So what's a fan to do if her (his) positively focused, little voice
Has laid all of the groundwork and cheered its heart out, year after year
In hopes of teamwork making a first down that never happens ... what then?
Perhaps it's time for a change in paradigm ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
1376 LISTEN TO YOUR LITTLE VOICE
Though we often hear: Listen to your 'little voice'
We're rarely told that two voices speak inside our heads
No need for me to repeat their names, unless you're
'Reading my mind' for the very first time, and
If that's true then you may want to read
The 'piece of my mind', offering insight into
Anxiety, confusion, time out and clarity, which
Intuitive thought coached me to pen, yesterday
When both voices (one, focusing on the negative while
The other focuses on the positive) speak at the very same time
Inner conflict creates emotional static, which runs interference with
A calm, singleminded sense of clarity, gaining first downs
(With football season upon us, my lucky socks await in readiness
To click my heels, together, ala Dorothy's ruby slippers, while
The positively focused side of my voice cheers our team toward
Achieving Super Bowl victory, one first down at a time ...)
We're rarely told that two voices speak inside our heads
No need for me to repeat their names, unless you're
'Reading my mind' for the very first time, and
If that's true then you may want to read
The 'piece of my mind', offering insight into
Anxiety, confusion, time out and clarity, which
Intuitive thought coached me to pen, yesterday
When both voices (one, focusing on the negative while
The other focuses on the positive) speak at the very same time
Inner conflict creates emotional static, which runs interference with
A calm, singleminded sense of clarity, gaining first downs
(With football season upon us, my lucky socks await in readiness
To click my heels, together, ala Dorothy's ruby slippers, while
The positively focused side of my voice cheers our team toward
Achieving Super Bowl victory, one first down at a time ...)
Monday, August 29, 2016
1375 LET'S COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES
Having learned to differentiate between those times when
A voice inside my head is speaking to my conscious mind
Through the emergence of subconscious fear vs times when
My intuitive voice is coaching me to muster the courage to
Calm the voice of fear makes all the difference, concerning
Whether or not I retreat from a daunting challenge or continue to
Work, patiently, toward achieving a long range goal that
Remains just beyond reach, and if it's true that
Fear exacerbates inner conflict, thus heightening confusion, which
Diminishes clarity, then you can see why I choose to take a time out from
Decision-making until fear (which stimulates my defense system's
Alarms to blare by striking my brain with spikes of anxiety alerting me to
The possibility of a real and present danger closing in) grows so quiet as to
Free my power of intuitive thought to do its best work, re-organizing
My thought processor to function in a well balanced state so as to
Rouse deeper truth (wisdom passed down through the ages), which
Speaking through my intuitive voice, alerts the clarity of
My openly receptive mind to remember this timeless insight:
If I am to enjoy a well balanced life then each time anxiety strikes
My brain is signaling me to mindfully coach my smarts to
Take a time out to calm my stressed thought processor so as to
Minimize the over production of adrenalin thats pumping through
My blood stream, thus restoring a peaceful sense of order within
My conscious mind in the same way that I mindfully prepare
My brain to calmly plan out a well organized day ...
In short, each time I remember to compare the emergence of
Intuitive thought to the emergence of deeper truth, based in
Wisdom passed down through the ages, I improve my ability to
Ensure that my line of reasoning is comparing apples to apples ...
A voice inside my head is speaking to my conscious mind
Through the emergence of subconscious fear vs times when
My intuitive voice is coaching me to muster the courage to
Calm the voice of fear makes all the difference, concerning
Whether or not I retreat from a daunting challenge or continue to
Work, patiently, toward achieving a long range goal that
Remains just beyond reach, and if it's true that
Fear exacerbates inner conflict, thus heightening confusion, which
Diminishes clarity, then you can see why I choose to take a time out from
Decision-making until fear (which stimulates my defense system's
Alarms to blare by striking my brain with spikes of anxiety alerting me to
The possibility of a real and present danger closing in) grows so quiet as to
Free my power of intuitive thought to do its best work, re-organizing
My thought processor to function in a well balanced state so as to
Rouse deeper truth (wisdom passed down through the ages), which
Speaking through my intuitive voice, alerts the clarity of
My openly receptive mind to remember this timeless insight:
If I am to enjoy a well balanced life then each time anxiety strikes
My brain is signaling me to mindfully coach my smarts to
Take a time out to calm my stressed thought processor so as to
Minimize the over production of adrenalin thats pumping through
My blood stream, thus restoring a peaceful sense of order within
My conscious mind in the same way that I mindfully prepare
My brain to calmly plan out a well organized day ...
In short, each time I remember to compare the emergence of
Intuitive thought to the emergence of deeper truth, based in
Wisdom passed down through the ages, I improve my ability to
Ensure that my line of reasoning is comparing apples to apples ...
Sunday, August 28, 2016
1374 FINALLY!
Our 'staycation' is winding down, today
As it happens, I'm too tired to color in the bigger picture of
This action packed family time until my brain and body feel re-energized ...
Oh! Wait! Just to be clear ...
FINALLY does not refer to having hugged and kissed each other, good bye
FINALLY refers to the fact that for some unknown reason
My power of intuition coached my think tank to advance toward
Numbering this post 1374 as if to signal my conscious mind to
Ready itself to peaceably embrace the subtle suggestion that
Some pattern of thought is entering a period of transition, preceding
An, as yet, unidentified change for the better, and as time marches on
I have no doubt that my conscious mind will come to
'See and share' whatever this changing pattern may be with you ...
On the other hand, here's a pattern that remains unchanging:
Though family togetherness offered me no free time to write a new
Post, over these last couple of days, intuition continued to work at
Improving Post 1373 61H, which is titled: LET'S WORK AT ENCOURAGING
CONSCIOUS AWARENESS TO SWITCH TRACKS FROM
EXACERBATING CURRENT WORRIES, UNNECESSARILY
As it happens, I'm too tired to color in the bigger picture of
This action packed family time until my brain and body feel re-energized ...
Oh! Wait! Just to be clear ...
FINALLY does not refer to having hugged and kissed each other, good bye
FINALLY refers to the fact that for some unknown reason
My power of intuition coached my think tank to advance toward
Numbering this post 1374 as if to signal my conscious mind to
Ready itself to peaceably embrace the subtle suggestion that
Some pattern of thought is entering a period of transition, preceding
An, as yet, unidentified change for the better, and as time marches on
I have no doubt that my conscious mind will come to
'See and share' whatever this changing pattern may be with you ...
On the other hand, here's a pattern that remains unchanging:
Though family togetherness offered me no free time to write a new
Post, over these last couple of days, intuition continued to work at
Improving Post 1373 61H, which is titled: LET'S WORK AT ENCOURAGING
CONSCIOUS AWARENESS TO SWITCH TRACKS FROM
EXACERBATING CURRENT WORRIES, UNNECESSARILY
Thursday, August 25, 2016
1373 61H's LET'S WORK TO ENCOURAGE CONSCIOUS AWARENESS TO SWITCH TRACKS FROM EXACERBATING CURRENT WORRIES, UNNECESSARILY
Though I've come to understand that peace of mind relies on naming
And taming subconscious hot buttons, which would otherwise, upon being
Pushed, reawaken yesteryear's sleeping dogs, whose bark runs interference with
Clarity's connection to logic, I've also learned why naming and taming
Childhood's unprocessed fears does not equate with living stress free:
It's natural for daily life to irritate our conscious awareness with current worries that
Feel less like stinging bees, more like pesky flies, buzzing around in our minds, as
We worry over having angered a loved one who is not angry, or
We try to fit so much into a busy day as to frazzle our nerves or
We feel just like the white rabbit, late for important dates, or
We watch the bills exceeding our budgets or
We have no clue how to recognize power struggles driving entire families crazy
In short! we set such high expectations for ourselves (and everyone else) as to
Sweat so much small stuff as to ignite anxiety to flare for countless reasons ...
