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September 2009 
What keeps you peaceful?
Posted on Dec 14th, 2008
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Rach
Rach
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 09, 2008:
Okay, so imagine your life as this whirling vortex of stuff- family stuff, world stuff, relationship stuff, school stuff, personal demons stuff, etc. Your brain processes all this stuff like an x-ray machine- it analyzes every detail as it pertains to you, which can make you happy or sad, insane or rational. This isn't a bad thing, persay- it can help you sort things out and make sense of the storm that's going on around you. However, it can't make you happy in any real sense.
Your heart, or your soul, or your limbic system- however you want to call it- is the voice saying "Whoa! Reee-lax, pal. You're looking into things too much."
A lot of people don't listen to this voice. The people who do realize that it offers the same sort of relief as the first breath of air after being underwater for a long time. You gasp, take a look around, and are able to seriously sort things out- not just superficially. Your own sense of what's important, what's dangerous, what's hurting and what's nurturing you starts to speak to you. When you're able to do that and listen to that voice, you start feeling peace in your actions. Things don't damage you like they did before, they simply pass by because you know that there's no reason for them to scar you.
That's my peace, at least.
Your heart, or your soul, or your limbic system- however you want to call it- is the voice saying "Whoa! Reee-lax, pal. You're looking into things too much."
A lot of people don't listen to this voice. The people who do realize that it offers the same sort of relief as the first breath of air after being underwater for a long time. You gasp, take a look around, and are able to seriously sort things out- not just superficially. Your own sense of what's important, what's dangerous, what's hurting and what's nurturing you starts to speak to you. When you're able to do that and listen to that voice, you start feeling peace in your actions. Things don't damage you like they did before, they simply pass by because you know that there's no reason for them to scar you.
That's my peace, at least.
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totally same here. i listened to a lot of alan watts lectures after i graduated high school and he really helped me put a lot into perspective. i have had such a greater personalpeace since i accepted this concept watts brought up in one of his lectures, “things don’t happen to you, they just happen” when you allow yourself the humility of accepting the fact that you are not at the center of the universe… things have a way of looking much different to you. you stop feeling everything as it comes to you, as if it affectsyou personallyand just feel it, let it be felt and move on from it. it’s a blessing.