There is something that I want to touch on briefly tonight, even tho I am drunk on high-class margaritas. It has to do with systems, and the way in which we limit ourselves thru them. We live in a time and place which is remarkably un-creative. We are fed our creativity thru media, and so we do not utilize our own innate creative abilities. One of the ways in which this manifests is that we look to the systems around us, instead of innovating our own systems.
Let me give you an example. I call it the Yoga Crap Predicament. A person wants to get healthy, so they start doing yoga. They get caught up in the baggage of the situation - the school of yoga they are part of, the guru, the "lineage", all that crap. It's a scene, a lifestyle, an attitude, a sexy piece of clothing, maybe good sex with the yoga teacher.
None of that crap has any innate meaning. It's a big bag of bullshit, except for the actual yoga that is done, which affects a person's physical health.
While I have nothing against yoga itself, it is an existing system, perhaps a series of systems, that is fed to us. We assume that it means something, because the system already exists and because we are told that it is special.
May I propose a novel concept: There is an alternative to formal yoga.
A person could stand by themselves, in a quiet environment (say their living room), and calmly do stretches and exercises that they imagine will be good for them. This is a perfectly valid way to stretch and exercise. Perhaps some methods will work and some will not. But perhaps by utilizing this method of active imagining, a person will develop a "yoga" which pertains specifically to themselves. They will not be paying someone else to "teach" them exercises, they will not be adopting someone else's belief systems, they will not be taking on a new persona and joining a clique which demands that they live by a whole series of limitations involving the way they speak, dress, think, present themselves, etc. They will simply be exercising in a way which is uniquely qualified for them alone.
I hope this makes sense to you.
What I am trying to say is that we are brainwashed from birth to believe that the systems that exist around us are the only systems, and that they are the only avenues we can pursue to accomplish anything.
This is simply not true.
What we need to realize is that static systems are NOT the best means to accomplishing things. They are generalized so that they can cater to many different people and maintain a general sense of order. Utilizing one's own innate imagination and intuition is a considerably more effective way to accomplish things. It will provide a person with solutions that are specifically tailored to themselves and their ever-changing situation.
Fuck! I just erased two paragraphs. That's it for now. More on this at a later date.
Let me give you an example. I call it the Yoga Crap Predicament. A person wants to get healthy, so they start doing yoga. They get caught up in the baggage of the situation - the school of yoga they are part of, the guru, the "lineage", all that crap. It's a scene, a lifestyle, an attitude, a sexy piece of clothing, maybe good sex with the yoga teacher.
None of that crap has any innate meaning. It's a big bag of bullshit, except for the actual yoga that is done, which affects a person's physical health.
While I have nothing against yoga itself, it is an existing system, perhaps a series of systems, that is fed to us. We assume that it means something, because the system already exists and because we are told that it is special.
May I propose a novel concept: There is an alternative to formal yoga.
A person could stand by themselves, in a quiet environment (say their living room), and calmly do stretches and exercises that they imagine will be good for them. This is a perfectly valid way to stretch and exercise. Perhaps some methods will work and some will not. But perhaps by utilizing this method of active imagining, a person will develop a "yoga" which pertains specifically to themselves. They will not be paying someone else to "teach" them exercises, they will not be adopting someone else's belief systems, they will not be taking on a new persona and joining a clique which demands that they live by a whole series of limitations involving the way they speak, dress, think, present themselves, etc. They will simply be exercising in a way which is uniquely qualified for them alone.
I hope this makes sense to you.
What I am trying to say is that we are brainwashed from birth to believe that the systems that exist around us are the only systems, and that they are the only avenues we can pursue to accomplish anything.
This is simply not true.
What we need to realize is that static systems are NOT the best means to accomplishing things. They are generalized so that they can cater to many different people and maintain a general sense of order. Utilizing one's own innate imagination and intuition is a considerably more effective way to accomplish things. It will provide a person with solutions that are specifically tailored to themselves and their ever-changing situation.
Fuck! I just erased two paragraphs. That's it for now. More on this at a later date.
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