However, leaning toward kindling mild attacks of short-lived anxiety
Does not equate with feeling so deeply stung by sudden eruptions of
Repressed anxiety, resulting in sleep deprivation or taking
An ambulance ride to the ER, where an angiogram verifies
The cardiologist's diagnosis of Ventricular Takotasubo, caused by
An over production of adrenalin, resultant of heightening degrees of
In recent years, you've watched my power of intuition work to sensitize
My conscious mind to identify specific times when my thought processor
Has need to stop stressing by reconsidering this insight into deeper truth:
There are times when a current situation will stimulate file #3 to
Fly open, today, releasing an unprocessed, unresolved fear, which causes
My think tank to confuse apples with oranges; therefore, each time
Anxiety escalates, I've trained myself to take a mental time out on the spot to
Calm my think tank to consider whether or not my natural survival instinct
Is confusing an unprocessed, terrifying experience from the past with
A fear-based feeling that a 'near and present' danger (which is NOT closing in)
Is about to threaten my sense of safety, today, and each time I remember to
Take that mental time out on the spot, my sense of clarity grows ever more apt to
Touch base with today's reality for this reason:
I look within to 'see' whether or not my present bout of elevated anxiety is
Directly related to a fear-driven portion of my imagination, which
(Generated by negatively focused energy) is fabricating a train of thought, which
Still fears yesteryear's real (unprocessed) danger when, in fact, that danger
No longer exists anywhere other than within file #3, which remains stubbornly
Entrenched in an unexamined state, deep within until my hyper vigilant
Control freak's imagination pushes the hot button that catalyzes that specifics file
Stored within my subconscious, to spring open, releasing yesteryear's
Unresolved fear to fling my relaxed state of inner peace into the flames of chaos
Yet again ... So you can see why I give thanks for having worked through
Unprocessed emotional pain until insight had been gained, concerning
My need to develop the listening skills necessary to tune into
My intuitive voice, which turns down the volume on
Fear-based inner conflicts, absorbed during childhood, in favor of turning up
The volume on the courage of my deeply considered, personal convictions
Though Socrates is often quoted as having stated:
The unexamined life is not worth living
That statement seems so bold as to inspire me to wonder if
When originated, the strength of this statesman's declaration
Had not been meant to stand alone, and with that thought in mind
Let's imagine me taking a seat on a white marble bench in
The peanut gallery of the senate, my attention held rapt in readiness to
Absorb the depth of meaning that would surely have fleshed in
The sage's deeper meaning (had Socrates' bold oration not inflamed
The defensive reactions of his peers, who had literally made use of poison to
Silence the power of his intuitive voice), so, had that not happened, here is what
I'd wait with bated breath to hear during my imagined travel back in time:
The unexamined life is not worth living ... for this reason
And then, naturally, my wise counselor would go on ... and on ... until
His meaning was clearly absorbed by every mind that had once
Feared the voice of this sage, whose courageous spirit had implored
His peers to save themselves from retrospectively suffering
The regretful throes of self defeat by mastering the courage to
'Out' subconscious fear in order to free their minds to accompany
His as, together, mankind adventures ever more deeply into
The great unknown, where, rather than keeping scary secrets from
Ourselves, we resolve inner conflicts by opening our ears to
Constructive plans of action, based in insight that thinks to
Employ positive focus with such repetitive consistency as to
Create change for the better by considering needs, all around
And if you're getting sick of my repeating all of this then please
Feel free to take a time out from 'reading' my mind, because
I'm determined to blend every one of these interrelated
Highly detailed insights ever more deeply into file #1 of
My memory bank's conscious awareness, forever!
So, hopefully, you've come to see why, while working to expand
My comfort zone's horizons, I've come to place my faith in this fact:
I can rely on my intuitive, well developed sense of
Self disciplined awareness to protect me from over reacting when
My fear-based buttons are pushed as well protecting me from
Allowing courage to push the envelop too far ...
And thus, time and again, do we return to:
Balance in all things
And taming subconscious hot buttons, which would otherwise, upon being
Pushed, reawaken yesteryear's sleeping dogs, whose bark runs interference with
Clarity's connection to logic, I've also learned why naming and taming
Childhood's unprocessed fears does not equate with living stress free:
It's natural for daily life to irritate our conscious awareness with current worries that
Feel less like stinging bees, more like pesky flies, buzzing around in our minds, as
We worry over having angered a loved one who is not angry, or
We try to fit so much into a busy day as to frazzle our nerves or
We feel just like the white rabbit, late for important dates, or
We watch the bills exceeding our budgets or
We have no clue how to recognize power struggles driving entire families crazy
In short! we set such high expectations for ourselves (and everyone else) as to
Sweat so much small stuff as to ignite anxiety to flare for countless reasons ...
