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My last thread

My last thread
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4/18/14 11:17 AM
Introduction

Well, it’s time to sit down and write. It’s therapeutic you know. It’s also a great form of meditation. Pause, write, pause write.

I have spent quite a bit of time writing over at my favorite website, The Dharma Overground (.org). What I hadn’t foreseen was that I would lose motivation so quickly. It comes and goes, so I just have to ride that wave.

That’s the end of it. Reading this stuff just won’t help with anything, because I am not writing it for any particular purpose. That’s why I have decided to write this book, entitled Aimless Words, because I don’t want to keep starting threads and bugging people. They can take a quick glance over this way and dismiss this garbage like any other practice log.

Another title of this might read, MY LAST THREAD!!. Not my last post, mind you.

RE: My last thread
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4/18/14 11:18 AM as a reply to Adam Dietrich Ringle.
Chapter one

…on why people write dharma stuff in the first place.

It can really depend. I am writing right now because it keeps my bliss trip going, and you never want to get off the bliss train. It’s a bumpy ride though, so you have to keep a close eye on the gauges and whatnot to make sure she don’t go running off on ya.

Another reason I am writing this is because I always wanted to write a book. I was supposed to write a thesis in college but I dropped out. I don’t like having to strain my brain at things, and that was precisely what I was doing.

Now, my mother likes me to do things that are constructive. She suggested that I write a book. I want it to be a clean and wholesome book. So there won’t be any whimsy, neither will there be any plot or structure other than my interrupted thoughts.

There is great fear and trepidation in learning how to press the save button correctly. It has consequences that will never be fully understood. It’s also great fun to sit and pine away.

RE: My last thread
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4/19/14 8:11 AM as a reply to Adam Dietrich Ringle.
Chapter two

Why do people write. Perhaps its because they want to correct misinformation they see in the world. Yes, everything is relative in some weird extreme, (ultimate?) sense, but I guess there are personal truths to be seen in the full light of day.

I said something about the bliss train yesterday. Had to keep it going. Well, I actually think its derailing, and I am ok about that. I think I was attracted to the idea of my blood flowing into a region of my body, causing me slight discomfort, and then focusing on some aspect of that blood leaving, creating kind of a pleasant pain I called bliss. It's how I made my decisions and interpreted life, the dharma, and pretty much everything under the sun. Well, its gone now (the pain that is, and mostly, at least). I have some dull aches and pains leftover.

RE: My last thread
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4/21/14 7:32 PM as a reply to Adam Dietrich Ringle.
Chapter three

There is a phenomenon I have encountered in my daily life over the past months and year(s). I will call it the kick back syndrome. When I become too attached to life, death creeps near and teaches me some lessons.

RE: My last thread
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4/19/14 8:49 AM as a reply to Adam Dietrich Ringle.
So how is your meditation practice, anyway? emoticon

RE: My last thread
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4/19/14 9:45 AM as a reply to Eric M W.
Its pretty good. I don't do many formal sits other than watching some stuff going on when I wake up in the morning.
Mostly my priorities lately have been geared towards keeping my body functioning healthily and figuring out some volitional stuff, which is what the above is about largely.

RE: My last thread
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4/19/14 11:20 AM as a reply to Eric M W.

RE: My last thread
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4/19/14 3:21 PM as a reply to Adam Dietrich Ringle.
Adam Dietrich Ringle:


Okay, okay, okay, I gotta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckqO2zjL5Wk&feature=kp Good luck with your practice/process, mr. ringle.