Here comes a ramble. Maybe this isnt the best place to think out loud, but Ive been reading a lot and at this time of the morning it really gets my brain going. I used to crave things like attention. I was never the cool kid in school and, in addition to my undying love of music, I think a lot of my drive as an up & coming Dj and to throw parties was to show people that I should have been invited to their bar mitzvah or quinceniera or whatever. After years of proving myself (mostly to myself, really), that hole was filled and I got over it. I learned a lot about myself and I realized many things after the fact. Desire is not bad per say, but it can cause uncomfortable feelings. If I learn to eliminate desire, I can achieve non-attachment. Ive already eliminated desire in certain parts of my life without knowing it was an actual technique instead of just something I did to cope. Things come into my life on a daily basis that I want, material and emotional, but dont really need. If I can remember that when the opportunity presents itself, I can control desire and therefore help control stress, anxiety, and so on, instead of letting those things control me, cloud my judgement, cause bad decisions, etc. Or Florida can legalize medical. But, thats a desire, and here we go again. I saw an illustration of creatures who were shoveling mountains of food into their gigantic mouths, but they had tiny narrow throats and could never get everything they wanted, but got everything they needed. The happy ones were the ones who realized it and werent fighting for the stuff that didnt really matter. The message I got from the small throats is that even if you can get more and more and more, at some point you cant use more and youre still unhappy because of your desire for more, and/or desire for what you dont really need. Totally rambling, so Ill stop now, but if I think of more Ill update this or keep posting. Please forgive any grammatical, spelling, or thinking errors committed on my part.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:19:58 +0000
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