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‘We know who we are as other people react to us.’ – Alan Watts OK, I’ll understand if folks who don’t feel like looking at what they are read no further. This journey is not for the faint hearted so if you don’t want to light-heartedly question some of the ‘serious’ assumptions which we make [...] http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xahmfu Watched an amazing film last night called Mr. Nobody (2009) written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael and starring Jared Leto as Nemo in the year 2092. Nemo has two problems, namely he is about to die aged 118 in a world where death is a thing of the past, and that he can’t remember what exactly happened [...] Of course, this is a bold assertion and really Watts makes a little reference to Eastern philosophy here and there, but the main focus seems to be life itself. Perhaps, life is the best teacher though, as shorn of much dogma and superstition, Watts’ words hit the mark much like the archery lesson at the [...] Heck hasn’t been very busy here so I have decided to bang out a few pointers to get me to write more. This is gonna be below lots of entries, hopefully! 1) I can only get out of something what I put into it, not what is not there in the first place. 2)Three questions to ask [...] This writing has no purpose, meaning or direction. It simply appears spontaneously here. Blank page, written insight. A half hour walk in the wilds did the trick. Better sometimes to write on the run than stay at home waiting for inspiration. On the walk much occurred to me, much that would not be possible with the [...] I remember once when I was about twelve, my art teacher got us all to draw a bathroom. I remember him being completely astounded by my hyper realistic depiction of a bath tap with reflection of the other tap on it. It wasn’t exactly what he’d expected, but nonetheless he had to be impressed. [...]
Sometimes our eyes become dull to the wonder of the world, unable to see the freshness that is unfolding every moment. We are stuck and the more we try to resolve or make sense of it and analyze it all, the more stuck we get. It is a bit like when our computer crashes. [...] One thing to try out in order to see how you view your life is to stop at different moments in the day and ask, ‘Whose time am I on?’ Inevitably if we are employed in a nine-to-six job as many of us are, the answer will come back as either, ‘My boss’’ or [...] OK, let’s start with a confession. Basically, I used to see work, as something stressful I felt had to do in order to earn a living. Recently I went through an experience of feeling that I had to be successful at my writing career no matter what. It made me realize that I was taking [...] There that’s the blog entry finished for the day! OK, I’ll elaborate a bit more! Basically what is being suggested here is whatever happens to you – good, bad or indifferent – if you accept it as a gift; it’s a blessing. If it’s a cheque – OK, I’ll take that. If it’s illness – [...] |
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