sadistikdreams

I'm going to challenge myself by making this entry flow smoothly without any "um"s, or "uh"s, or anything thing of that matter.

I've started to realize that I am starting to lose my sense of self. Which, in a way, I think is totally rad. The universe is letting me start over, although my personality will probably stay the same. On the inside, I just don't know who I am, or I don't feel like me.

So I got to thinking. Enlightenment? Out of body experience? Really really good pot?

I sometimes feel that I can transend my physical form, if only for an instant.

Now, I wish I could become one of those monks, giving up everything and living in an abbey or whatever. But I can't. I have school. I have responsibilities. I have obligations. I have friends and family that I love. More than anything. More than myself.

Maybe is enlightenment a selfish thing? I can't find any evidence saying that it makes the world a better place. Only that the individual gets is place in heaven/placement back into "god".

While writing this, I've realized that, while I would like to reach enlightenment/transend my body, I would rather put my physical body to use to help the people I love, even the ones I don't, by that I mean the people I don't know.

Or, maybe, can I do both?

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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."
-Lin Yutang

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Stiltzkin

Maybe you can do both, but... do you honestly believe that you can even "transcend" your body? Has anyone ever done it? Perhaps you should take a moment to reflect on whether "trenscending" your body is something to even be thinking about.

Giant Hamburger

Odin plucked out his right eye so Mimir would reveal the well of future sight.

/just saying

vermin

Sense of self is overrated. If your "self" is an asshole, you're better off without it.
Don't confuse "universe" with "psychotic episode".
I agree and recommend it. Do you have any idea how many women's locker rooms you can get into as a being of pure energy?
Is there some reason you can't reach enlightenment while staying in your body? Enlightenment just means you see the truth of things as they really are. This can be quite unnerving. Wouldn't you prefer a nice little delusional fantasy where everyone thinks you're the king of the lizard people and the filthy slugs who oppose your every move will someday be cast into the boiling brine?

Just a thought.

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sadistikdreams

Man. I was on ecstasy when i wrote that.


just kidding.

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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."
-Lin Yutang

hearts, by d.a.

cowlick

Just don't transcend the spiritual boundaries of the universe while driving next to me on I-5!

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TrumanTT

Now once you hop back on E let me tell you that its not your idea to transend which is selfish, it is your life and the people in your life. They are only of this world but your soul and spirit are the things that must be the first priority to a complete spirit. The body and mind are two different things and you must determine what parts of your life are for your body and what is for your soul.

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"I hate quotations. Tell me about yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I feel sorry for the failed lives of everyone who can sum up their experiences in one small quote." MINE! (but thats what I think Ralphie was trying to get at ^up there^

Johnny Pyro

Woa! This thread is blowing my mind! All the colors, the beautiful colors!

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