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Edited on Tue Mar-11-08 09:43 PM by OPERATIONMINDCRIME
rest is all perception.
Everything we think, everything we feel, everything we know, is all just perception. It's all just little sparks of electricity jumping around in our brains convincing us of what to see, think and feel. That's important, because it gives you the basis to understand that you can override those perceptions and hit pause whenever you want.
Too many people go about their days and forget that we all can hit pause whenever we want. That darkness that lies behind your eyes as you close them holds all the possibilities in the world; for within that darkness contains your thoughts; your very core being. You can put whatever thoughts into that peaceful darkness as you'd like. In fact, if I told you to close your eyes right now and think the phrase "the pink elephant ran across the room", you could do so at will. So too could you put whatever other thought into that darkness that you desired.
But first, you must hit pause. First, you must recognize that everything you are thinking and feeling at that moment is perception and trickery, but that you're in fact breathing in and breathing out just like everyone else. You're the same as everyone else at that moment. Then, you take a deep breath and hit pause. Hitting pause means basically taking a time out from all that you feel, all that you know, all those impulsive thoughts that constantly flow through all of our minds.
We may take it for granted, but at the end of the day, much like the pink elephant example, we can place temporarily any thoughts into our heads we desire. We just need to become aware of the temporary need to do so. I say temporary, because no one can be expected to think that way all the time. No one can be expected to hit pause all the time, and carry that strength they feel when doing so around permanently. But that's ok: We don't need to. We can go through most of our days frustrated, fixated, using the frontal voice near our foreheads that guides us with impulse and immediacy. We can have our moments of weakness, desperation or despair, and that's always ok. We just have to remember to take a temporary pause when we need it, if only for a few moments, and remind ourselves what is real. And what is real, is that as long as we are breathing in and breathing out we have the opportunity anew to bring ourselves up from whatever is ailing us.
I'll give you an example of what I mean by us all being the same. If we all right now stood up straight, closed our eyes, thought about nothing, and just breathed in and out; what would the difference between any of us be? No matter what our perceptions were for that day, no matter what hardships we thought we endured, no matter what frustrations we had, no matter how many problems we feel we have in life during our day to day; at that moment we all stand up, close our eyes, and just breath in and out with no thoughts, what separates us? How are we different?
To put it another way, I've often said to take the richest man in the world with the best luck, and the poorest man in the world with the worst luck, and put them in the same bed. As they lay there asleep, what is the difference?
So the answer to your question as it relates to taking control, is to simply re-identify with the fact that you exist like everyone else does. Hit pause. Never forget to do so, even if just for a few moments. Think about whatever you want, but just hear yourself do so. Don't use the frontal 'forehead' voice, but instead use the middle, deeper, identity voice that resides in the middle of your mind. Hear it. Hear it right now in fact. It's the very voice that's reading these words to you off of the page. Do you hear it? That's you. That's the true you. Hear it, identify it, get in touch with it, and know that voice is there at your disposal whenever you need it. Right now even as you're reading, you're likely able to do so without emotion. The voice in your head, if you hear its tone right now, is quite straightforward and almost emotionless as it reads these words. That's the power of that voice. As you're reading this, you've already hit pause and didn't even realize it. Feel what that feels like. Feel what it feels like to hear that voice, and to be objective with that voice, and to be able let it guide you without the impulsive emotions and perceptions we're used to.
Now granted, this is quite hard to explain online, especially when I'm all hopped up on Vicoprofen right now, but I've tried my best. Just don't ever forget that whatever ails you right now will at some point go away. Time goes on with or without you, for you do not control time. And time will go by so that it will be 10 years from now. And when 10 years from now comes, will this particular situation still be as relevant as it seems to you now? Likely it won't be. Likely, you will have moved on from it and onto other things that will require your control. But 10 years from now WILL come. If it is unlikely to be relevant anymore then, why make it so now?
Basically, remember this simple rule of life in which I swear by: If you have circumstance A that is a shitty circumstance, hurtful circumstance, negative circumstance and it can't be controlled or readily changed (since if you could, it wouldn't be there), all you can do is react to it with reaction A or reaction B. Whichever one you pick is irrelevant to circumstance A, since it cannot be changed anyway. Reaction A is to react negatively, to sink, to fall into depression, to let it bring you down to unhealthy degrees. Reaction B is to keep a positive spirit, to look yourself deep in the eyes and smile anyway, since why the hell not? To have an attitude of 'oh well, all I can do is continue forward the best I can". So it comes down to simple logic: How would you rather feel or be? Would you rather reaction A or reaction B? After all, whichever one you pick isn't going to affect circumstance A, so the way I see it, it's a no brainer to go with reaction B every damn time. Takes practice to get the hang of it though.
Just always hang in there. Never forget to hit pause. Always remember that every circumstance is temporary, but that voice in your head is permanent. Never forget to smile. You have no idea how powerful looking yourself deep in the eyes in the mirror is, and then giving yourself a big smile while thinking "yup. I'm still breathin in and breathin out. I'm perfectly fine!".
peace,
OMC
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