However, leaning toward kindling mild attacks of short-lived anxiety
Does not equate with feeling so deeply stung by sudden eruptions of
Repressed anxiety, resulting in sleep deprivation or taking
An ambulance ride to the ER, where an angiogram verifies
The cardiologist's diagnosis of Ventricular Takotasubo, caused by
An over production of adrenalin, resultant of heightening degrees of
Stress, *repressed so deeply behind my defense system's
Wall of denial as to have completely anesthetized my conscious awareness from
Feeling the depth of my emotional distress until my body reacted in such
A life threatening manner as to inspire my intuition (in the aftermath of
That experience) to alert my conscious mind to grow ever more
Cognizant of my need to identify decisions that, retrospectively, had been
Based in unconcious eruptions of yesteryear's unprocessed anxiety, which
Upon surfacing, had caused my conscious mind to feel so confused as to
Focus my think tank toward skepticism of making sound use of my noggin to
Voice my unmet needs aloud, and since, over time, this negatively focused
Thought pattern accomplished nothing more than to darken my self perception
My intuition whispered into my courageous ear of need to heed
Common sense, which implored me to open my eyes wide enough to 'see' that
Narrowing my focus to black or white, right or wrong, had left no wiggle room for
Any plan of action, requiring mind expansion, and since that insight made
Such good sense, my thought processor began to absorb sound reason to coach
Courage to convince fear to ride piggyback so, together, they could take
One proverbial, intuitive leap of faith after another until both sides of my mind
(Courage reining in fear) began to act in my best interest by functioning
In tandem, freeing my think tank to problem solve as a well balanced whole, and
Thus do both sides of my mind concur that I can rely on
My well practiced power of intuition to 'see' which trains of thought prove
As layered and complex as is true of my sliding spectrum of anxiety, which
Has been known to scale up and down, depending upon which
Attitude is, momentarily reigning supreme over my decision making process:
Fear based inner conflict or the courage of my deeply considered conviction
Though low levels of anxiety are meant to alert our smarts to be
Consciously aware of those times when we're testing
Our personal patterns of thought to 'see' whether we're defining
Our high minded principles, which guide our lives, so narrowly as to
Blind our perspective from expanding our horizons, sudden spikes of anxiety
Often indicate need to stop to consider whether fear is stimulating
Confusion, due to inner conflict, to escalate, unnecessarily, at those times
When some part of a current situation stimulates a latent sense of
Undeserved guilt to burst out of file #3, where upon leaping to the surface of
Conscious awareness in its *unprocessed* still festering state, yesteryear's
Repressed, unresolved terror of emotional abandonment may run
Interference with today's sense of clarity, thus catalyzing
Feeling the depth of my emotional distress until my body reacted in such
A life threatening manner as to inspire my intuition (in the aftermath of
That experience) to alert my conscious mind to grow ever more
Cognizant of my need to identify decisions that, retrospectively, had been
Based in unconcious eruptions of yesteryear's unprocessed anxiety, which
Upon surfacing, had caused my conscious mind to feel so confused as to
Focus my think tank toward skepticism of making sound use of my noggin to
Voice my unmet needs aloud, and since, over time, this negatively focused
Thought pattern accomplished nothing more than to darken my self perception
My intuition whispered into my courageous ear of need to heed
Common sense, which implored me to open my eyes wide enough to 'see' that
Narrowing my focus to black or white, right or wrong, had left no wiggle room for
Any plan of action, requiring mind expansion, and since that insight made
Such good sense, my thought processor began to absorb sound reason to coach
Courage to convince fear to ride piggyback so, together, they could take
One proverbial, intuitive leap of faith after another until both sides of my mind
(Courage reining in fear) began to act in my best interest by functioning
In tandem, freeing my think tank to problem solve as a well balanced whole, and
Thus do both sides of my mind concur that I can rely on
My well practiced power of intuition to 'see' which trains of thought prove
As layered and complex as is true of my sliding spectrum of anxiety, which
Has been known to scale up and down, depending upon which
Attitude is, momentarily reigning supreme over my decision making process:
Fear based inner conflict or the courage of my deeply considered conviction
Though low levels of anxiety are meant to alert our smarts to be
Consciously aware of those times when we're testing
Our personal patterns of thought to 'see' whether we're defining
Our high minded principles, which guide our lives, so narrowly as to
Blind our perspective from expanding our horizons, sudden spikes of anxiety
Often indicate need to stop to consider whether fear is stimulating
Confusion, due to inner conflict, to escalate, unnecessarily, at those times
When some part of a current situation stimulates a latent sense of
Undeserved guilt to burst out of file #3, where upon leaping to the surface of
Conscious awareness in its *unprocessed* still festering state, yesteryear's
Repressed, unresolved terror of emotional abandonment may run
Interference with today's sense of clarity, thus catalyzing
A confused state of inner conflict that causes you to mistakenly feel as if
Your current situation is every bit as treacherous as had been true of
A past experience, which, still repressed in it's unprocessed state, had
Literally scared you witless at an earlier age when the undeveloped nature of
Your youthful thought processor had been taught by authority figures to believe
That your personal sense of safety depended upon patterning your decisions as
Solely black or white, right or wrong, constricting your sense of
Existential individualism from breathing, freely, due to this fact:
Had your actions deviated in any way from adhering to parental authority
You'd experienced sound reason to fear paying harsh consequences
Literally scared you witless at an earlier age when the undeveloped nature of
Your youthful thought processor had been taught by authority figures to believe
That your personal sense of safety depended upon patterning your decisions as
Solely black or white, right or wrong, constricting your sense of
Existential individualism from breathing, freely, due to this fact:
Had your actions deviated in any way from adhering to parental authority
You'd experienced sound reason to fear paying harsh consequences
And since I've experienced that same unconscious reaction too many
Times to count, my intuitive powers have sensitized my conscious mind to
My need to take a time out on the spot to call forth and employees of
Common sense when heightened levels of latent anxiety, leaping out of
File #3, might, otherwise, continue to scare my think tank as senseless
Today, as had been true when over-reactive giants had scolded
A good, little girl, so severely, that her spirit submitted, fearfully, to
Their their will until, over time, my brain had, unknowingly developed
A pattern of thought, concerning a distorted view of reality, as seen through
The eyes of authority figures, whose unrealistic expectations had anxiously
Been adopted as my own ... and thus was my inner control freak born
Times to count, my intuitive powers have sensitized my conscious mind to
My need to take a time out on the spot to call forth and employees of
Common sense when heightened levels of latent anxiety, leaping out of
File #3, might, otherwise, continue to scare my think tank as senseless
Today, as had been true when over-reactive giants had scolded
A good, little girl, so severely, that her spirit submitted, fearfully, to
Their their will until, over time, my brain had, unknowingly developed
A pattern of thought, concerning a distorted view of reality, as seen through
The eyes of authority figures, whose unrealistic expectations had anxiously
Been adopted as my own ... and thus was my inner control freak born
In recent years, you've watched my power of intuition work to sensitize
My conscious mind to identify specific times when my thought processor
Has need to stop stressing by reconsidering this insight into deeper truth:
There are times when a current situation will stimulate file #3 to
Fly open, today, releasing an unprocessed, unresolved fear, which causes
My think tank to confuse apples with oranges; therefore, each time
Anxiety escalates, I've trained myself to take a mental time out on the spot to
Calm my think tank to consider whether or not my natural survival instinct
Is confusing an unprocessed, terrifying experience from the past with
A fear-based feeling that a 'near and present' danger (which is NOT closing in)
Is about to threaten my sense of safety, today, and each time I remember to
Take that mental time out on the spot, my sense of clarity grows ever more apt to
Touch base with today's reality for this reason:
I look within to 'see' whether or not my present bout of elevated anxiety is
Directly related to a fear-driven portion of my imagination, which
(Generated by negatively focused energy) is fabricating a train of thought, which
Still fears yesteryear's real (unprocessed) danger when, in fact, that danger
No longer exists anywhere other than within file #3, which remains stubbornly
Entrenched in an unexamined state, deep within until my hyper vigilant
Control freak's imagination pushes the hot button that catalyzes that specifics file
Stored within my subconscious, to spring open, releasing yesteryear's
Unresolved fear to fling my relaxed state of inner peace into the flames of chaos
Yet again ... So you can see why I give thanks for having worked through
Unprocessed emotional pain until insight had been gained, concerning
My need to develop the listening skills necessary to tune into
My intuitive voice, which turns down the volume on
Fear-based inner conflicts, absorbed during childhood, in favor of turning up
The volume on the courage of my deeply considered, personal convictions
Though Socrates is often quoted as having stated:
The unexamined life is not worth living
That statement seems so bold as to inspire me to wonder if
When originated, the strength of this statesman's declaration
Had not been meant to stand alone, and with that thought in mind
Let's imagine me taking a seat on a white marble bench in
The peanut gallery of the senate, my attention held rapt in readiness to
Absorb the depth of meaning that would surely have fleshed in
The sage's deeper meaning (had Socrates' bold oration not inflamed
The defensive reactions of his peers, who had literally made use of poison to
Silence the power of his intuitive voice), so, had that not happened, here is what
I'd wait with bated breath to hear during my imagined travel back in time:
The unexamined life is not worth living ... for this reason
And then, naturally, my wise counselor would go on ... and on ... until
His meaning was clearly absorbed by every mind that had once
Feared the voice of this sage, whose courageous spirit had implored
His peers to save themselves from retrospectively suffering
The regretful throes of self defeat by mastering the courage to
'Out' subconscious fear in order to free their minds to accompany
His as, together, mankind adventures ever more deeply into
The great unknown, where, rather than keeping scary secrets from
Ourselves, we resolve inner conflicts by opening our ears to
Constructive plans of action, based in insight that thinks to
Employ positive focus with such repetitive consistency as to
Create change for the better by considering needs, all around
And if you're getting sick of my repeating all of this then please
Feel free to take a time out from 'reading' my mind, because
I'm determined to blend every one of these interrelated
Highly detailed insights ever more deeply into file #1 of
My memory bank's conscious awareness, forever!
