#interospection

[ishkav]

And what if metacognitive 'I' knows it too that it is too metacognitive and due to that is not being able to see that their suffering 'I' is actually depressed? I mean what, if metacognitive 'I' too gets metacognitive?

[magnus-the-bed]

i think part of why i've latched onto magnus as much as I have (straight up pining for the fictional character ya'll) is that the idea of someone that will not stop me from resting on his chest for being "too heavy" is something i would really, really appreciate. i'm a cuddler by nature, but the only partner I ever had often told me I was either too warm to cuddle, or if i put an arm around her chest she'd tell me i was too heavy. i eventually stopped trying. as someone that is (really) fat, the idea of a partner that could lift me and carry me is not something I ever even dared to daydream about. but...superhuman love interest opens up all kinds of dreams i never dared to have that said, i don't think the pining for someone that doesn't exist is entirely healthy, either. it's blowing my already existing loneliness into something... like this. anyway. rambling aside back to the posting lewds

[ali-alice-alison]

There are certain things I wish I would just change about myself already. I am lonely all the time and sometimes it turns aggressive in an ugly way. I get jealous of all the people I love spending time with others, jealous of the people they’re spending time with. I enjoy where I am in life now, generally, yet still I am somehow lazy and unmotivated. I barely ever read my homework and when I really need to spend as much of a day on school as possible, 4 hours is all I can manage before I give up with a less-than-mediocre final product. Maybe the problem is that I have no ambition. All I do all day is dream about love, live in the moment and I neglect to think about the future. I live off my parents and half-ass my way through school from the money they saved up for me. The worst part is the complacency. I know all these flaws exist, and yet I don’t even try to do anything about them. Complacent, that’s what I am, in the very worst way. 

[riostudies]

Roaming around the house , making your bed etc. looks pretty normal everyday. But when you are sick then only you get to know the worth of your body

[pestleandmortar]

Perception

Sirsa = head sana = pose

Headstand

The many benefits of the Headstand are considered to be the following - the calming of the nervous system, the nourishing of brain cells, the stimulating of the heart and circulation, the balancing of the hormonal and digestive systems and the strengthening of the spirit. In this post I would like to share my personal experience on what I have learnt through out the journey of this posture, which is - Perception.

Before I share mine, I would like to share this little story from the <Yoga Sutra>, “Imagine walking into a dimly lit room. As we look around, we notice a coiled shape in a corner. A snake! Our heart beats faster. Breathing becomes agitated. Adrenaline pours into the bloodstream. Our mind frantically searches for the proper course of the action: Should we run, call 911, scream for help? Fear-based thoughts repeatedly interrupts reason: What if it’s poisonous and I get bitten? Who will care for my children if I die! Then, instinctively, we reach for the light switch. Light has the power to disclose the mysteries written by shadows. There is no snake; there never was. What we thought was a snake was nothing but a coiled piece of rope. Even though we were never in any danger, by falsely perceiving the rope for a snake, we experienced the same thoughts, the physiological responses, and actions as if it were a snake. Our perception of the coiled rope in the dim light became - for a while - our reality.”  

Perception is what makes and influences our belief systems, judgements, choices, dreams and even our driving force. It either “blocks” or “filters” how we translate the information we receive through out our lives. But, WHAT IF? The result and the conclusion we make, is wrong or not the best?

So how do we change ones Perception? Meditation, of course! Well, for a long time, everyone around me seem to be able to get this inversion - “Headstand ”, so easily, but for me it was so difficult no matter how I tried. Simply because I had so many of fears and doubts that I just CAN NOT and COULD NOT go upside down. I even told myself, it is ok not to teach Headstand in the class. (What a loser right!?)

Yet, Meditation has its way of changing our inner self. The 15 minutes I mentioned in my first post, really did help in my inner self to grow to a healthier person, it has allowed the little girl inside to mature and give light to my outer self.

Sirsasana, not only has let me grow a bit more confident, but it took away a bit more fear out of me. Trust yourself, if not an easy thing for me. But, meditation (Dhyana) and poses (Asana) are two limbs of yoga that help me to accept and love myself and other a bit more…. than yesterday!

[voxfeles]

I like to be sagely

It’s an ideal for me, but oh boy I still have a whole lot of me to defeat. Most of the worst problems I deal with in my life now are from situations that I put myself in by trying to force things right through fortitude alone, rather than thinking with a clear mind. 

Now that I do have a clearer mind, I have to work back through the messes I’ve made by being immature and getting myself caught up in things I had no business being involved with. The price of our mistakes will be paid over and over again - the exchange rate on life is not fair, but that’s how we learn the lessons far better.

I’ll continue this in my journal, but I do like to leave little snippets here before I copy, paste, and write for an eternity about it, and oh boy, writing must be done.

[valentinebucher]

I loathe psychology as one of the major faults of our civilization nowadays. There’s something not right about this amount of introspection. I can only give you a metaphor: When you move into an apartment, you cannot start to illuminate every last corner with neon light. If there are no dark corners or hidden niches, your house becomes uninhabitable. Human beings who are trying to self-reflect and explore their innermost being to the last corner become uninhabitable people.

Werner Herzog via Favorite Poems