Two things:
1) There is a new category: Humor, where you can post things that are funny related to this stuff.
2) Something I think is funny...
The "Story"...So, we all know that insight can strike at any time, and we all know that we will likely be asked to tell The Story, particularly if you have some sort of public persona, which for better or worse I do, and the problem with this is that we all have parts of our lives that would make a great story, and parts of our lives that, well, wouldn't necessarily make as good a story...
For instance, I got stream entry sitting at the Thai Monastery in Bodh Gaya, India, which just happens to make a great story, it has historical and cultural resonance and somehow has given some weird and artificial "cred" when it actually doesn't matter at all where it happened.
However, I have had some PCEs recently that came on during other activities, such as one over the Holiday season when I was listening to the Backstreet Boys'
Christmas Time (just happened to be on Sirius Satellite radio playing on their Christmas station (note the prompt disclaimer that I do NOT own that album!), as I generally like Christmas music), and each time a PCE has hit in circumstances like this, I have thought, "Wow, maybe this is AF!" followed shortly by the thought, "Holy shit, what if I just got it listening to the Backstreet Boys! Oh, no, Mister Bill! That does NOT make a great story!"
So, the reason I am posting this here, is something very PCE-heavy just happened while watching the following:
youtube videowhich features Phil X, who is hilarious, in a totally baked Rock and Roll Dude sort of Bill and Ted/Fast Times at Ridgemont High sort of way, and then this really clear, clean, seemingly stable, nice thing happened, which is still going on BTW as I write this, and again came the same thoughts, "Wow, maybe this is AF!" followed shortly by the thought, "Holy shit, I may have just gotten it listening to this totally baked dude's youtube video!", followed by the thought, "Is that a good story?".
Now, it is interesting that I am certain that the Backstreet Boys' Christmas music does NOT make for a good story except in the worst sort of way, but why I have questions about how potentially hilarious it is that something just may have happened listening to Phil X is unclear to me, but given that his references are so totally my generation and his way of speaking just completely reminds me of a good number of baked musicians I used to hang out with back in the day, he has some cultural resonance with a completely different part of myself, the part that watched Van Halen videos on MTV back when they played such things, the part of me that appreciated the cultural references in Hardcore Zen.
Anyway, just a great example of the neurotic thoughts we can have around this stuff, and a reminder that, as Insight can strike at any time, consider what you spend your time doing, as that may just end up as part of your STORY, which, as we all know, is REALLY IMPORTANT! ;)
Daniel X
"Party on, Dudes!"