So, hopefully, you've come to see why, while working to expand
My comfort zone's horizons, I've come to place my faith in this fact:
I can rely on my intuitive, well developed sense of
Self disciplined awareness to protect me from over reacting when
My fear-based buttons are pushed as well protecting me from
Allowing courage to push the envelop too far ...
And thus, time and again, do we return to:
Balance in all things
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
1373 60H's WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES ... AGAIN!
Twelve days in Paradise
(The flu could not challenge my idyllic state of mind
For this reason: I've thoroughly absorbed the concept of
Perfection as non-existent)
Perhaps twelve days in paradise is my limit
For this reason: Though I've been calling it a night
By 9PM, I awoke, today, feeling exhausted, as though
Nursing a hangover after being drunk on love
Yesterday, Will and I agreed to watch Tony and Ray, today
And as the boys are truly excited to have us all to themselves
I'll not disappoint them ... However, upon awakening, feeling
More exhausted than refreshed, I made this decision:
Tomorrow, I'm doing nada. Why?
Because my memory's file drawer #1 just flew open, and
As certain snapshots flashed before my eyes, I pictured
My exhaustion, which had lasted many weeks after
My creation of an idyllic Passover weekend for
Family and friends, so upon awakening exhausted, this morning
I was mindfully attentive when intuition whispered of
My need to plan differently, this time, ensuring that I enjoy
Our family's sense of togetherness without depleting every last drop of
My energy as had been true in March ... And with intuition
Heightening my sense of conscious awareness to focuse on
Creating change for the better, indight into common sense will
Guide my whole sense of self to walk forward on the path where
I, taking heed of my personal needs, will keep my spirit feeling
Younger than springtime though as years continue to pass
Deeper truth, highlighting reality, suggests that my age
Catches up with me, none the less! which is why
It's imperative that positive focus and reality go forth, hand in hand
(The flu could not challenge my idyllic state of mind
For this reason: I've thoroughly absorbed the concept of
Perfection as non-existent)
Perhaps twelve days in paradise is my limit
For this reason: Though I've been calling it a night
By 9PM, I awoke, today, feeling exhausted, as though
Nursing a hangover after being drunk on love
Yesterday, Will and I agreed to watch Tony and Ray, today
And as the boys are truly excited to have us all to themselves
I'll not disappoint them ... However, upon awakening, feeling
More exhausted than refreshed, I made this decision:
Tomorrow, I'm doing nada. Why?
Because my memory's file drawer #1 just flew open, and
As certain snapshots flashed before my eyes, I pictured
My exhaustion, which had lasted many weeks after
My creation of an idyllic Passover weekend for
Family and friends, so upon awakening exhausted, this morning
I was mindfully attentive when intuition whispered of
My need to plan differently, this time, ensuring that I enjoy
Our family's sense of togetherness without depleting every last drop of
My energy as had been true in March ... And with intuition
Heightening my sense of conscious awareness to focuse on
Creating change for the better, indight into common sense will
Guide my whole sense of self to walk forward on the path where
I, taking heed of my personal needs, will keep my spirit feeling
Younger than springtime though as years continue to pass
Deeper truth, highlighting reality, suggests that my age
Catches up with me, none the less! which is why
It's imperative that positive focus and reality go forth, hand in hand
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
1373 59H's WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!
So okay not one day ... It took two two days before
Everyone's health changed for the better, and since
Certain strains of flu are known to cause misery to hang
Around for quite a spell, while, luckily, this one did not
We're already laughing at so many adults, lining up in wait to
Bow head in worship of the porcelain God on bended knee
In case you're wondering why children weren't included in
The sentence, penned above, that's because they've not yet
Developed the awareness to sense when self control must be
Summoned, on the spot, to reign supreme over irritants that stimulate
Our bodies' natural bent toward reactiveness, suggesting
That couches, carpets, as well as adults, who love these three, little
Munchkins found themselves covered in ... Whoops! TMI, right?
Anyway, it didn't take long before common sense saw fit to
Hand pots to Tony and Ray, who'd been the first to
Demonstrate obvious signs of physical distress ...
As to Ravi (who, needless to say, felt clingy each time
Her tummy rebelled from the invasion of this bug), we kept
The sand bucket, which she funnily places over her head, handy in
Hopes of saving ourselves from repeatedly ... Uh ...
Need I go on or are you getting the technicolored picture?
Fortunately, fate smiled in my direction in that my immune system
Staunchly staved off that bug from invading the state of my good health
However, I didn't have the time or inclination to pen a new post ...
On the other hand, my power of intuition did manage to slip
A few new insights into Post 1373 57's, and since my intuitive voice feels
Every bit as as eager to speak to your conscious awareness as it proved
Eager to bend my ear, those insights await your decision to spend
Several moments of your valuable time reviewing that post ... or not
As for me, a day filled with healthy family fun awaits ... And
In addition to feeling thankful for such a quick turnaround, I also
Give thanks for every intuitive train of thought that has coached
My conscious mind to choose to spend the time that's required to train
My brain's defense system to relax in the midst of chaos, freeing
My think tank to naturally expand my sights to summon
My intuitive powers whenever my conscious awareness finds itself
In need of positively focused trains of thought, which charm my spirit into
Dancing as openly, joyfully and naturally as is true, right now
In other words, no more stressing subconsciously, unconsciously, thus
Wasting valuable time waiting, anxiously, for the other shoe to
Drop on the head of a sleeping dog for me! No siree!
When anxiety strikes too high to match the situation at hand
You'll watch me self soothe till a mindful sense of relaxation coaxes
Intuition to whisper the name of the sleeping dog into my ear, and once named
You'll watch the self confident leader, whom I've groomed myself to be
Tame that little critter to switch tracks from barking to eating out of my hand
Everyone's health changed for the better, and since
Certain strains of flu are known to cause misery to hang
Around for quite a spell, while, luckily, this one did not
We're already laughing at so many adults, lining up in wait to
Bow head in worship of the porcelain God on bended knee
In case you're wondering why children weren't included in
The sentence, penned above, that's because they've not yet
Developed the awareness to sense when self control must be
Summoned, on the spot, to reign supreme over irritants that stimulate
Our bodies' natural bent toward reactiveness, suggesting
That couches, carpets, as well as adults, who love these three, little
Munchkins found themselves covered in ... Whoops! TMI, right?
Anyway, it didn't take long before common sense saw fit to
Hand pots to Tony and Ray, who'd been the first to
Demonstrate obvious signs of physical distress ...
