confident enough to own my hippie bullshit
This radical idea has already occurred to others, but yeah, it totally seems like there are times when reality is trying to find new situations to put you in, so you can learn to handle situations you were not at all curious about in the first place. Doesn't it? Like, here, you thought you'd had a grasp on things, but let's see if you can deal with this shit gracefully.
My level of athiesm is the mainstream standard, but I am really starting to see what people get out of prayer. Not, you know, as a technique to reckon with any higher power, but more like a trick to make yourself focus on a problem explicitly, and sort-of let your subconscious know that your ears are wide open to anything it might have to say. Another unoriginal thought, sure, but interesting to notice firsthand, and hey, we cannot all be fucking Carl Jung over here or whatever.
... heh, Christ, that all sounds pretty serious, doesn't it? Things are cool with me though, not to worry! Life's more complicated than just the part of it I am experiencing personally is all.
My level of athiesm is the mainstream standard, but I am really starting to see what people get out of prayer. Not, you know, as a technique to reckon with any higher power, but more like a trick to make yourself focus on a problem explicitly, and sort-of let your subconscious know that your ears are wide open to anything it might have to say. Another unoriginal thought, sure, but interesting to notice firsthand, and hey, we cannot all be fucking Carl Jung over here or whatever.
... heh, Christ, that all sounds pretty serious, doesn't it? Things are cool with me though, not to worry! Life's more complicated than just the part of it I am experiencing personally is all.