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Re: Si Dawson: Anger is Stupid

cyclechris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:56 -0000

Thanks, that makes me feel good, even after giving it thought! LOL! :)

I think that the content posted was awesome, so any comment would have to follow suit. Seriously, I am very new in my own self-awareness journey and it's great to read introspective stuff with real chew to it like you posted. I was able to connect to it and I really look forward to reading the other posts as well.

Thanks again!

Re: Si Dawson: Anger is Stupid

si_dawson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:09:26 -0000

Congratulations Chris. That is the most awesome comment ever left on my site (far as I can remember *grin*).

Wow.

You so right about the "just being more thoughtful. Also that all raw, meditation, exercise & so on just push us in that direction.. greater awareness of self.

& yep, that's really all it is about - not the getting angry (or sad, or..) just the being aware enough to let it go, rather than hang on to it, dwell in it, & let it take over. Emotions coming up is fine, but by being aware, we drastically shorten the amount of time those emotions are in our system. We don't resist them, or push them down again (otherwise they'll just bottle up, hulk style, as you say), but rather, acknowledge them, & let them pass on out & away.

So frickin' cool.

& the hurt I've experienced? Ahh, well there's the rub. Any hurt I experience is only there because at some level I want it there. At some level, I want to be hurt (feel I deserve it, hate myself, whatever). So, you let go of the pain, root down a bit & let go of the cause - in my case, a long standing set of beliefs I've had that:

a) You have to suffer to survive
b) I deserve to suffer
c) Life is hard
etc etc

& voila, you stop getting hurt (or at least, in those ways).

It's the funny thing:

1. These kind of events just stop occurring around you, &
2. If they do, they don't bother you in the slightest.

As within, so without. Or something :)

Re: Si Dawson: The Rat And The Rose

devotchkadebones — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:47:47 -0000

Exactly like a monkey. I couldn't believe it, either. It was actually amazing :)
I wonder how much we don't know about rats. Animals are shockingly lovely at times.

Re: Si Dawson: The Rat And The Rose

si_dawson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:50:01 -0000

oh wow, cool! So it wasn't just a freak occurrence. Well that's one thing.

But hang on a tick - the rat you saw was swinging?!??! Like a monkey???

Oh man, that's.. that's incredible.

I can barely even imagine how they'd do that. That's so frickin' awesome!!

Re: Si Dawson: The Rat And The Rose

si_dawson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:37:46 -0000

That definitely strikes me as the most likely explanation :)

Re: Si Dawson: The Rat And The Rose

si_dawson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:31:48 -0000

*grin* thanks.. I like to start small :)

Re: Si Dawson: The Rat And The Rose

si_dawson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:31:32 -0000

Ahh Jack, if only you knew just how many people I've told that "never forget to stop & eat the roses" story to over the years.. :)

Re: Si Dawson: Confession

si_dawson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:12:30 -0000

Thanks Aimee, most cool of you to say so :)

Re: Si Dawson: Meditation for HeadBangers

si_dawson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:24 -0000

I gave holosync a brief go - for a few days.. but seemed that it was going to be a VERY long slow process (years), & I was doing ok with eft/releasing etc. Pretty interesting concept though, & I do still listen to binaural beat tracks from time to time.

You're dead right about EFT+releasing being a great combo together. Releasing while tapping, or tapping while releasing - it's all great stuff.

I've also found throwing reiki into the mix (which basically just means opening a massive tube to the heavens, drawing a ton of energy down & using that to flush out your body) really helpful - particularly with the releasing stuff. Gives you a nice little boost.

Way I figure it, anything that helps, that seems to resonate for you personally..well, that's gotta be good, right? :)

Re: Si Dawson: My First Durian (aka Stealing Alien Babies From The Mothership)

si_dawson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:09 -0000

Fresh is better than frozen (although over here you can only get frozen), but mostly I'd just recommend having someone that knows what they're doing help you pick it out - that'll save you getting something that's actually rotten.

Initially they seem to smell pretty bad - but that smell grows on you pretty quickly, till eventually.. oh man, I just loved it. I used to bring them home, put them on my table & wait till the smell filled the whole house.. bliss!!