As to Ravi (who, needless to say, felt clingy each time
Her tummy rebelled from the invasion of this bug), we kept
The sand bucket, which she funnily places over her head, handy in
Hopes of saving ourselves from repeatedly ... Uh ...
Need I go on or are you getting the technicolored picture?
Fortunately, fate smiled in my direction in that my immune system
Staunchly staved off that bug from invading the state of my good health
However, I didn't have the time or inclination to pen a new post ...
On the other hand, my power of intuition did manage to slip
A few new insights into Post 1373 57's, and since my intuitive voice feels
Every bit as as eager to speak to your conscious awareness as it proved
Eager to bend my ear, those insights await your decision to spend
Several moments of your valuable time reviewing that post ... or not
As for me, a day filled with healthy family fun awaits ... And
In addition to feeling thankful for such a quick turnaround, I also
Give thanks for every intuitive train of thought that has coached
My conscious mind to choose to spend the time that's required to train
My brain's defense system to relax in the midst of chaos, freeing
My think tank to naturally expand my sights to summon
My intuitive powers whenever my conscious awareness finds itself
In need of positively focused trains of thought, which charm my spirit into
Dancing as openly, joyfully and naturally as is true, right now
In other words, no more stressing subconsciously, unconsciously, thus
Wasting valuable time waiting, anxiously, for the other shoe to
Drop on the head of a sleeping dog for me! No siree!
When anxiety strikes too high to match the situation at hand
You'll watch me self soothe till a mindful sense of relaxation coaxes
Intuition to whisper the name of the sleeping dog into my ear, and once named
You'll watch the self confident leader, whom I've groomed myself to be
Tame that little critter to switch tracks from barking to eating out of my hand
Sunday, August 21, 2016
1373 58H's WHAT A DAY!!
My perspective of life improves in magical ways each time my
Absorption of positive focus experiences sound reason to deepen
And if, as our future unfolds, you choose to continue to
Ride sidekick while I continue to post then you'll 'see' why
My smarts are determined to work at naming and taming
'Sleeping dogs', which would, otherwise, upon reawakening
Remain empowered to claim the subconscious portion of my brain as
Their personal domaine, and since I find that situation unacceptable
My think tank will brainstorm to shorten their reign of terror while
Your think tank observes my brain's clearly enhanced sense of
Intuitive thought guiding my conscious mind toward creating
This change for the better, sooner rather than later:
Whenever I feel blindsided by a situation that ignites
An unexamined hot spot to flare, catalyzing one of my sleeping dogs to
Reawaken, feeling so rudely prodded by a sharply probing, red hot poker
As to be provoked to bark so loud for so long that I can't think to
Save my own life! yo u'll see my positively focused attitude rise up to
Reign supreme over instinctive defensive reactiveness, so that
My self confident sense of well practiced, intuitive thought can guide
My conscious mind to calm my defense system before low levels of
Anxiety spike so high as to strike my think tank incapable of
Brainstorming on the spot, and if over time, my memory consistently
Remembers to put that positively focused plan into action before
My adrenal glands are stimulated to pump an over-production of
Adrenalin racing through my bloodstream (limiting my brain's
Decision-maker to three choices (fight, flee or freeze) then, over time
You'll watch my thought processor grow ever more practiced at employing
Absorption of positive focus experiences sound reason to deepen
And if, as our future unfolds, you choose to continue to
Ride sidekick while I continue to post then you'll 'see' why
My smarts are determined to work at naming and taming
'Sleeping dogs', which would, otherwise, upon reawakening
Remain empowered to claim the subconscious portion of my brain as
Their personal domaine, and since I find that situation unacceptable
My think tank will brainstorm to shorten their reign of terror while
Your think tank observes my brain's clearly enhanced sense of
Intuitive thought guiding my conscious mind toward creating
This change for the better, sooner rather than later:
Whenever I feel blindsided by a situation that ignites
An unexamined hot spot to flare, catalyzing one of my sleeping dogs to
Reawaken, feeling so rudely prodded by a sharply probing, red hot poker
As to be provoked to bark so loud for so long that I can't think to
Save my own life! yo u'll see my positively focused attitude rise up to
Reign supreme over instinctive defensive reactiveness, so that
My self confident sense of well practiced, intuitive thought can guide
My conscious mind to calm my defense system before low levels of
Anxiety spike so high as to strike my think tank incapable of
Brainstorming on the spot, and if over time, my memory consistently
Remembers to put that positively focused plan into action before
My adrenal glands are stimulated to pump an over-production of
Adrenalin racing through my bloodstream (limiting my brain's
Decision-maker to three choices (fight, flee or freeze) then, over time
You'll watch my thought processor grow ever more practiced at employing
My brain's potential to mindfully control my body's natural
Reactiveness to stress by repatterning this change for the better:
I'll work consciously to pattern my brain to call forth self-control to
Minimize anxious reactivity until I've trained sleeping dogs to
Stop acting as if they've never heard: 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you!'
Nuff said for today. This train of thought will be continued, tomorrow
Why?
Will has the flu
Barry has the flu
Reactiveness to stress by repatterning this change for the better:
I'll work consciously to pattern my brain to call forth self-control to
Minimize anxious reactivity until I've trained sleeping dogs to
Stop acting as if they've never heard: 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you!'
Nuff said for today. This train of thought will be continued, tomorrow
Why?
Will has the flu
Barry has the flu
Steven has the flu
Tony has the flu
Corey has the flute
Ravi has the flu
Yes, all eleven of us have been enjoying a stay-cation, together
And since this flu bug, which has rudely barged in, uninvited, is
Intestinal in nature, I'll let your intuition tune into
Answering these next two riddles:
Tony has the flu
Corey has the flute
Ravi has the flu
Yes, all eleven of us have been enjoying a stay-cation, together
And since this flu bug, which has rudely barged in, uninvited, is
Intestinal in nature, I'll let your intuition tune into
Answering these next two riddles:
Can you guess what is meant when I say that my family
Is experiencing intestinal distress at both ends?
Can you guess whose positive focus is too busy to write? Oy!
Oh wait! Before I cook up chicken soup with noodles, served
With a smile, here's one last riddle for your noodle to consider:
If attitude is everything but you can't tell when your attitude
Flips into defensive mode (where naught is gained but pain), then
How can you expect to consciously calm your think tank on
The spot so as to consciously switch tracks from anxiety, rising, to
Intuition, ladened with insight, calming your thought processor's agility to
Effect change for the better by focusing wholly on the positive? For example:
We're all, together, and hopefully, this bug will prove short lived
(Comment box not battling flu bug, hungering for chicken
Soup, laden with strings of insight that soothe the soul)
Is experiencing intestinal distress at both ends?
Can you guess whose positive focus is too busy to write? Oy!
Oh wait! Before I cook up chicken soup with noodles, served
With a smile, here's one last riddle for your noodle to consider:
If attitude is everything but you can't tell when your attitude
Flips into defensive mode (where naught is gained but pain), then
How can you expect to consciously calm your think tank on
The spot so as to consciously switch tracks from anxiety, rising, to
Intuition, ladened with insight, calming your thought processor's agility to
Effect change for the better by focusing wholly on the positive? For example:
We're all, together, and hopefully, this bug will prove short lived
(Comment box not battling flu bug, hungering for chicken
Soup, laden with strings of insight that soothe the soul)
Saturday, August 20, 2016
1373 57H's YUP! STILL HAPPENING!
