Again a much longer gap than I would like there to be. But no use bitching about it, rather, get straight down to it.
So I am beginning to get back on track in life. Debts are being steadily (yet too slowly for my liking) paid off. There are people to meet and the social life (though a bit repetitive) is in its place. There are things to do, the latest being rowing classes. But more than anything else, the mind is working on, thinking of sometimes interesting thoughts and otherwise, trying to be ambitious. The complacency and lethargy of comfortable mediocre monotony is wearing off.
So what has transpired in the interim? On the surface, an uncalled for day off from work which I don't feel bad or irresponsible about. It is only work, after all, and it isn't such a bad idea to take some time off from having your mojo sucked out by corporate parasites. Still on the surface, another night of a drug binge which I don't want to repeat for the next month or so. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because I can't afford it, and it is only drugs, after all and I am no addict.
I went for a very interesting exhibition, titled 'Sleeping and Dreaming'. Considering I have my own set of vivid dreams, bordering on lucidity, I had a great time, and learnt some interesting things. For instance, one of the few benefits of sleep that we know for a fact is that it helps recharge our immune system. Physical rest can be achieved without sleeping too, simply by lying down, and as for mental rest, the mind is 90% as active in sleeping state as it is when we are awake. Of course, there was much to be said in that exhibit about dreams as well. For instance, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, among many other works of literature, art, music and even scientific breakthroughs, was conceived in a dream.
That set me off on my own tangent about dream state inducing hallucinogenic drugs and the role the resulting "visions" played in many ancient religious rituals, especially those involving finding solutions to problems or foretelling the future. I never did give his much thought, but I am sure the link exists. I think I will go visit some shamans in the Amazon forests sometime, and find out first hand. And now that I have said it, I can't wait! Well, I suppose that will happen next year at the earliest.
After a gap of a few months, I have again recently dished out advice to people, or friends, to be specific. I thought I would be a bit rusty, but it felt natural dispensing advice about housing, relationship blues and financial trouble (to different people, thankfully for the people concerned). Maybe I should start looking into becoming a professional adviser? And once again, as my interactions with people have increased (or maybe their quality has changed), I have become privy to personal information that cannot possibly benefit me (unless I do something nefarious) and only increases the pressure on my tongue to rattle it off. I suppose this is where my loathing of gossiping comes in handy. But it still feels to strange to know things that I have little business knowing.
Anyway, hunger beckons. So I will post after another gap, hopefully a rather short one.
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A counselor! Very cool.
Practise makes perfect. Practise counselling skills. You'll learn more about yourself than your patient will about himself most of the time, at least I think so.
dear fashion lover, you are not too far off the mark. i take it further and try to get to the base level of the thought process of the human creature by meshing together other peoples' thoughts with my own. and that is precisely what gives rise to my present way of being, which i am often told is rather coarse. :)
On my trip to Manali, I came across a temple where they keep open house for all rishis. And there were a bunch staying there at the time (inside the temple, you understand) and cooking hash in a big-ass pot, and smoking it in bongs. Out in the open.
Holy smoke indeed :D
man, the kind of immunities that charas smoking rishis in india enjoy gives me yet another incentive to seriously consider becoming a holy man. :p but seriously, i really do think there is some link (not a necessary one though) to be made between drugs and mystical experiences.
Sure.. perhaps the germ of a thought for your next post? There is enough superficial fact to support a hypothesis - most (if not all) old world religions used mind-bending substances, frequently as part of the holy ritual itself. Like the 'blood of christ' we lucky catholics get to slurp up at mass (the only highlight).
I'm sure 'tengi' would love it :)
well, followers of shiv can indulge in partaking of the holy grass :p
and i do it anyway, even though i don't follow shiv!
and no, not a topic for a post anytime soon... but someday, maybe...
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