Also my fired Steve Bhaerman, aka Swami Beyondananda, cosmic comic proposes MAHAHA - Make America Healthy and Happy Again. Comedy is available to all of us.
Everything we're dependent on or addicted to in our culture goes against meditation. Ever try to pray, and find your mind immediately wanders? I mean, it's a wonder we can think at all. Constant distraction. All engineered.
Rafa is roly poly, growing fast, and fantastic. Alexander too. Lewis is slowly getting closer to them. I'm composing pieces in my mind I think you all may be entertained by--just haven't done them yet. This week.
This is really good! It's so good, in fact, that my kitty jumped up on my desk and did the mediation with me, totally relaxed. She only reached out when I opened my eyes at the end. That broke the vibe, I cracked up laughing at her & now I think we'll go relax again.
Love this post! Living in or around Granada (?) must be a delighting experience. I smiled through the whole video. The people are so beautiful in this video; wonderful attitudes. I visited Grandad to see the Alhambra in 1971 while spending 6 mos. in Spain. The times were different, but I remember the beauty the most. Would love to be transported back there for another visit. I have a feeling your healing process will be transforming. Hope you are doing some dancing in the Plazas.
‘In Search Of Lost Time’ , the great masterpiece by french novelist Marcel Proust , shows this “ Healing Wheel” fleshed out in detailed experiences and practices, in lifes many forms ….
Hmm, interesting: this post just changed my life (at least a little bit). Thank you for it, and for your many others into which I am poking around). I feel fortunate that I kind of already do some of the things on your spoked wheel list -- for instance, finding delight in everyday things is something I have done for a long time -- but I do like and appreciate how you have articulated it all. Also, even though I have been aware of Huberman for a while, I've never particularly paid any attention to him. I don't trust "neuroscientists" for the most part, but I trust you for some reason -- despite that you are a complete stranger -- so I looked into that guided nsdr meditation. Excellent! Even more, I absolutely loved the video about Granada -- especially the beautiful song near the start. If anything ever made me want to go somewhere, it was that video for sure. (I'm actually Spanish, too, but never been there).
Anyway, all best to you in your journey and, once again, thank you and I look forward to your continued writings.
Thank you JC. I appreciate that trust and I think we share this here, somehow. We may fight but we sort of ":get" each other. I think our main vibe here is to transcend the political trauma armor suit and step out as actual people, after all this surreal hell since 2020.
I also don;'t trust neuro-scientists or any "science" hardly. But I did really feel a shift from this one, afterwards. I have had really devastating de-realization/procrastination sort of like end stage PTSD since 2020 and it was threatening to wreck my life. I still "have it" but I am trying to do that thing of not merely attacking and hating on myself but trying to overcome it little by little, seeing what works, and not re-traumatizing while I do. I am very hopeful about this—Non Sleep Deep Rest. I can relate to it better than meditation.
Thanks, Celia. Yet another “kaboom” moment for me: “de-realization/procrastination”. That describes me yet I’ve never actually articulated it in a way that I might actually “fix”it somehow other than just by constantly pretending it will go away. The NSDR might indeed be an avenue through the (mental) morass.
Great post! I love how so many of us seem to finding our way to the same places.
Norman Cousins discovered that laughter reduced his pain and boosted the immune system. https://remedygrove.com/wellness/normancousins
Also my fired Steve Bhaerman, aka Swami Beyondananda, cosmic comic proposes MAHAHA - Make America Healthy and Happy Again. Comedy is available to all of us.
Congratulations on your improvement, dear Celia 💙
Thank you Roger. It's only a beginning but it IS a beginning. I'm going to list all the things I believe are working. I'll do it this week.
Everything we're dependent on or addicted to in our culture goes against meditation. Ever try to pray, and find your mind immediately wanders? I mean, it's a wonder we can think at all. Constant distraction. All engineered.
Off topic, but I am wondering about the kitty Rafa and how he is?
Rafa is roly poly, growing fast, and fantastic. Alexander too. Lewis is slowly getting closer to them. I'm composing pieces in my mind I think you all may be entertained by--just haven't done them yet. This week.
That is great to hear!
You might also like yoga nidra meditations (which I keep promising myself I will do)
I wore my "Palestine" bike jersey and rode over to vote at dawn this morning.
There was a fairly long line already at 6:50 AM before the doors opened.
It was relaxed outside, but as soon as I entered I sensed tension...
On the way out a smiling lady held up a "power" fist as she looked into my face.
I voted for that Jewish Lady Doctor again.
She "won't win", but this is an opinion-poll and that is my opinion.
This is really good! It's so good, in fact, that my kitty jumped up on my desk and did the mediation with me, totally relaxed. She only reached out when I opened my eyes at the end. That broke the vibe, I cracked up laughing at her & now I think we'll go relax again.
Love this post! Living in or around Granada (?) must be a delighting experience. I smiled through the whole video. The people are so beautiful in this video; wonderful attitudes. I visited Grandad to see the Alhambra in 1971 while spending 6 mos. in Spain. The times were different, but I remember the beauty the most. Would love to be transported back there for another visit. I have a feeling your healing process will be transforming. Hope you are doing some dancing in the Plazas.
‘In Search Of Lost Time’ , the great masterpiece by french novelist Marcel Proust , shows this “ Healing Wheel” fleshed out in detailed experiences and practices, in lifes many forms ….
I don't see myself as being able to read Proust but you have convinced me. I will aim to read this. Thank you.
Hmm, interesting: this post just changed my life (at least a little bit). Thank you for it, and for your many others into which I am poking around). I feel fortunate that I kind of already do some of the things on your spoked wheel list -- for instance, finding delight in everyday things is something I have done for a long time -- but I do like and appreciate how you have articulated it all. Also, even though I have been aware of Huberman for a while, I've never particularly paid any attention to him. I don't trust "neuroscientists" for the most part, but I trust you for some reason -- despite that you are a complete stranger -- so I looked into that guided nsdr meditation. Excellent! Even more, I absolutely loved the video about Granada -- especially the beautiful song near the start. If anything ever made me want to go somewhere, it was that video for sure. (I'm actually Spanish, too, but never been there).
Anyway, all best to you in your journey and, once again, thank you and I look forward to your continued writings.
Thank you JC. I appreciate that trust and I think we share this here, somehow. We may fight but we sort of ":get" each other. I think our main vibe here is to transcend the political trauma armor suit and step out as actual people, after all this surreal hell since 2020.
I also don;'t trust neuro-scientists or any "science" hardly. But I did really feel a shift from this one, afterwards. I have had really devastating de-realization/procrastination sort of like end stage PTSD since 2020 and it was threatening to wreck my life. I still "have it" but I am trying to do that thing of not merely attacking and hating on myself but trying to overcome it little by little, seeing what works, and not re-traumatizing while I do. I am very hopeful about this—Non Sleep Deep Rest. I can relate to it better than meditation.
Thanks, Celia. Yet another “kaboom” moment for me: “de-realization/procrastination”. That describes me yet I’ve never actually articulated it in a way that I might actually “fix”it somehow other than just by constantly pretending it will go away. The NSDR might indeed be an avenue through the (mental) morass.