Over night, my mind"s eye squeezed out
Another drop of insight, which enriched yesterday's musings
So, please check out post 1373 55H's
PS
Whoops!
I just noticed that post 1373 54H's was misplaced in drafts
Perhaps I was interrupted while editing ...
To tell the truth, I can't remember what happened, and
I'm not planning to review that post, anytime soon, so if
You choose to backtrack, I can't say that every line penned
Will prove so clearly written as be easily understood ...
On the other hand, that post is so rich in insight as to be
Worthy of contemplation, whether or not wrinkles of
Mental complexity may be in need of ironing out
Friday, August 19, 2016
1373 56H's THANK GOODNESS! IT'S STILL HAPPENING!
Thank goodness - it's still happening!
Awakening to find that, yet again, I've gained
Mental enrichment with no pain!
I love when that happens!
Hey! Wouldn't it be great if, having developed
A heightened degree of confidence in
EMDR, coaxing my brain to heal itself from PTSD
I've mastered the courage, patience and self discipline to
Name and tame so many sleeping dogs, whose
Bark has proven worse than their bite, that hot spots of
Subconscious pain have cooled down, suggesting
The reason why my defense system is less apt to alert
My adrenals to pump adrenalin into my blood stream in
Fearful readiness to fight for my life, and
And if you ask why I'm hoping that's true, I'd reply:
I awoke, this morning, drawn to review Post 1373 54H's, and by now, it comes as no surprise that trains of thought, added to Wednesday's musings, ignited additional insights, which enhanced my conscious awareness, concerning resolving inner conflict, by spotlighting this fact: Defensive attitudes, subconsciously repressed, during childhood, must be addressed before we can hope to 'hear' intuition coaxing us to switch tracks from unproductive thought patterns (based in unconscious fear) toward consciously adopting positively focused patterns of thought, which, being based in objectivity, resolve inner conflicts, concerning our self worth. Once our sense of self worth feels deeply secured, defensive reactivity relaxes, and thus do our minds open to offer our comfort zones added space to embrace creative ideas, which, in the past had aroused subconscious defensiveness to pump so much adrenalin into our blood streams that hot headedness tackled our brainstorming smarts to the mat ...
Awakening to find that, yet again, I've gained
Mental enrichment with no pain!
I love when that happens!
Hey! Wouldn't it be great if, having developed
A heightened degree of confidence in
EMDR, coaxing my brain to heal itself from PTSD
I've mastered the courage, patience and self discipline to
Name and tame so many sleeping dogs, whose
Bark has proven worse than their bite, that hot spots of
Subconscious pain have cooled down, suggesting
The reason why my defense system is less apt to alert
My adrenals to pump adrenalin into my blood stream in
Fearful readiness to fight for my life, and
And if you ask why I'm hoping that's true, I'd reply:
I awoke, this morning, drawn to review Post 1373 54H's, and by now, it comes as no surprise that trains of thought, added to Wednesday's musings, ignited additional insights, which enhanced my conscious awareness, concerning resolving inner conflict, by spotlighting this fact: Defensive attitudes, subconsciously repressed, during childhood, must be addressed before we can hope to 'hear' intuition coaxing us to switch tracks from unproductive thought patterns (based in unconscious fear) toward consciously adopting positively focused patterns of thought, which, being based in objectivity, resolve inner conflicts, concerning our self worth. Once our sense of self worth feels deeply secured, defensive reactivity relaxes, and thus do our minds open to offer our comfort zones added space to embrace creative ideas, which, in the past had aroused subconscious defensiveness to pump so much adrenalin into our blood streams that hot headedness tackled our brainstorming smarts to the mat ...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
1373 55H's THE EXAMINED LIFE AND CURRENT WORRIES ...
So, why is it important to note that we're all born with
The potential to develop our innate power of intuition?
Individuals, who listen, attentively, for
Those times when their little voice of intuition
Conflicts with their louder voice of anxiety (Which
Being based in fear, arouses our survival instinct, which
In turn, runs interference with our thought processor's
Innate potential to brainstorm effectively toward resolving
Complex conflicts with clarity) will, eventually, hear
Creativity whispering simple solutions into their ear to which
Fear remains deaf for this reason: Once fear alerts our
Survival instinct to kick in, adrenalin production stimulates
Our brains to choose amongst three choices: fight, flee or freeze
In fearful mode our brains also become blind to
Each person's need to develop the depths of mindful agility to
Envision bigger pictures, which fear's darkened view of reality
Cannot 'see' for this reason: Undisciplined fear (submerged
And repressed in its unprocessed state, during childhood, focuses
Even the most deeply contemplative minds toward
Attitudes of defensiveness, which disrupt our ability to
Conscientiously and constructively control subconscious
Anxiety from running rampant, wild and free, so not until
We train our conscious minds to grow ever more adept at
Standing steadily behind our line of emotional self control
(Most especially at times when sleeping dogs, awakening
Subconsciously, pounce out, growling menacingly) will we
Grow to feel courageously, patiently and soulfully
Blessed with the emergence of intuitive trains of thoughts, which
Brighten our brainstorming, problem-solving sessions with
The natural gift of insight, emerging so clearly from
Deep within our souls as to 'magically' draw forth
A technicolored vision of a bigger picture that, 'seen'
Through the eyes of fear, had seemingly felt black or white
A word to the wise:
Before the magic, inherent within your mind, can experience
Sound reason to switch tracks from defensive attitudes toward
Freely streaming insights, guess what needs to be named and tamed?
Subconscious defensiveness born of unprocessed fear!
Sheesh! Hopefully, your think tank is beginning to
'See and hear' how sincerely my think tank is 'speaking'
To yours, in post after post, concerning this fact:
The more we work to absorb an ever deepening understanding of
The complex functions of the human brain, the better equipped
Our solution-seeking, deeply contemplative thought processors will
Feel whenever each of us comes face to face with
The classic nature of life's greatest challenges ...
Though it's a given that I've set my sights on living
The examined life, which, ultimately leads
A deeply contemplative mind to quest ever more
Intuitively toward effecting change for the better by
Highlighting a wide spectrum of choices, thus
Expanding my sights toward considering needs, all around
l've also experienced sound reason to 'see' why
Achieving change for the better does not equate with
Living stress free, and if that statement inspires you to ask:
Well, if working toward effecting change can prove as painful
As you've portrayed and if achieving change for the better
Does not equate with living anxiety-free then
Why not save yourself from experiencing added stress, born of
Diving ever more deeply into the dark side of your psyche, by
Not striving to release scary secrets, festering subconsciously
As in; 'Let sleeping dogs lie'?
