First Dink hang in there. I know what it is to be suffering and feel you are in over your head. Often things just improve on their own. I hope they do for you.
I have found the writings of Marcus Aurelius to be of great help to me when I feel powerless and out of control. Pick up "The Meditations". It is my bible.
You rock, John! Time has already provided some ease.
You'd think by 40 you'd be able to navigate these emotional flare-ups easily. And honestly there are more buffers and coping mechanisms than when 20. But every once in a while an exceptional storm hits.
That night I did look up some Buddhist quotes which were nice. I also found Churchill's "Courage is going failure to failure without losing enthusism". That gave me a smile.
I am absolutely going to pick up this "Meditations" you speak of. Is there any thing more precious than inner peace? Hell no.
I would agree with prayer although I am just a hopeful agnostic. Maybe it is a remnant of my childhood but prayer still calms me despite my lack of strong conviction.
Sorry to hear that extremely stressed is the default. Its most unpleasant.
Though not religious, I can see the benefit of prayer. The way I envision it, one has a conceptual framework of the world that one believes in. Events sort of twist you into seeing a different framework. If you don't like this new framework, saying a prayer is like running a program to reinstall the previous framework.
For example, you believe people are generally good. Then you come across some complete bastards and you start to believe the world is a hideous place. Then you incant a reminder that reboots you to the previous philosophy that people are good. And then you're able to cope again.
BTW, what happened when you fasted?
So here is something that I came across when googling for inner peace a while back:
"One day Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed: "Lord, I've been thinking- spiritual friendship is at least half of the spiritual life!" The Buddha replied: "Say not so, Ananda, say not so. Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life!" Samyutta Nikaya, Verse 2
I first thought it was describing the importance of a sense fellowship and community. Then I thought it may be more esoteric (I can't decipher poetry worth a darn). Any opinions would be appreciated.
Happy Halloween, y'all. And Dia De Los Muertos tomorrow. Let us celebrate the occult with high fructose corn syrup!!!
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First Dink hang in there. I know what it is to be suffering and feel you are in over your head. Often things just improve on their own. I hope they do for you.
I have found the writings of Marcus Aurelius to be of great help to me when I feel powerless and out of control. Pick up "The Meditations". It is my bible.
John
You rock, John! Time has already provided some ease.
You'd think by 40 you'd be able to navigate these emotional flare-ups easily. And honestly there are more buffers and coping mechanisms than when 20. But every once in a while an exceptional storm hits.
That night I did look up some Buddhist quotes which were nice. I also found Churchill's "Courage is going failure to failure without losing enthusism". That gave me a smile.
I am absolutely going to pick up this "Meditations" you speak of. Is there any thing more precious than inner peace? Hell no.
Thanks, and hope all is well in your time zone.
I would agree with prayer although I am just a hopeful agnostic. Maybe it is a remnant of my childhood but prayer still calms me despite my lack of strong conviction.
Hey JP!
Sorry to hear that extremely stressed is the default. Its most unpleasant.
Though not religious, I can see the benefit of prayer. The way I envision it, one has a conceptual framework of the world that one believes in. Events sort of twist you into seeing a different framework. If you don't like this new framework, saying a prayer is like running a program to reinstall the previous framework.
For example, you believe people are generally good. Then you come across some complete bastards and you start to believe the world is a hideous place. Then you incant a reminder that reboots you to the previous philosophy that people are good. And then you're able to cope again.
BTW, what happened when you fasted?
So here is something that I came across when googling for inner peace a while back:
"One day Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed: "Lord, I've been thinking- spiritual friendship is at least half of the spiritual life!"
The Buddha replied: "Say not so, Ananda, say not so. Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life!"
Samyutta Nikaya, Verse 2
I first thought it was describing the importance of a sense fellowship and community. Then I thought it may be more esoteric (I can't decipher poetry worth a darn). Any opinions would be appreciated.
Happy Halloween, y'all. And Dia De Los Muertos tomorrow. Let us celebrate the occult with high fructose corn syrup!!!
Mister Boojah Boojah says: relax nobody is in control!
John Lennon: turn of your mind, relax and float down stream, IT is only shining.
Timothy Leary ( always the irreverent trickster). Tune on, tune in, and drop out (of the rat race)
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