Re: Si Dawson: Confession

si_dawson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:40:57 -0000

ha ha, you smartarse! & I love you for it :)

Re: Si Dawson: Confession

si_dawson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:37:50 -0000

*smile* & thank you for saying so!

Re: Si Dawson: Turn Every Down Into An Up

si_dawson — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:04:46 -0000

Hehe, yep. They win on succinctness, visual imagery and memorability :)

Re: Si Dawson: The Pain Bodies Inside Us

si_dawson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:41:59 -0000

Well firstly, re beating yourself up, that's never recommended. All it does is make you feel bad, with zero benefit.

Re NOT saying things, I'd recommend the same approach. Whenever you feel that feeling welling up inside you, release it, & keep releasing it. It'll have the same effect - lessen then completely heal the pain body, allowing you to more truly be you.

Re: Si Dawson: The Pain Bodies Inside Us

si_dawson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:32:56 -0000

Those are both excellent questions Jim.

First - yes, you can completely shed your pain bodies. It's relatively easy to do. Mostly you just have to decide you want them out.

In Shamanism, they have the concept of 'entities', dark beings that co-inhabit us, & influence or control our behaviour. That's basically the same thing. It's possible, for example, to reach into someone & just pull these out (I've done it, but it's a bit hard to explain for general use, so haven't mentioned it here. I like to keep this blog "here's how you can do this"). Failing that, just releasing/letting go of the reaction as you feel it - if you let go of it completely, then voila, it's gone. Next time someone else's pain body plays up, you'll feel zero reaction inside you, ergo, no pain body there. It's gone.

Secondly, a bliss body? Ahh, Jim YOU ARE a bliss body. That's your natural state of being. Our higher selves, the true us, the soul/energy part of our being (not just the meatsack), that's bliss, pure bliss. And peace. And joy. And puppies (I'm sure).

It's already here. We just cover it up in crap. The more of that we let go of (heal, meditate away, whatever), the more you can see the bliss.

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

si_dawson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:37:25 -0000

Another thing to consider is that it is possible to get all the precision you desire without using any of the words above. Scientists do this all the time. Plus mentally it'll put you in a significantly better space.

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

llearch — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:14:16 -0000

I was thinking about this. It boils down to something along the lines of, I'm being more precisely imprecise - if that makes sense.

Rather than saying "it will happen" or "it will not happen", I'm giving what I consider to be an accurate prediction of what I expect to happen. Either it will happen or it won't, but at the time I speak, I'm speaking in statistically probable values; there's a 75% chance it will happen, or there's a 95% chance it won't happen (obviously, these are not both the same chance; unless the former is "if person a does x" and the latter "if person a fails to do x in a timely manner") - either way, it's specific.

And I need to be aware of the fact that other people aren't thinking statistically, and adjust my usage appropriately; either specify that, or, likely (hah!) more usefully, change my verb choice to something more confident...

Re: Si Dawson: The Healing Power Of Music

si_dawson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:23:06 -0000

*smile* oh yes, I completely agree. Gotta say, I liked Aaron's cover.. some nice guitar work there..

Re: Si Dawson: The Healing Power Of Music

Tracey — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:51:06 -0000

There's no such thing as a coincidence.... It all happens for a reason. Check out Aaron Norton on youtube singing this song. It's one of my all time favourites.

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

llearch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:20:38 -0000

Isn't it, though?

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

si_dawson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:30:42 -0000

It's an interesting point that you deliberately use imprecise language in order to be more accurate.

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

si_dawson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:07:52 -0000

Yawning is a great sign. Means that your energy is clearing. All good stuff.

Re: Si Dawson: How To Be Confident

si_dawson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:33:22 -0000

*smile* well, you're the one who inspired me down this path in the first place.. what goes around comes around.. :)

Re: Si Dawson: More On The Mirror Exercise

si_dawson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:58:31 -0000

*grin* thanks Jim..

Re: Si Dawson: Stop Whining, Start Winning

si_dawson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:14:22 -0000

Ha ha.. well here's where I get all self-referential on your ass.. notice how you're complaining about people complaining?

Funny thing I've noticed though, if you can get yourself to a point where you deeply, seriously don't care if people are complaining or not? Well, you'll suddenly discover that far few people complain near you. Plus, as bonus, if anyone does, well, it won't bother you in the slightest, so you'll feel better anyway.