02-18-2017, 12:00 AM
Julio Juliopolis wrote:1. What exactly is does it mean to say I'm being distracted? What is happening at that time?
one of two things can be happening. 1) you cannot keep your focus enough due to lack of energy or discipline etc. - a kind of negative thing 2) you are being guided to something else for your benefit (more scenarios possible here, for example, you notice something important or not notice something that would not prove beneficial) - something positive
I guess more options are possible 3) you are blocked due to one reason or another to pursue the thing you wanted (why? more options possible)
The difference may be recognized if you observe the signature/stamp/feel of the event distracting you. Or the feeling just before distraction happens.
JJ wrote:2. Why do people feel a need to seek out distractions by watching TV shows, ect.?
this si too broad to answer . TV shows etc do not have to be a distraction. If they are nothing more than that then I would say some people need activities like this to balance, decompress. Other times it is just because they are bored and lazy and incapable of amusing themselves, making their own entertainment.
For example, I use stories to learn - it is not a distraction
or I use them for omens (like Kao) - not a distraction
or I watch them when I am feeling ill or my body hurts - guided/intentional distraction
or I use them as a way to enjoy myself and the fact I have free time and can do any of the above heh - maybe and maybe not a distraction
or if I want to stop thinking about something and do not feel like doing anything focused or use effort to accomplish it - then it is a purposeful distraction
or ... or...
JJ wrote:3. I seem to experience distraction the moment before falling asleep. Is this true for everyone? Is it a necessary component of falling asleep?
you know for yourself almost nothing is the same for everyone . Trick question? A distraction? -- distraction can be purposeful also sometimes people show more of who they are when they are distracted. it is a valid stalking method . You give the person something to focus on while you observe (etc) unnoticed . For example, I noticed that going to the movies might be one of the best ways how to connect with a person. Their attention is on the movie, they relax and are unawares etc and I can feel their larger being much easier (damn now I can't use this on any of you cause you just won't behave the same way after reading this).
Elaborate please on being distracted while falling asleep. I am not sure of your meaning. Do you mean just that you stop being aware of yourself for a moment or do you mean you have a hamster running around with your thoughts or that you think of random stuff?
JJ wrote:4. Most importantly, what are the ways in which I can use distraction, (of myself)? Is there something shamans typically do with it? Anyone have any experiences with it for a purpose they care to relate?I gave some examples above and I would have said what Kao and serloco said too , I did in a way too.
Sometimes one needs to move a bit further from stuff or forget one's focus to come back to it wiser. That is maybe what I'd also consider a shamanic distraction . Fact of the matter is we process in more ways than the mind realizes.
Sometimes what people call procrastination is just waiting for things to fall into place and while waiting for that one needs to/can do other things (or course there are many other possible, even more probable, reasons why procrastination happens).
one of two things can be happening. 1) you cannot keep your focus enough due to lack of energy or discipline etc. - a kind of negative thing 2) you are being guided to something else for your benefit (more scenarios possible here, for example, you notice something important or not notice something that would not prove beneficial) - something positive
I guess more options are possible 3) you are blocked due to one reason or another to pursue the thing you wanted (why? more options possible)
The difference may be recognized if you observe the signature/stamp/feel of the event distracting you. Or the feeling just before distraction happens.
JJ wrote:2. Why do people feel a need to seek out distractions by watching TV shows, ect.?
this si too broad to answer . TV shows etc do not have to be a distraction. If they are nothing more than that then I would say some people need activities like this to balance, decompress. Other times it is just because they are bored and lazy and incapable of amusing themselves, making their own entertainment.
For example, I use stories to learn - it is not a distraction
or I use them for omens (like Kao) - not a distraction
or I watch them when I am feeling ill or my body hurts - guided/intentional distraction
or I use them as a way to enjoy myself and the fact I have free time and can do any of the above heh - maybe and maybe not a distraction
or if I want to stop thinking about something and do not feel like doing anything focused or use effort to accomplish it - then it is a purposeful distraction
or ... or...
JJ wrote:3. I seem to experience distraction the moment before falling asleep. Is this true for everyone? Is it a necessary component of falling asleep?
you know for yourself almost nothing is the same for everyone . Trick question? A distraction? -- distraction can be purposeful also sometimes people show more of who they are when they are distracted. it is a valid stalking method . You give the person something to focus on while you observe (etc) unnoticed . For example, I noticed that going to the movies might be one of the best ways how to connect with a person. Their attention is on the movie, they relax and are unawares etc and I can feel their larger being much easier (damn now I can't use this on any of you cause you just won't behave the same way after reading this).
Elaborate please on being distracted while falling asleep. I am not sure of your meaning. Do you mean just that you stop being aware of yourself for a moment or do you mean you have a hamster running around with your thoughts or that you think of random stuff?
JJ wrote:4. Most importantly, what are the ways in which I can use distraction, (of myself)? Is there something shamans typically do with it? Anyone have any experiences with it for a purpose they care to relate?I gave some examples above and I would have said what Kao and serloco said too , I did in a way too.
Sometimes one needs to move a bit further from stuff or forget one's focus to come back to it wiser. That is maybe what I'd also consider a shamanic distraction . Fact of the matter is we process in more ways than the mind realizes.
Sometimes what people call procrastination is just waiting for things to fall into place and while waiting for that one needs to/can do other things (or course there are many other possible, even more probable, reasons why procrastination happens).