Consciously Unaware
Every thought that goes through our mind is just that, a thought. Overthinking is one of the easiest ways to get lost dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. I feel like each thought, desire, and impulse that enters my mind is just that, a base signal from a physical existence that wants my attention, much like a blinker or a gaslight in a vehicle. Some are obviously more important or necessary to acknowledge than others, but ultimately we can let them all go if we really want. All of the illusions of things that fight for our attention and beg us to control or react to them. How do we let go of those base impulses and their control over our lives?
I feel that we have to surrender the need to control anything. It's the only thing that's ever worked for me. People often tell me that's easier said than done, but those are just thoughts too. I don't vocalize every thought I have or feel the need to validate or judge my own thoughts, much less anyone else's thoughts, but how can I possibly explain to anyone else that it's all an illusion? It's all our preconceived notions and expectations or judgments of those thoughts or behaviors, and ultimately we have the ability to just see them as that. Being able to detach and not react to those thoughts, impulses, desires, and feelings of our own or others is as easy as sitting in a park and noticing that squirrels and birds are present without ever looking at them. If we don't disturb them, they just keep on doing their thing.
It's certainly a challenge to explain concepts like freedom when the definitions never do the feelings justice. Metaphysical concepts such as love, attraction, and respect exist on a spectrum that we can't see or touch or measure with any amount of thought. The only way we can really know these things is by how we feel and we can choose to feel them or not feel them. It's kind of amazing to me that we all have our own concepts and perceptions of all of these things and it's equally amazing how unaware we can be of these things. Then again, that's kind of the point isn't it? We don't have to think about breathing, we don't have to think about forming the light particles hitting our eyes and making them form a picture, and we don't have to think about anything honestly. All I know is the less I think and the less I know, the better and easier my life feels. Jut go with the flow and be. Namaste.
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STOPWell that is an interesting mind switch to develop over the years.
I prefer to use thoughts, impulses and desires as wood for the fire. I just go with the flow when it suits my short or long term goals most of the time. Granted its very easy to get swept up in its current from time to time as well.
The need to control anything - It is necessary for survival. We want to control everything, but do not always know how.
Knowing less is like not seeing the whole big picture
Why cancel a very large part that exists?
I prefer to think of "knowing less" as being less fixated on the idea that what I know is any more or less relevant than what anyone else knows. It's about willingness to change, adapt and grow. As far as need to control anything, you are basing that on the idea that we need to survive at all. I'm a fatalist, so in my mind, we either do or don't survive and living our life trying to control that is just irrelevant to me. :)
It can be an infinite loop
Uh, I like how that sounds. Awareness is an essential part of my life even if I'm not at the level you just described yet. For me, it's more like if I have a goal, I'm aware enough to see the opportunities around me. Or sometimes, I'm aware that I'm doing a specific behavior that I know it's not good for me, like postponing things. I'm not sure if it's the same.
I'm saying everything that I'm thinking, and I'm thinking everything that I'm saying. I stole this from a movie, but more or less it applies to me too. I'm usually trying not to be fake and speak what's on my mind.
We're all on the same level homey. Spoiler alert, there is no spoon and none of us get out alive. :)
Oh, shit, that is no good. I like spoons, how can you not? You can do things with spoons. Useful things.
Fake News. :)))
This reads almost as classical fight between good and evil :), thx for sharing and wish you nice ZEN day :)
Yes, you are right @clayboyn. The thought is easier to said than done. I also less believe that less I think and the less I know, the better and easier my life feels. Thank you @clayboyn.
Going off topic in one of your posts again! I wish Steemit had private messages :(
Anyway, I stumbled on @happyme who has been running a turn based Zombie apocalypse rpg game on Steemit. Basically what you'd expect of it! She's been trying to run a fun game, but the players are very unimaginative and it could be way better and more fun. She may be starting a new game soon and I'll be joining the game, and we're looking for other fun players who would like to join. I thought of you? Somehow I have this idea in my mind that you like fantasy-stuff after those catpocalypse posts ;)
Anyway an example of her current game can be seen here.
Formatting is a bit rough, but I think we can make it fun. The intention is to be a little bit more descriptive and creative than just 'move west, shoot x'. Wanna join when the new game starts? Not sure when yet.. just scouting ahead looking for players
I'll keep it in mind, I'm just involved in a lot of projects right now, so it's hard to commit to new things.