Isn't it kinda strange to be alive?
- Ryan Rudolph
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Isn't it kinda strange to be alive?
I awoke this morning, plagued by a night of sexual dreams, but once those images diminished, I looked down to see a body with two hands. I thought to myself “this is rather absurdâ€
I stared at the hands as if there were some sort of foreign object in which I had never observed until that very moment….
Then I looked down at my body, and witnessed something even more absurd. There was an erect sexual organ concealed by the blankets, but clearly visible. I thought to myself “yes, very strange, very strange indeed…â€
I rolled over, fell asleep, and was absorbed into more twisted thoughts, and images that I cannot recall…
The odyssey continues…
I stared at the hands as if there were some sort of foreign object in which I had never observed until that very moment….
Then I looked down at my body, and witnessed something even more absurd. There was an erect sexual organ concealed by the blankets, but clearly visible. I thought to myself “yes, very strange, very strange indeed…â€
I rolled over, fell asleep, and was absorbed into more twisted thoughts, and images that I cannot recall…
The odyssey continues…
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MKFaizi
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MKFaizi
She ran over him like a bus but he seemed to feel no pain
Just layed there smiling like a flower in the rain
She shrunk his ego down so small that he didn't even know his name
She knew no other way to love - that's how she played the game
But when he got her in a darkened room
In the still of the afternoon
He became her entire room
And she cried like a little girl
She wrapped her claws around him like a crab around a rock
It was baby this and baby that - she never let him talk
He couldn't see his shadow - she was always in the light
And if he moved, she arched her back
And dug her claws in tight
And they said that he'd break
How much more could he take
And just when you thought that he'd kill her
She gave him a kiss
It never missed
And then one day she ran away with a man she hardly knew
She left a note that said I'm bored with me and you
He found another girl himself
A high heeled hurricane
There was no calm inside her eyes
Just a promise of more of the same
The line between pleasure and pain
Can't be measured by means of the brain
Mere reason alone can never explain
How the heart behaves
Just layed there smiling like a flower in the rain
She shrunk his ego down so small that he didn't even know his name
She knew no other way to love - that's how she played the game
But when he got her in a darkened room
In the still of the afternoon
He became her entire room
And she cried like a little girl
She wrapped her claws around him like a crab around a rock
It was baby this and baby that - she never let him talk
He couldn't see his shadow - she was always in the light
And if he moved, she arched her back
And dug her claws in tight
And they said that he'd break
How much more could he take
And just when you thought that he'd kill her
She gave him a kiss
It never missed
And then one day she ran away with a man she hardly knew
She left a note that said I'm bored with me and you
He found another girl himself
A high heeled hurricane
There was no calm inside her eyes
Just a promise of more of the same
The line between pleasure and pain
Can't be measured by means of the brain
Mere reason alone can never explain
How the heart behaves
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suergaz
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MKFaizi
I can't help it if the dude was masturbating in his sleep and thought it was something mysterious.
I mean, some consciousness is essential.
Next thing, some mystic will be writing about strange poop in the toilet.
Where did it come from?
Better to nip some things in the bud before they spread.
Faizi
I mean, some consciousness is essential.
Next thing, some mystic will be writing about strange poop in the toilet.
Where did it come from?
Better to nip some things in the bud before they spread.
Faizi
Several times I have had an experience where my reality switched from being my conventional everyday experience to a state where I realized the absolute newness of every instant. It was like a switch going from "I'm alive as always, I've seen all this before, ho hum." to "Oh my god I am alive! Oh my god reality exists! I exist! This is unbelievable!" and it's like I stepped into the very first moment of existence. I marveled at my existence and everything around me: "A tree!!! What could be more odd, fantastic or absurd!!?? Out of every possibility there is a tree!!!"
I also have had some that were more aesthetic experiences. Natural enironments I was in, the sky, clouds, moon, sunsets, wind, rain, trees etc seemed to make this occur in me. I was deeply struck by the grandeur, scale, and beauty of nature. My eyes would start tearing up, but I wasn't crying or sad, I was just overcome. Then this huge grin would break out across my face, and the grin was so strong it felt like it was forcing the muscles in my cheeks to push to their extreme limits, then I'd start laughing with joy, exhiliration and wonder.
They only lasted from seconds to a minuter or two. I never felt impaired in any way during these experiences, I didn't feel scared, and I didn't associate any supernatural or spritual basis to them. It just seemed like another way to experience reality, an altered state of consciousness. These experiences seemed like they were removing the filters that build up from repetition in life, and you just become so used to existing that you usually don't see the sheer amazingness that it is to exist, or if you do you can only think about it in a detached intellectual way.
I also have had some that were more aesthetic experiences. Natural enironments I was in, the sky, clouds, moon, sunsets, wind, rain, trees etc seemed to make this occur in me. I was deeply struck by the grandeur, scale, and beauty of nature. My eyes would start tearing up, but I wasn't crying or sad, I was just overcome. Then this huge grin would break out across my face, and the grin was so strong it felt like it was forcing the muscles in my cheeks to push to their extreme limits, then I'd start laughing with joy, exhiliration and wonder.
They only lasted from seconds to a minuter or two. I never felt impaired in any way during these experiences, I didn't feel scared, and I didn't associate any supernatural or spritual basis to them. It just seemed like another way to experience reality, an altered state of consciousness. These experiences seemed like they were removing the filters that build up from repetition in life, and you just become so used to existing that you usually don't see the sheer amazingness that it is to exist, or if you do you can only think about it in a detached intellectual way.
Several times I have had an experience where my reality switched from being my conventional everyday experience to a state where I realized the absolute newness of every instant.
