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Moonshoe
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Fantasize with me
#5616491 - 05/11/06 09:02 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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 Ok. take a deep relaxing breath and free your mind with groovy vibrations.
Good.
Now were going to play a little game.
Close your eyes and imagine that you are a being of infinite and cosmic power. This isnt some stupid new age visualization, dont worry. Just pretend for a moment that you could do anything, your power is godlike.
What do you do? just let your imagination run wild and make a list.
Heres mine:
-save and restore earths natural garden, save the endangered species. -find true love -find infinite happiness -find unlimited perception -bring help to the needy, healing to the sick, food to the hungry etc -overthrow all evil governments -stop all exploitation and slavery
etc.
Now seriously, its fun. make your own list.
Chances are, unless your a complete bore, that you have some pretty wicked stuff on that list.
Now imagine instead of asking you, what would you do if you had unlimited power, id said "what do you feel like doing right now?"
chances are you would say something like "jacking off" "getting some food" "having a shower" maybe "working out" "watching tv" etc.
Compare the two lists. Which one is more exicting? which one is more inspiring? which one gives you more motivation?
Heres my point: it is essential to begin thinking as if you could do anything, because otherwise, well, youll be a fucking boring, underachieving person, or at least, thats the extreme end of too little capacity to dream.
Now look at your first list, your infinite power list, again.
Take mine, which is not unambitious, as an example. EVERYTHING on that list is at least to some unknown degree in my power to achieve. Happiness, true love, environmental protection, the overthrow of tryranny, healing to the sick... all of these things i have as a conventional human being the power to influence.
Yet without that first inspirational thought "what if i could do anything" i would not have let my mind dream so big.
Thought without action is impotent, but thought is the ROOT of all action, and without right thought, right action is impossible.
What im pointing out is an alternative to the limited state of conciousness represented by the question "what do i feel like doing" which is the state of conciousness represented by the question "what is my deepest, most potent desire?"
The point is, living as if you were a demi-god isnt just occult truth. Its psychological and pragmatic good sense.
So stop selling yourself short.
"emancipate your self from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds" - Bob marley
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Everything I post is fiction.
Edited by Moonshoe (05/11/06 11:37 AM)
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exclusive58
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Re: Fantasize with me [Re: Moonshoe]
#5616617 - 05/11/06 10:20 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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that's a damn good point
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BlueCoyote
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essential  (even some will misunderstand that, as ever)
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David_vs_Goliath
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Re: Fantasize with me [Re: BlueCoyote]
#5618036 - 05/11/06 04:49 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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the key to sucess is shooting for the greatest. If you fall short, you still will acheive great things.
-------------------- "People living deeply have no fear of death." "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love." "Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings."
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felix4life
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awesome post! Source has given its unique expressions desire and the ability to acheive the desire!
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Fospher
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Re: Fantasize with me [Re: Moonshoe]
#5623436 - 05/13/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think that same life perspective as you try to portray has kept me wandering from one thing to another.
Right now, I'm reading four books on philosophical doctrines. The problem is - one will have the converse belief as the next - but they all make perfect sense, which only makes me more and more confused. The more you know, the more you don't know, right?
I'm also working on a 3D project, learning a visual effects software, working on some freelance CG art, applying to several art schools, working a landscaping job and just today had an interview for a sales position (...and got the job), and playing my MSKorg200R keyboard synth while learning Sony's Acid. I'm a big fan of journals, projects and bright ideas.
I just feel that life is so short so I try to cram in as much things as possible. I can't see why a person would stick with one philophical doctrine and refuse the other, without having even read it or researched it.
I'll build my house out of the eclectic sponge that's taken in all the best bits and pieces life has to offer. If there's an oncoming storm, I'll just absorb the rain.
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lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl
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Re: Fantasize with me [Re: Moonshoe]
#5625447 - 05/13/06 06:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'd get the HELL out of here.
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