beatles but still awsome) and flip through some picture books...or look at things like this slide show...maybe it'll just make you laugh and sometimes thats all we need. Peace, love, and health, Al
I know how you feel, sister.....your muse is out on a break..... I always listen to my favorite music if I feel that way...Jimi Hendrix and Bob help me out.....Jefferson Airplane, Jim Morrison(check out his wokrs of poerty....better yet, listen to An AMerican Prayer....great stuff) how are you feeling? i mean, could you be specific in what you feel you are lacking with?
Music is what gives me passion in life, so when I'm feeling down or uninspired I'll pick up my guitar and pick around. Put in some good tunes that either make me smile or inspire deep thought. And toke on a good spliff. No matter what type of mood that I'm in, if I put in some Bob marley, sublime, or slightly stoopid it always puts a smile on my face. ALLWAYS. ....But thats me.
hehe tahnks im feeling superb today, its my brithday and its been reaaaaaly great so far. ive never had so many people wish me happy birthday, and i waked and baked to school for my first time, which was really cool too, math was actually easier, and there was some santa clause guy walking around in the subway who was giving out free chocoalte and stuffed teddy bears, which made me quite happy. cuz chocolate is my second favorite drug. Cheers, and Love, dylan
Oh wow, happy birthday man. Good to know you are feeling better too...and yeah being stoned seems to make math easy for me also..I think because it makes you think more abstractly and thats mainly what math deals with...I think..lol
haha yeah. ususally I fucking HATE math tho....its just so boring and dry and boring. and boring too.
lol..I know what you mean..I have a two hour math final today Ireally don't want to go but I have to.......ugh
========= Awakening ========= To be awake, or enlightened, is to realize that everything between your ears, all your thoughts, memories, beliefs, stories, judgments, even your sense of "I" and "me," is fundamentally an illusion. It is knowing that the only thing that is permanently real is consciousness itself, manifesting in this body, mind, and personality known as you. It is recognizing that the same consciousness which expresses as "you" is also expressing through every other human being as them. We truly are connected. To be awake is live in inner freedom. That means no more personal drama, conflict, or emotional suffering. You always feel at peace inside, regardless of what is happening in your life. You are free of fear, and always in the flow. You are present in your relationships, your work, wherever you are, responding creatively to the real needs of the moment. Your essential nature is happy, loving, playful, and content. As the residues of your old, illusory psychological and emotional "self" fall away, consciousness, the experience of yourself at a pure being level, gradually becomes your new identity. It usually takes a long time to fully embody, or integrate, our true nature. The following practices, if you do them diligently, will help you shorten the process. Be Very Present As you learn to be relaxed, centered and grounded in the present moment, you free yourself from your "stories," from the past, and thus from mental and emotional conflict. Presence, or consciously inhabiting your body, is the source of your physical energy, strength, and power. This practice will help you become more present: Expanding Awareness: Sit, and close your eyes. Breathe down into your belly. Now visualize the focal point of your awareness as being just behind and above your head. From this place, see and feel the length and breadth of your body within your awareness. Notice your breath, your bodily sensations and feelings, arising and falling away within your awareness. Notice the thoughts and images in your mind coming and going. Notice how sounds come and go against the background of this silent, expanded awareness that is your natural, relaxed state of being. Welcome it all, resist nothing. Everything arises and disappears within your awareness. But awareness itself, this sense of inner clarity and spaciousness, is always present. It is who and what you are. Be present, then, as this awareness as you open your eyes. Go With The Flow This practice is about understanding the nature of rhythm and change, of ups and downs, and learning to flow harmoniously, to stay present, with whatever is. The flow happens naturally as you become sensitive to energy itself, to the underlying quality of mood, sensation and feeling. Most of the stress people experience is because they live too much in their heads, in their story. They are not in touch with their felt, present-time reality. Energy Awareness: Start paying more attention to what you sense and feel, rather than to judgments, opinions and thoughts. When you are with people, take a few moments to tune in. Open up to the deeper energy that is present. Become aware of awareness itself. Listen for the silence behind the words, beyond the surface activity. This will help you get out of your head, into your body and into the moment. As your sensitivity to energy increases, you'll be more in the flow. Then you will know when to be soft and when to be strong; when to move forward and when to pull back; when to speak and when to listen. www.dailyom.com
If you feel like going on a guilt trip: Peter Singer - Famine, Affluence and Morality http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1972----.htm
