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'One Who Knows Does Not Think, Speak Or Write...': because of X, Y, and Zen
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- CommentAuthorTheNowSeeker
- CommentTimeDec 11th 2007 edited
A dear friend of mine has an internal monologue that never shuts up.
She finds it impossible to ‘have’ even a moment of quiet.
The closest she seems to be able to get is when that internal monologue is explaining to her over and over that ‘to dwell on these imagined worst case scenario thoughts is irrational, they are simply caused by *x, y and z.. so stop it and just relax†She even recognises that if she could choose to ‘just relax’ then she would. But like a twig entwined with countless others offshooting from other branches, its tricky for her to see how some of them are connected to the root, that each of these symptoms all issue forth from the same source.Tetris! i exclaimed. When these thoughts have been piling up on her, she sometimes finds how one or two ‘fit’ and these worries that flash in her awareness can then disappear as they melt into the one. (see where im comin from?)
The more we see that indeed everything has come from the same source we further realise more and more similarities between all things, opposite’s distinction blurs and the sharp, complex angles of our myriad worries soften and start to become shapeless and indistinct, and they all seem to fit. The more often we surrender to the moment the more we can deal with a thing while while it is still small, and the less we worry about the issues stockpiling that we cant presently do anything about, until we’re playing the game like expert Tetris players and the lines disappear as they fall.*x, y, and z - she agrees with what is often highlighted here, that towards the core of these symptoms are:
Need/fear , illusion of self/free will, and tribal instincts.If anyone doesn’t know what Tetris is.. this person is rather good at it!!
Talk about ‘if you would have a thing laid aside it must first be set up!
(skip about 4mins in towards the end something even more eyebrow raising happens) -
Wow, that was some tetris. Fascinating. I guess this shows what having too much time on one’s hands can lead to. Of course, typing away here - ‘blah blah blah’ - I’m no one to talk.
ops: What an odd animal we are, and how ironic the flattering view we have of ourselves as a species, e.g., most evolved, most intelligent, Homo sapiens (Latin: “wise human†or “knowing humanâ€). How about changing our ego centric self description with something more down-to-earth like, Homo temerarius (Latin: “foolhardy humanâ€).
TheNowSeeker:
A dear friend of mine has an internal monologue that never shuts up.
She finds it impossible to ‘have’ even a moment of quiet.
The closest she seems to be able to get is when that internal monologue is explaining to her over and over that ‘to dwell on these imagined worst case scenario thoughts is irrational, they are simply caused by *x, y and z.. so stop it and just relax†She even recognizes that if she could choose to ‘just relax’ then she would…Any attempt at behavior modification that aims to reduce negative behavior is doomed to failure, in my experience. The secret to ‘change’ lies in mustering the courage to give up the positive and pleasurable side of that behavior. It is right there plain as day, yet we turn a blind eye to the connection. We want to have it both ways, i.e., have the pleasurable side without its painful underbelly. In doing so we increase life’s sorrow and decrease its joy. Now truly, that’s natural justice!
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