Since astute questions deserve carefully considered replies
Here comes an insight-driven answer that feels eager to trip off
The tip of my tongue: Whenever I walk, blindly, into a situation
Where fate waits to push one of my subconscious buttons, thus
Igniting one of my hot spots to flare, sleeping dogs
Reawaken in this way: As soon as anything arouses
An unprocessed hot spot to reignite, yesteryear's unresolved anxiety
Leaps out from deep within my psyche so unexpectedly as to
Bite into my unidentified vulnerabilities with the same
Painful degree of ferocity as had been true, during childhood, when
PTSD (born of unprocessed terror) had flash frozen
My natural sense of solution-seeking resourcefulness behind
My wall of defensive denial, where some of those sleeping dogs may
Still be empowered, today, to leap out of subconscious
Repression in such an unrestrained manner as to knock
My connection to common sense unconscious each time
Fate probes too deeply into one of my hot spots ... unless
My recently restrengthened thought processor alerts
My defense system to take a much needed time out on the spot, thus
Empowering my recently enhanced listening skills to await
The emergence of my intuitive powers, which
With my peaceful sense of patience intact, will naturally
Assume control over my whole think tank by turning down
The volume on fear-based thoughts in favor of guiding
My conscious mind to take charge of a potentially
Painful situation by coaxing my self confidence to
Master the courage necessary to steady my newfound
Sense of wholeness to tame those unprocessed
Sleeping dogs until I come to realize that
Their bark is truly worse than their bite, and each time
My sense of wholeness holds fast to intuitive trains of
Thought, tunneling ever more deeply through yesteryear's
Unprocessed emotional turmoil until, lo and behold, insight
Shines a spotlight upon yet another missing detail, which
Having surfaced, awakens my conscious mind's compelling
Need to add newly emergent strings of insight that hold forth yet
Another missing piece to the puzzle, and thus is my brain
Empowered to heal the wounded portions of
My thought processor by fleshing in the most
Painfully repressed aspects of the bigger picture of my life until
The conscious portion of my thought processor, brightened by
Spotlights of interrelated strings of insight shedding light
Upon the primary source of yesteryear's flash frozen
Deeply repressed and thus unprocessed pain, has
Wholly exhumed, re-experienced and expunged
Yesteryear's fear by immersing my sense of wholeness within
Such a courageously, highly productive, utterly sensory
Meltdown as to free all of me to gain entrance into the magical
Kingdom where insight, born of positively focused
Energy, carried by intuitive thought waves tunneling toward
The surface of conscious awareness, empowers
My growing sense of self confidence to tame
Sleeping dogs, which, upon awakening from
Evil spells, once and for all, no longer feel so inflamed as to
Bite so deeply into my smarts as to turn my think tank to toast
WHEW!
Bottom line, my attentiveness to intuition, whispering
Patiently and repeatedly: KnowThyselfInDepth, into
My open, less fearful ear, has, over time, catalyzed
Today's string of insight into change for the better to
Find its way into this post, freeing my think tank to
Listen ever more astutely for those times when
My little voice of intuitive thought is making
More sense than my voice of fear, barking of
Imminent disaster into my ear, suggesting why
My natural connection to anxious reactivity lessens
In direct proportion to the consistency with which
My sense of wholeness gains insight into 'seeing' why
The barks of those dogs prove worse than their bite, and as
My listening skills continue to improve, inner conflicts (between
Positively focused, intuitive trains of thought power struggling
With negatively focused, fear-based thoughts)
Tend to resolve so quickly as to empower my self confidence
With sound reason to deepen over time, and hopefully, having
Fleshed in this picture (so you can 'see' what happens
When fate pokes at subconscious hotspots, inflaming
Sleeping dogs to reawaken), you can also 'see' why
I've chosen to grow ever more attentive to those times when
When the power of intuition awakens me, feeling eager to
Pen insights first thing, each morning, after
Intuitive trains of thought have spent the night
Tunneling in search of insights that pinpoint and disarm
One subconscious hot spot after another, which
Left in its unprocessed state, would otherwise continue to
Burn my smarts to a crisp, sooo, in order to stop
Negatively focused cycles from scaring my thought processor
Senseless, my conscious awareness has had need to grow
So self empowered as to tolerate the proverbial pain that
Precedes gains in mental agility, which clearly absorbs
Life changing insights more quickly than had been possible
When denial of subconscious fears had rendered
My conscious mind hearing-impaired no matter how often
Intuition had implored my smarts to bypass skepticism in
Favor of taking a leap of faith toward embracing
The magic inherent in positive thinking whenever
Brainstorming toward effective conflict resolution proves
So complex as to confound the brightest brains around
And since I can feel my processor needing to pull into the next
Rest station, I'll wrap up for today by serving you
One last tasty question as food for intuitive thought:
In case you're still feeling skeptical (really?) about your
Potential to tap into the magical power of positively focused
Insight, which proves every bit as intuitively accessible within
Your processor as is true of mine then please tune in tomorrow, when
My think tank will roll up its sleeves and offer yours
The proof of the pudding, which will surely open your eyes to
'Seeing' why today's conscious stream of intuitive thought is on target ...
The potential to develop our innate power of intuition?
Individuals, who listen, attentively, for
Those times when their little voice of intuition
Conflicts with their louder voice of anxiety (Which
Being based in fear, arouses our survival instinct, which
In turn, runs interference with our thought processor's
Innate potential to brainstorm effectively toward resolving
Complex conflicts with clarity) will, eventually, hear
Creativity whispering simple solutions into their ear to which
Fear remains deaf for this reason: Once fear alerts our
Survival instinct to kick in, adrenalin production stimulates
Our brains to choose amongst three choices: fight, flee or freeze
In fearful mode our brains also become blind to
Each person's need to develop the depths of mindful agility to
Envision bigger pictures, which fear's darkened view of reality
Cannot 'see' for this reason: Undisciplined fear (submerged
And repressed in its unprocessed state, during childhood, focuses
Even the most deeply contemplative minds toward
Attitudes of defensiveness, which disrupt our ability to
Conscientiously and constructively control subconscious
Anxiety from running rampant, wild and free, so not until
We train our conscious minds to grow ever more adept at
Standing steadily behind our line of emotional self control
(Most especially at times when sleeping dogs, awakening
Subconsciously, pounce out, growling menacingly) will we
Grow to feel courageously, patiently and soulfully
Blessed with the emergence of intuitive trains of thoughts, which
Brighten our brainstorming, problem-solving sessions with
The natural gift of insight, emerging so clearly from
Deep within our souls as to 'magically' draw forth
A technicolored vision of a bigger picture that, 'seen'
Through the eyes of fear, had seemingly felt black or white
A word to the wise:
Before the magic, inherent within your mind, can experience
Sound reason to switch tracks from defensive attitudes toward
Freely streaming insights, guess what needs to be named and tamed?
Subconscious defensiveness born of unprocessed fear!
Sheesh! Hopefully, your think tank is beginning to
'See and hear' how sincerely my think tank is 'speaking'
To yours, in post after post, concerning this fact:
The more we work to absorb an ever deepening understanding of
The complex functions of the human brain, the better equipped
Our solution-seeking, deeply contemplative thought processors will
Feel whenever each of us comes face to face with
The classic nature of life's greatest challenges ...
Though it's a given that I've set my sights on living
The examined life, which, ultimately leads
A deeply contemplative mind to quest ever more
Intuitively toward effecting change for the better by
Highlighting a wide spectrum of choices, thus
Expanding my sights toward considering needs, all around
l've also experienced sound reason to 'see' why
Achieving change for the better does not equate with
Living stress free, and if that statement inspires you to ask:
Well, if working toward effecting change can prove as painful
As you've portrayed and if achieving change for the better
Does not equate with living anxiety-free then
Why not save yourself from experiencing added stress, born of
Diving ever more deeply into the dark side of your psyche, by
Not striving to release scary secrets, festering subconsciously
As in; 'Let sleeping dogs lie'?
