July 3, 2011

This statement is false: 

It is so because the fact of it being a statement 

necessitates its falsity.

Accepting rejection (as opposed to rejecting acceptance)

When I do this, it covers all these other mental exercises listed:

Harmonizing

Listening

Quieting

 “Mean”(verb)ing of life

even Gurdjieff’s stop method

It feels like things align for once, instead of disagreeing with every little action I take.

If you were to destroy all the evil in the world and its principle,
you would only succeed in making "destruction" the dominating principle.
Wait it out, and "destruction" will eventually destroy itself.

Something that has come up at least twice already:  open-mindedness allows fear to subside and thus solutions to come.  But positive reinforcement kind of works the same way, if you believe that things are okay it is more possible to find an answer.  Now I was skeptical about positive reinforcement because it most likely suggests that negative outcomes are bad, and this is not open-mindedness.  But it is possible that successful positive reinforcement requires one to accept the present, otherwise they would just be in denial until fate aligns the world with their preference.

A couple of days ago, I was eating a chip while heading towards the door, and thought about how I felt heavy because of how I do not have enough red blood cells or whatever it is people keep saying.  And as I was eating this chip I wondered if this chip is what my body really needed; probably not, but even if it isn’t I still do not know what my body needs.  The only reason I “know” why this chip is not as nutritious as a morsel could be is because its package says so.  Whether it is the cereal box, the can, or the rest of the media; we depend on these to “know” what we need to keep ourselves alive; and only to the quality that the media provides.  But how am I supposed to know what my body needs?  And it came to me: by how it feels and by what I think to change.  If anything, your desire tells you what you need, but one needs to learn how to listen to what they desire, not only muffle its voice. 

The reason I allowed myself this conclusion is because I accepted my rejection; I allowed my desire to be a legitimate voice.  If I did not do this I would not be able to answer the question, except in the same way that I was treating the “desire” idea.

But really your body does not need anything: your body changes according to what you put in it, and there is no reason to despise the changes it undergoes, even the “loss of consciousness”.

America, a capitalist country; oh America, you are meant to thrive on the good will of mankind, you have so much potential to be a promise land, only if God were still alive here.  "The rich have not accomplished their duty as ‘the rich’ until there is no more poverty in the world.”

                When I decide to be willing to go through hell for truth, suddenly my awareness focuses on the moment, as if anticipating.  I don’t know why.

                There are voices everywhere.  I can hear them in the noise of the fan and in the bubbling of the water.  They inspire my mind to speak, and they don’t let me shut it up.  With this I realize that my thoughts are influenced by the environment around me, they decide what type of judgments I make.