recapitulation question

[Guest]

about recapitulation
is it good to recap by themes? whichever themes .
or is it important to stick to the list and go by chronological order.? apparently there are 2 main rounds to the process. the formal round where you adhere strictly to the list and the fluid round where you get whatever you can and let the spirirt choose the events. peices of a puzzle.
does it matter so much? maybe its best to do just do it
any one?

[Nagual LoneWolf]

I recap with my hands and eyes.

[Guest]

thanks for your input Nagual Lonewolf but i already knew that. im asking what other people have found in practice about their appraoch. its easy to just choose random events that have no order but how effective? never mind maybe illl answer my own question ,thanks.

[rosygyro]

I believe that one of the many possible ways to guide your recapitulation studies is simply to be aware...
It is an exercise in self-knowledge after all..
perhaps if a stranger looks familiar somehow.. you could follow the sense of nostalgia.. and find the original event that sparked that feeling....
real time reminders such as these are significant because the feeling is already current and doesnt have to be dug around for.
this is probably very obvious to you aswell... in which case I suggest you just get on with it... because ultimatley its your life, your patterns.... your potential freedom
Good luck!!!

[Singer]

Greetings to All!
I also believe recapitulation is indeed a very personal undertaking and the methods or patterns we use will be just as individual as ourselves.
I think Rosygyro brings up an excellent point about using "real time reminders". They help us remember important events that we may have temporarily forgotten. I have used this method and it has been incredibly helpful. Thank you for your post. I'd like to be the next to welcome you to Sorex.
Singer

[elvana]

I admit I never applied a systematic approach to recapitulation, but I guess it would be quite useful.
I always was driven by my psychological needs for well being to recapitulate on the origing of my feelings. Rosygyro is right. When looking for what makes up your imagination, you get to the perception of reality. By recapitulating what happend to you when you perceived something at first, you get to the very center of yourself. That way imagination is out of focus and objectiives are present.
But you could as well choose a systematic approach. I had a friend, who came to visit me after not being in touch with me for 30 years. He was writing a book on his life,
he said and he tried to reach all the people he had dealt with during his life. What a great method to do recapitulation!
Besides remembering the people you met, one could as well visit the places where strong feelings occured with which you felt connected.

[Guest]

thanks all thats very helpful, but you can hardly expect to recapitulate you life on the off chance that someones face reminds you of something. and it requires a quiet place where you can concentrate not some noisy public place. ive never been able to follow a feeling to its origin so im a bit wary when people say things like that. not to appear ungrateful, i just wanted to make those points.

[Guest]

I havent recapulated much but other night I was trying to do some recaping, and I felt real... sad heh. I mean I looked at myself and all I've done and I'm like I havent done anything useful all my life type of feeling. I felt... stuck. Whenever I look back I dont get any happy feelings from all the fun good times. I watched myself getting no kind of feelings just thoughts and comments, mixed with a feeling im not sure of after I was done. During all this it was like there was a lot of space around me even tho im in a little rooom, everything seemed so much more real in depth with a touch of fogginess to it, i felt like I could break the chain of my habitual actions and it made me feel real open cept I was sad and mad at the same time which turned to hopelessness cuz what am I to do with this self realization? Am I going to change how I act, is this going to make my life seem more clear? I was filled with a sense to go out and do something , i felt restless, but I still couldnt... im stuck, I had all these ideas and dreams of what I want to do and such but despair was right on the borders of it. I felt more down to earth that night that it was harder to believe in all this but it strengthened it all also cuz I felt more real so sad yet aggressive.
There was a sense of no time, just layers of scenes upon one another like it was all happening at the same time. What happens after youve found out about yourself? I feel fake and when I go out and be with people nothing changed...everything is the same cept that it all doesnt matter so much... so why do I keep the hiding myself behind this fake shroud? lol whats wrong with me gawd! I want to move to the hills and dissapear yet i want to bring the world with me argh. I want to get away but I cant stand being alone. Silence is a killer my only companion.

[DoktorGreen]

I began recapping by make themed lists.... work, hobbies, close family, extended family, friends, school, etc. Then, as I found myself thinking about one of the events from a particular theme, I expanded my focus to recap a portion of that section of my life. Later on, it was easy to pick up where I left off in a particular sequence, as the emotions I'd relived were pretty fresh. After a while, I found that I was rehashing old problems from previous cycles. All we really need to recap is one full cycle of our life. Think about your past and you'll see where the cycles begin. The other cycles are assimilated quickly, relatively speaking.
Without serious progress in the four key areas... recapitulation, not-doing, erasing personal history, and dreaming, we will not succeed in our efforts to be an impeccable warrior.

[just B 1]

Since i just started recap, i let whatever thoughts i have start me out i don't have a set order for anything spontaneity leads me to where i need to go, i do go over the present days events and recap on that while the memories and emotions are still fresh and if given an opportunity during the day i use any place that i can for recap even if its in the car. Making a list is a great idea and is beneficial in the long run that way it allows you to cover more territory and dig deeper.
If the thoughts are still there, then one needs to go over it with a fine tooth comb again and again.
rosygyro thats an interesting thought on using nostalgia and a stranger to find the original event.

(B) Dancer

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