07-23-2017, 12:00 AM
Today while I was meditating my friend and his girlfriend were speaking in the room and I was not paying much attention to them just noted the sounds they were producing as coming from them and was aware of them speaking but I did not pay attention to what they were talking about the topic or meaning. I did not get involved. After I heard tho that my friend starting talking about one of his experiences while getting high around a campfire I focused on his story because it was an interesting one and it was kind of what I was striving to do at this moment and it sparked my interest.
He was sharing that they were quite a lot of people some smoked some did not and they were all talking about their own stuff expanding their topics and he decided to be silent for a while and pay attention to the sounds. He said that he paid attention to the sounds of nature for a while deliberately being in an unavailable state tuning out of the meanings of the conversations of his fellow men. Upon hearing the sound of birds and examining it for a while he shifted his focus on the talking around him and said how he perceived it just as the bird's songs around him. He was not attached to what they were speaking about or their feelings or thoughts instead saw them just for the sounds they were.
I find it very beautiful how his ally shifted his perception to such a position and how he was explaining the peculiarities of it. I have been enjoying objectifying my own past experiences too it seems to be getting easier for me to remember them and explain them to myself possibly even shift back to the positions I have been in then. These days I have been spending time gaining control over the fixation of my attention and also striving to break it away from its usual routines so I can have it unavailable until I choose what to pay attention to.
Earlier while we were out his girlfriend got a bit mad at him and he started saying that there was no way for him to actually do what she was asking him and that when she acts like that he gets annoyed and might even feel guilt that should not be there. I decided to give him an example of one of my experiences of letting go of my thoughts and shifting my attention from what I did not want and how that had worked for me. Also mentioned that he should not say that a certain thing makes him feel negatively especially if he does not want that to be so. He quickly hopped on my energy and saw clearly what I meant even applied it. The thing that came to my mind a bit later on was that if we spend our time and energy and keep our attention on what we don't want we will miss on so much of the beauty in this life. Anyways my point is that not indulging in self-importance and seeing things for just what they are - happenings and not paying attention to the reasons or meanings we can be light and fluid even have our ally shift our perceptions to something very out of the ordinary and beautiful.
He was sharing that they were quite a lot of people some smoked some did not and they were all talking about their own stuff expanding their topics and he decided to be silent for a while and pay attention to the sounds. He said that he paid attention to the sounds of nature for a while deliberately being in an unavailable state tuning out of the meanings of the conversations of his fellow men. Upon hearing the sound of birds and examining it for a while he shifted his focus on the talking around him and said how he perceived it just as the bird's songs around him. He was not attached to what they were speaking about or their feelings or thoughts instead saw them just for the sounds they were.
I find it very beautiful how his ally shifted his perception to such a position and how he was explaining the peculiarities of it. I have been enjoying objectifying my own past experiences too it seems to be getting easier for me to remember them and explain them to myself possibly even shift back to the positions I have been in then. These days I have been spending time gaining control over the fixation of my attention and also striving to break it away from its usual routines so I can have it unavailable until I choose what to pay attention to.
Earlier while we were out his girlfriend got a bit mad at him and he started saying that there was no way for him to actually do what she was asking him and that when she acts like that he gets annoyed and might even feel guilt that should not be there. I decided to give him an example of one of my experiences of letting go of my thoughts and shifting my attention from what I did not want and how that had worked for me. Also mentioned that he should not say that a certain thing makes him feel negatively especially if he does not want that to be so. He quickly hopped on my energy and saw clearly what I meant even applied it. The thing that came to my mind a bit later on was that if we spend our time and energy and keep our attention on what we don't want we will miss on so much of the beauty in this life. Anyways my point is that not indulging in self-importance and seeing things for just what they are - happenings and not paying attention to the reasons or meanings we can be light and fluid even have our ally shift our perceptions to something very out of the ordinary and beautiful.