JASON
I like your answer it sounds liuke some of Walker Percy's essays before he dicided to quit being a philospher and wrote "the moviegoer" If her weren't such a masteful writer in the fictional mode it would have been a loss to the world or consciousness exploration. We all reach that point in our lives where the realization we are is dominating. William Wordsworth reached his moment after a hard night of wenching with a nameless lass. After exercising his virility (and apparently unlike the genius genus discussed in another topic, his libido was insatiable) at length he found himself in a heightned state of awareness in which the sunrise became an orgasmic vagina in which he was standing. . . . well you have to read it to believe it. The point is these points of ephiphany are amazing. Sometimes, like Decartes, we make Bartletts when we have them.
Finally getting around to what you were probably having a need to do...
Take a piss.
You had a piss hard-on.
You know? Guys get a stiffy so they don't wet all over theirselves. A rather natural reaction.
You probably got up (without thinking about it) and took a leak, crawled back into bed and continued on with your lurid dreams. Thus, no wet dream occurred :-( depending how you look at it :-)
Happy dreams you'all ... LoL
Tomas (the tank)
VietNam veteran - 1971
Take a piss.
You had a piss hard-on.
You know? Guys get a stiffy so they don't wet all over theirselves. A rather natural reaction.
You probably got up (without thinking about it) and took a leak, crawled back into bed and continued on with your lurid dreams. Thus, no wet dream occurred :-( depending how you look at it :-)
Happy dreams you'all ... LoL
Tomas (the tank)
VietNam veteran - 1971
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pangheping
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Jason said:
You are officially partially enlightened. This WILL lead to enlightenment in your lifetime.
I am very happy for you. Now you see that I am not here bullshitting about something! You will not be the same, but will read things with new comprehension. I recommend reading HW Poonja's books. Just go about your life. Take in experience. It will all happen. Namaste.
Finally! A breakthrough! You, my friend, are the recipient of an authentic 'glimpse' or 'satori.' I would say congratulations, but it is only destiny and karma working through you. This is the real deal. As you can see, it hit you suddenly, unawares, without pre thought or mentation. You suddenly 'REALIZED' something unknown or unseen before. You SAW that you existed. You SAW how profound your own being and existence really was. No? It was like blinders falling effortlessly off of your eyes - like you had been dreaming before and now were awake for the first time.Several times I have had an experience where my reality switched from being my conventional everyday experience to a state where I realized the absolute newness of every instant. It was like a switch going from "I'm alive as always, I've seen all this before, ho hum." to "Oh my god I am alive! Oh my god reality exists! I exist! This is unbelievable!" and it's like I stepped into the very first moment of existence. I marveled at my existence and everything around me: "A tree!!! What could be more odd, fantastic or absurd!!?? Out of every possibility there is a tree!!!"
You are officially partially enlightened. This WILL lead to enlightenment in your lifetime.
This is called worship. Now you have worshiped 'god' in two ways. You have worshipped god as the Self (Purusha), and you have worshipped god as nature (Prakriti). God will worship those who worship god.Natural enironments I was in, the sky, clouds, moon, sunsets, wind, rain, trees etc seemed to make this occur in me. I was deeply struck by the grandeur, scale, and beauty of nature. My eyes would start tearing up, but I wasn't crying or sad, I was just overcome. Then this huge grin would break out across my face, and the grin was so strong it felt like it was forcing the muscles in my cheeks to push to their extreme limits, then I'd start laughing with joy, exhiliration and wonder.
Very well said. Of course, now you know! Your experience was not mental, not logic, not intellectual reasoning. It was DIRECT EXPERIENCE. Yes? It feels quite natural, no big deal, the natural condition that ought to exist. Nothing supernatural, no blinding light, no angels, no swooning or feinting. Your real, natural condition that always existed but you HAD NOT NOTICED IT BEFORE. Yes?They only lasted from seconds to a minuter or two. I never felt impaired in any way during these experiences, I didn't feel scared, and I didn't associate any supernatural or spiritual basis to them. It just seemed like another way to experience reality, an altered state of consciousness. These experiences seemed like they were removing the filters that build up from repetition in life, and you just become so used to existing that you usually don't see the sheer amazingness that it is to exist, or if you do you can only think about it in a detached intellectual way.
I am very happy for you. Now you see that I am not here bullshitting about something! You will not be the same, but will read things with new comprehension. I recommend reading HW Poonja's books. Just go about your life. Take in experience. It will all happen. Namaste.
Some interesting ideas there unwise, but I don't interpret these experiences the same way you do. I would say that the state of being very acutely aware of in-the-now existence is in some ways more clear-headed and accurate than my everyday consciousness, but to me it doesn't have deep relevance to philosophical truth. The same with the aesthetic experiences. I consider myself to have already attained the most fundamental understanding of reality, and these experiences, as with my normal experience, and any experience, are fully encompassed by this understanding. At the most fundamental level I would say that no experience is more real or true than any other, these ones included.
Even though I don't consider these experiences to be ultimate philosophical truth I do think they are interesting. Outside of a philosophical framework I'm kind of agnostic about them, but these experiences might be an enjoyable way to live life. Since they were brief experiences it's hard to know what it would be like if they became my continous experience of reality as you suggested they would - I see no evidence that will be the case though. Anyway, when I become in-the-now realized I will obviously gather lots of devotees to have sex with and buy me Mercedes - as it has been with all great gurus of the past.
Even though I don't consider these experiences to be ultimate philosophical truth I do think they are interesting. Outside of a philosophical framework I'm kind of agnostic about them, but these experiences might be an enjoyable way to live life. Since they were brief experiences it's hard to know what it would be like if they became my continous experience of reality as you suggested they would - I see no evidence that will be the case though. Anyway, when I become in-the-now realized I will obviously gather lots of devotees to have sex with and buy me Mercedes - as it has been with all great gurus of the past.