Writing in this blog has been like opening a long-closed and covered window to let in fresh air and sunshine. Life seems to be sluggish at times because my bucket is always full; there is no room for novelty and fresh insight until I pour off some of what fills my head. The blog allows me to capture the overflow by writing it down to make room for a renewed flow of energy, ideas, and imagination. There have always been journals that I've written in throughout my life, note cards with reminders of ideas or quotes, and pages upon pages of notes that get stuffed or filed somewhere and forgotten. While the blog is published in a public forum, it is written essentially for my own satisfaction, but I don't mind sharing it. People generally don't read much these days, at least anything over 140 characters, so there is little danger that I will ever have to manage comments. It is just a joy to let it out and allow my mind to work through its machinations to organize my flow of thoughts in some sort of coherent manner.
Emptying out on a daily basis has again led me to read more, to think more, and to dream more. It has brought magic and surprise back into my daily life, along with the wonder and awe that I normally seek as I play in the world. While my attention seems focused on more complex and weighted issues of spirituality, politics, history, mysticism, archaeology, science, and so on, the net impact, personally, has been a simplification of my orientation toward problems and personal and societal concerns and a return to a childlike magical approach. I've been around for awhile and find that the magical approach is the best way to steer through life - to be as a child once again. It seems to contribute to the balancing of all manner of conditions, whether they be physical or mental health or with relationships and outlook. I seem to be restored to a certain harmony with the universe. Once again I find that feeling - that magical feeling - that I felt as a child. I default to an instinctive level of trust and faith in all things. It opens up my options, expands my comprehension, rendering any difficulties or challenges that I may have been experiencing in the recent present as no longer important or worthy of my concern.
The blog has allowed me to dump the jetsam and flotsam that have been weighing me down, and no longer hesitate to cut the cords of my parachute. No matter how fast you free fall, the ground always seems to be coming up faster than you like. When time no longer matters and you are free to fly, it is amazing just how far you can glide and how much fun you can have on your run into the finish.
Emptying out on a daily basis has again led me to read more, to think more, and to dream more. It has brought magic and surprise back into my daily life, along with the wonder and awe that I normally seek as I play in the world. While my attention seems focused on more complex and weighted issues of spirituality, politics, history, mysticism, archaeology, science, and so on, the net impact, personally, has been a simplification of my orientation toward problems and personal and societal concerns and a return to a childlike magical approach. I've been around for awhile and find that the magical approach is the best way to steer through life - to be as a child once again. It seems to contribute to the balancing of all manner of conditions, whether they be physical or mental health or with relationships and outlook. I seem to be restored to a certain harmony with the universe. Once again I find that feeling - that magical feeling - that I felt as a child. I default to an instinctive level of trust and faith in all things. It opens up my options, expands my comprehension, rendering any difficulties or challenges that I may have been experiencing in the recent present as no longer important or worthy of my concern.
The blog has allowed me to dump the jetsam and flotsam that have been weighing me down, and no longer hesitate to cut the cords of my parachute. No matter how fast you free fall, the ground always seems to be coming up faster than you like. When time no longer matters and you are free to fly, it is amazing just how far you can glide and how much fun you can have on your run into the finish.
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