Memorial Day
It's a very quiet Monday at the Ashram. I had people over Saturday Night for to hear some music, which I ended up regretting because I had plans to go to the Paseo Arts Festival and the Tincture show at Galileo's. Since I didn't hear back from the person I was supposed to go with (until 9pm) and my car wasn't starting, I told people I'd be playing and that they could come over... because they had asked if something like that was gonna be happening. I did end up with over half a dozen people in my living room all sitting and laying around watching me play and drinking whiskey. Well anyway I had wished that I hadn't told them I'd play for them because I did get the call to go up to the show at around 9 and it would have been a lot more interesting than doing what I ended up doing, which was smoking the last of my herb and getting drunk and eventually spending money on pizza at the end of the night. I would rather have gone to see some roots reggae and hangout with Savannah... but oh well. There will not be many more of those nights, my roommate will be here in less than a week.
Today everyone must be at the lake... Norman is quiet and deserted. I don't want any part of that nasty ass lake, especially when its got even more people which means more loud boats, more hair metal and classic rock, more cigarette butts, and more keystone light cans. I am grilling with my parents and then supposedly I might be playing a little set or two for some good friends - but it's not an open invitation to hordes of high schoolers who are looking for a place to do things that high schoolers shouldn't be doing. They aren't bad people and I used to do the things they do (though not nearly as much) but I simply can't let the Ashram turn into that type of place. Besides they'd better not get used to it because I will have a roommate soon and there will be significantly less "hanging out" going on around here. At least fifty percent of the permanent residents of the Ashram will then be responsible college students. (That is, my roommate is responsible and I am not.) So in order to respect that, and hopefully draw inspiration from it, I am going to try to comply with his mode of living, which includes quiet time for studying and sleeping during the night rather than staying up late drinking, listening to music, and banging around the kitchen.
That's the latest from Dugland. Sorry I didn't have any esoteric words of wisdom today - but if that is going to disappoint you then meditate upon the reality that nothing (no-thing) exists anyway, so what is there to be concerned about? Seriously if anyone can think of a good reason why we shouldn't be completely blissed out all the time feeling absolutely implicated in each other and in the unified whole of everything in existence then leave me a comment about it. If nothing else I'm curious as to what it is specifically that people get wrapped up in. And just in case somebody was going to try to get wise and say "survival" I will go ahead and put forth the idea that 'enlightenment' is every bit as instinctual as 'survival' and we needn't think very hard when our instincts are driving our behavior. It is living in worlds constructed by our minds/egos that keeps us bound to ourselves/ the law of karma, and to the feelings of separateness and desire which are the foundations for suffering.
Today everyone must be at the lake... Norman is quiet and deserted. I don't want any part of that nasty ass lake, especially when its got even more people which means more loud boats, more hair metal and classic rock, more cigarette butts, and more keystone light cans. I am grilling with my parents and then supposedly I might be playing a little set or two for some good friends - but it's not an open invitation to hordes of high schoolers who are looking for a place to do things that high schoolers shouldn't be doing. They aren't bad people and I used to do the things they do (though not nearly as much) but I simply can't let the Ashram turn into that type of place. Besides they'd better not get used to it because I will have a roommate soon and there will be significantly less "hanging out" going on around here. At least fifty percent of the permanent residents of the Ashram will then be responsible college students. (That is, my roommate is responsible and I am not.) So in order to respect that, and hopefully draw inspiration from it, I am going to try to comply with his mode of living, which includes quiet time for studying and sleeping during the night rather than staying up late drinking, listening to music, and banging around the kitchen.
That's the latest from Dugland. Sorry I didn't have any esoteric words of wisdom today - but if that is going to disappoint you then meditate upon the reality that nothing (no-thing) exists anyway, so what is there to be concerned about? Seriously if anyone can think of a good reason why we shouldn't be completely blissed out all the time feeling absolutely implicated in each other and in the unified whole of everything in existence then leave me a comment about it. If nothing else I'm curious as to what it is specifically that people get wrapped up in. And just in case somebody was going to try to get wise and say "survival" I will go ahead and put forth the idea that 'enlightenment' is every bit as instinctual as 'survival' and we needn't think very hard when our instincts are driving our behavior. It is living in worlds constructed by our minds/egos that keeps us bound to ourselves/ the law of karma, and to the feelings of separateness and desire which are the foundations for suffering.