Well-stated, as always, my friend. We all remain susceptible but such choices are not inevitable - especially if we get together and shift into a more humane culture.
Just physics. Time is measured in meters. “Now” is actually a 3D manifold drawn through spacetime. A nanosecond is actually 30 cm in the future. I am typing this millions of miles away in your past, you are reading this millions of miles away in my future.
I have recently started psychotherapy. I have been introduced to "mindfulness". It is incredibly difficult for an over-thinker to reign in and domesticate the maverick brain waves!
But I know I must. As I square off against events and people of my past and decide who is sharing my future, and on which terms (that sounds so harsh...), living in tge moment will be worth the effort
Having lived most of my life so far as a people-pleaser, it is mind-bending. I actually wonder if advocating for my son didn't start my...ummm...resistance training!
When I was very young my father the cop started hiding money in plain sight, and dropping hints that it might be around. His plan was to get his kids to become aware of their surroundings at all times. I find myself so absorbed in looking for what is going around me that I rarely have time to daydream. It worked on me. He also taught us to trust God and ourselves. It was a good plan.
Wow...what a fascinating but effective tactic, George!
I feel as if I struggle with an odd affliction, though. I'm acutely aware of my surroundings yet perpetually time traveling in my mind. Any suggestions?
Love this!!! "The fear matrix depends on you to activate....They can't program what they can't reach." Present moment is all we have. Even if we wanted to go back 5 minutes, we literally can't or move ahead a day. It only lives in our head and our interpretations of it. The only things we can control is our thoughts and interpretations. Thanks for always speaking such words of wisdom!!!
Magnificent! The fear porn only reaches and harms minds that are vulnerable & lost in past/future "time travel" as you brilliantly call it. A meditative mind that is awake is not afraid, and as you say, Mickey, is unreachable... Plus, when we are present, we open to our intuition - Remember the old martial arts story about the man and his 3 sons? -
I just wrote this for my new book, Food for Freedom:
"There is a well-known story in the martial arts tradition of a father with three Samurai sons, who, in order to test their fighting skill, invited them into his room, with a trained assailant hiding behind the door. When the youngest son came through the door, he was easily knocked down from behind by the assailant. When the middle son came through the door, he immediately sensed the assailant’s attack and with lightning speed, whirled around and blocked the assailant’s blow. When the eldest son approached the door, he intuitively felt a threatening presence and stopped and stood outside the door, calling in to his father that he felt something was awry, and thus compelling the father to admit that he had hidden an assailant behind the door to test him. Just as the youngest son, because of his lack of training, created the most violence and most harm, those of us who fail to question official narratives cause the most damage. If we can, like the second son, recognize the deception and block it, we create less harm and violence. With more training and insight, we can, like the eldest son, shine the light of truth, reveal and dissipate potential violence, and help to heal the situation. Discriminating awareness and mindfulness tend to minimize harm and abuse, while gullibility and acquiescence tend to foster them."
Good advice! Borrowing trouble usually gets repaid with burdensome interest.
There's a lot of pressure to sink into crippling forms of morbid ideation. I've seen it sold as a moral obligation, e.g. the following syllogism:
• This is something good people worry about.
• We're worrying about it.
• Therefore we're good people.
Next thing you know, they're lining up for dubious pharmaceuticals...
ditto.
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Well-stated, as always, my friend. We all remain susceptible but such choices are not inevitable - especially if we get together and shift into a more humane culture.
Mickey, today you are going to meet someone from your past who is coming to your future. Any minute ...
Wow...what makes you say that, Jillian? Is this a positive re-connection?
Just physics. Time is measured in meters. “Now” is actually a 3D manifold drawn through spacetime. A nanosecond is actually 30 cm in the future. I am typing this millions of miles away in your past, you are reading this millions of miles away in my future.
Thank you, Jillian. I've always been fascinated at how time is measured in meters but didn't initially grasp your point!
I have recently started psychotherapy. I have been introduced to "mindfulness". It is incredibly difficult for an over-thinker to reign in and domesticate the maverick brain waves!
But I know I must. As I square off against events and people of my past and decide who is sharing my future, and on which terms (that sounds so harsh...), living in tge moment will be worth the effort
It doesn't sound harsh to me, Jaye. It sounds like self-love.
I have the utmost faith that you will reap the rewards of mindfulness very, very soon!
I appreciate this.
Having lived most of my life so far as a people-pleaser, it is mind-bending. I actually wonder if advocating for my son didn't start my...ummm...resistance training!
That theory sounds quite logical to me!
Here's to a new positive shift in your life, my friend. 🙏
When I was very young my father the cop started hiding money in plain sight, and dropping hints that it might be around. His plan was to get his kids to become aware of their surroundings at all times. I find myself so absorbed in looking for what is going around me that I rarely have time to daydream. It worked on me. He also taught us to trust God and ourselves. It was a good plan.
Wow...what a fascinating but effective tactic, George!
I feel as if I struggle with an odd affliction, though. I'm acutely aware of my surroundings yet perpetually time traveling in my mind. Any suggestions?
Did he let you keep it if you found it?
Yes. That was what drove me.
Love this!!! "The fear matrix depends on you to activate....They can't program what they can't reach." Present moment is all we have. Even if we wanted to go back 5 minutes, we literally can't or move ahead a day. It only lives in our head and our interpretations of it. The only things we can control is our thoughts and interpretations. Thanks for always speaking such words of wisdom!!!
Thank you, Kim...for taking the time to read my post and offer such kind feedback - along with some words of wisdom of your own!
Magnificent! The fear porn only reaches and harms minds that are vulnerable & lost in past/future "time travel" as you brilliantly call it. A meditative mind that is awake is not afraid, and as you say, Mickey, is unreachable... Plus, when we are present, we open to our intuition - Remember the old martial arts story about the man and his 3 sons? -
I just wrote this for my new book, Food for Freedom:
"There is a well-known story in the martial arts tradition of a father with three Samurai sons, who, in order to test their fighting skill, invited them into his room, with a trained assailant hiding behind the door. When the youngest son came through the door, he was easily knocked down from behind by the assailant. When the middle son came through the door, he immediately sensed the assailant’s attack and with lightning speed, whirled around and blocked the assailant’s blow. When the eldest son approached the door, he intuitively felt a threatening presence and stopped and stood outside the door, calling in to his father that he felt something was awry, and thus compelling the father to admit that he had hidden an assailant behind the door to test him. Just as the youngest son, because of his lack of training, created the most violence and most harm, those of us who fail to question official narratives cause the most damage. If we can, like the second son, recognize the deception and block it, we create less harm and violence. With more training and insight, we can, like the eldest son, shine the light of truth, reveal and dissipate potential violence, and help to heal the situation. Discriminating awareness and mindfulness tend to minimize harm and abuse, while gullibility and acquiescence tend to foster them."
Thank you, as always, Will! I appreciate your kind words and wow...your recent writing serves as an ideal coda for the post. 🙏
Thanks, Mickey.
I was going to say something clever when I started this. But now I can't remember what it was.
Very timely for me - thank you! I love that graphic about weird shit's gonna happen. Perfect advice &, as I say, very timely.
Thank you, Janet, for sharing this synchronicity! I'm very grateful that my post felt timely.