Attention. I’m unveiling the existential mystery of existence to the general public. Life is not a given, governed by ironclad rules and possessing its own will. Life is like a piece of clay, obedient in the hands of its creator (me, you, him, her, them, by them, for them, and so on).
Just imagine waking up in the morning, opening your favorite box with your favorite clay, and there – a mess. Who made this mess? Dad? Mom? Colleagues? Allies? Mischief-makers and naysayers? Consider yourself a paranoid, because nobody knows what to do with their own. Did you do it yourself?…
Life doesn’t do anything on its own. It’s neutral, transparent, malleable, and obedient. It’s just a reflection of you. So if it seems like life has turned its back on you, it’s a sure sign that you’ve turned your back on your own life, and therefore, on yourself.
What to do?
A good question asked by a Russian classic. What to do? There can’t be two answers. A person should always do what they love in their life. So keep doing what you love…
What not to do?
Oh! That’s also a good question. You can do EVERYTHING except one thing. You can’t think. The process of thinking is utilitarian. It, like the process of, for example, physical exercises, is useful, but in certain circumstances, in certain doses, and with a certain goal. If instead of lifting weights, the body starts hitting passersby, it’s no longer a constructive process, but a destructive one. Likewise, if lifting weights is done not in three sets of 15 reps, but for three hours straight, it’s also a completely non-constructive process.
The same goes for thinking. When necessary, thinking should be engaged. But only when it’s really necessary. At all other times, sluggish thinking only distracts from enjoying our favorite processes (activities). Being uncontrollable, thinking can pull the individual out of a state of bliss and gently or harshly bring them back to earth, or even crash them… And during periods of becoming a mess, to which we are perfectly capable of contributing, it can become not only destructive, but also a weapon of destruction against us, such strong, yet at the same time, such weak individuals.
Therefore, as soon as the clay begins to “turn into a mess” on its own, it’s a sure sign that you need to urgently stop your brain. And not just stop it, but turn it in the opposite direction. The first task is difficult, the second seems almost impossible. But it seems impossible to us just as it seems to us that it’s not us, but someone else who is molding clowns, dolls, dogs from our clay.
At the moment, I see three ways to stop the brain – an easy, accessible, and fun one – Simoron, which partially captures it but requires some preparation to be successful, and a slightly more tedious one for the uninitiated – meditation (various forms and types) and other spiritual practices… And finally, the third one – axe-head.
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