Post by bmoonroe on Jan 3, 2009 14:25:41 GMT -5
Steve,
I wasn't sure where else to post this, but I just had to share something with you.
I've been digging into the Lifewriting system over the last few weeks, listening to each disc in the car, getting something new each time.
You're not kidding about the Aquarium Pump of the Soul. Two nights ago, I started with heartbeat meditation.
During the work week, my routine is that, after work, I go to Bikram yoga. No internal debate, no second thoughts, just do it. Listen to Lifewriting on the way home, but this week, I'm onto your discussion of fear. Then, after getting home, I've been watching Star Trek: DS9, trying to look at the characters & situations from something of a diagnostic level. Last night was different, and I'm not sure why. It was the episode, "Rapture", where Sisko begins to accept his role as the Emmissary, he's having visions that threaten his life. When he awakens from the surgery that saves his life, but takes the visions...It. Tore. Me. Up. I'm still trying to figure why, but it strikes me as one of the most powerful moments in the entire Star Trek series.
Thenm, this morning, I had a great time at the Bikram yoga studio, was there 100%, the world down to two little blurry spots in the mirror, going deeper into the poses. The first savasna, I had a breakthrough in the story I'm currently working on, just an "Aha!" moment.
Out of class, I'm relaxed, great start to the day, listening to the Lifewriting lecture, where you're talking about future pacing & fear. Then, just as I get home, I hear you talk about overcoming your fear of public speaking. I had just parked my car as you said that if you don't overcome it, you'll die with your songs unsung.
At that exact moment, I looked up to see a funeral procession coming in the opposite direction. There were at least 3-4 CHP's to stop traffic, and behind the hearse, there had to have been at least 100 cars in the procession. All I could do was just sit there, and think that I don't know who the funeral was for, but clearly, they did not die with their songs unsung.
I wasn't sure where else to post this, but I just had to share something with you.
I've been digging into the Lifewriting system over the last few weeks, listening to each disc in the car, getting something new each time.
You're not kidding about the Aquarium Pump of the Soul. Two nights ago, I started with heartbeat meditation.
During the work week, my routine is that, after work, I go to Bikram yoga. No internal debate, no second thoughts, just do it. Listen to Lifewriting on the way home, but this week, I'm onto your discussion of fear. Then, after getting home, I've been watching Star Trek: DS9, trying to look at the characters & situations from something of a diagnostic level. Last night was different, and I'm not sure why. It was the episode, "Rapture", where Sisko begins to accept his role as the Emmissary, he's having visions that threaten his life. When he awakens from the surgery that saves his life, but takes the visions...It. Tore. Me. Up. I'm still trying to figure why, but it strikes me as one of the most powerful moments in the entire Star Trek series.
Thenm, this morning, I had a great time at the Bikram yoga studio, was there 100%, the world down to two little blurry spots in the mirror, going deeper into the poses. The first savasna, I had a breakthrough in the story I'm currently working on, just an "Aha!" moment.
Out of class, I'm relaxed, great start to the day, listening to the Lifewriting lecture, where you're talking about future pacing & fear. Then, just as I get home, I hear you talk about overcoming your fear of public speaking. I had just parked my car as you said that if you don't overcome it, you'll die with your songs unsung.
At that exact moment, I looked up to see a funeral procession coming in the opposite direction. There were at least 3-4 CHP's to stop traffic, and behind the hearse, there had to have been at least 100 cars in the procession. All I could do was just sit there, and think that I don't know who the funeral was for, but clearly, they did not die with their songs unsung.