Since astute questions deserve carefully considered replies
Here comes an insight-driven answer that feels eager to trip off
The tip of my tongue: Whenever I walk, blindly, into a situation
Where fate waits to push one of my subconscious buttons, thus
Igniting one of my hot spots to flare, sleeping dogs
Reawaken in this way: As soon as anything arouses
An unprocessed hot spot to reignite, yesteryear's unresolved anxiety
Leaps out from deep within my psyche so unexpectedly as to
Bite into my unidentified vulnerabilities with the same
Painful degree of ferocity as had been true, during childhood, when
PTSD (born of unprocessed terror) had flash frozen
My natural sense of solution-seeking resourcefulness behind
My wall of defensive denial, where some of those sleeping dogs may
Still be empowered, today, to leap out of subconscious
Repression in such an unrestrained manner as to knock
My connection to common sense unconscious each time
Fate probes too deeply into one of my hot spots ... unless
My recently restrengthened thought processor alerts
My defense system to take a much needed time out on the spot, thus
Empowering my recently enhanced listening skills to await
The emergence of my intuitive powers, which
With my peaceful sense of patience intact, will naturally
Assume control over my whole think tank by turning down
The volume on fear-based thoughts in favor of guiding
My conscious mind to take charge of a potentially
Painful situation by coaxing my self confidence to
Master the courage necessary to steady my newfound
Sense of wholeness to tame those unprocessed
Sleeping dogs until I come to realize that
Their bark is truly worse than their bite, and each time
My sense of wholeness holds fast to intuitive trains of
Thought, tunneling ever more deeply through yesteryear's
Unprocessed emotional turmoil until, lo and behold, insight
Shines a spotlight upon yet another missing detail, which
Having surfaced, awakens my conscious mind's compelling
Need to add newly emergent strings of insight that hold forth yet
Another missing piece to the puzzle, and thus is my brain
Empowered to heal the wounded portions of
My thought processor by fleshing in the most
Painfully repressed aspects of the bigger picture of my life until
The conscious portion of my thought processor, brightened by
Spotlights of interrelated strings of insight shedding light
Upon the primary source of yesteryear's flash frozen
Deeply repressed and thus unprocessed pain, has
Wholly exhumed, re-experienced and expunged
Yesteryear's fear by immersing my sense of wholeness within
Such a courageously, highly productive, utterly sensory
Meltdown as to free all of me to gain entrance into the magical
Kingdom where insight, born of positively focused
Energy, carried by intuitive thought waves tunneling toward
The surface of conscious awareness, empowers
My growing sense of self confidence to tame
Sleeping dogs, which, upon awakening from
Evil spells, once and for all, no longer feel so inflamed as to
Bite so deeply into my smarts as to turn my think tank to toast
WHEW!
Bottom line, my attentiveness to intuition, whispering
Patiently and repeatedly: KnowThyselfInDepth, into
My open, less fearful ear, has, over time, catalyzed
Today's string of insight into change for the better to
Find its way into this post, freeing my think tank to
Listen ever more astutely for those times when
My little voice of intuitive thought is making
More sense than my voice of fear, barking of
Imminent disaster into my ear, suggesting why
My natural connection to anxious reactivity lessens
In direct proportion to the consistency with which
My sense of wholeness gains insight into 'seeing' why
The barks of those dogs prove worse than their bite, and as
My listening skills continue to improve, inner conflicts (between
Positively focused, intuitive trains of thought power struggling
With negatively focused, fear-based thoughts)
Tend to resolve so quickly as to empower my self confidence
With sound reason to deepen over time, and hopefully, having
Fleshed in this picture (so you can 'see' what happens
When fate pokes at subconscious hotspots, inflaming
Sleeping dogs to reawaken), you can also 'see' why
I've chosen to grow ever more attentive to those times when
When the power of intuition awakens me, feeling eager to
Pen insights first thing, each morning, after
Intuitive trains of thought have spent the night
Tunneling in search of insights that pinpoint and disarm
One subconscious hot spot after another, which
Left in its unprocessed state, would otherwise continue to
Burn my smarts to a crisp, sooo, in order to stop
Negatively focused cycles from scaring my thought processor
Senseless, my conscious awareness has had need to grow
So self empowered as to tolerate the proverbial pain that
Precedes gains in mental agility, which clearly absorbs
Life changing insights more quickly than had been possible
When denial of subconscious fears had rendered
My conscious mind hearing-impaired no matter how often
Intuition had implored my smarts to bypass skepticism in
Favor of taking a leap of faith toward embracing
The magic inherent in positive thinking whenever
Brainstorming toward effective conflict resolution proves
So complex as to confound the brightest brains around
And since I can feel my processor needing to pull into the next
Rest station, I'll wrap up for today by serving you
One last tasty question as food for intuitive thought:
In case you're still feeling skeptical (really?) about your
Potential to tap into the magical power of positively focused
Insight, which proves every bit as intuitively accessible within
Your processor as is true of mine then please tune in tomorrow, when
My think tank will roll up its sleeves and offer yours
The proof of the pudding, which will surely open your eyes to
'Seeing' why today's conscious stream of intuitive thought is on target ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
1373 54H's LET'S BID A WARM WELCOME TO MYANMAR
Hooray! Let's bid a warm welcome to
The person in Myanmar (Burma), who has
Chosen to connect with our concert of countries
Hopefully, you'll find the musings of my mind's eye
To have grown so rich in substance as to stimulate
Your curiosity to stick around for quite awhile ...
The person in Myanmar (Burma), who has
Chosen to connect with our concert of countries
Hopefully, you'll find the musings of my mind's eye
To have grown so rich in substance as to stimulate
Your curiosity to stick around for quite awhile ...
Monday, August 15, 2016
1373 53H's THIS CURRENT STRING OF INSIGHTS JUST WON'T QUIT!
This morning, additional strings of insight insisted on surging into yesterday's post, so rather than asking you to back track, I've decided to copy those insights (differentiating between reading for mental comprehension and reading toward memory absorption), right here. And as my power of intuition is suggesting that that string of insights is about to grow even greater in length, let's see what kernels are hot to pop out of my mind once yesterday's insights have lined up:
Whereas reading for mental comprehension is good, directing our think tanks to concentrate ever more deeply upon memory absorption betters our chance of effecting long lasting change for the better as the future unfolds. And here's why that's true:
In hopes of working together, effectively, toward creating change for the better, our minds have need to focus on identifying negativity, lurking behind walls of denial in readiness to leap out and sabatoge a plan, which left in its pristine state, would have lifted our spirits by seriously considering everyone's needs.
Left in an unidentified state, that raw spot of negativity will continue to blind our think tanks from conceptualizing the importance of expanding our sights if we hope to grow so objective as to contribute in some small but meaningful way to improving the sorry state of our world.
I have a dream that, one day, millions of adults will consciously encourage millions of children, throughout the world, to absorb positively focused, solution-seeking attitudes.
I have a dream that someone will feel inspired to work toward coaxing adults, throughout the world, to freely shore up their potential to hone in on intuitive thought, thus inspiring children in home after home, to grow up to be our next generation's leaders, who, having followed in the footsteps of their role models, will work to develop their intuitive powers, thus inspiring successive generations of offspring to work, ever more cooperatively, toward improving their own little corners of the world. And if you ask how effecting cooperative attitudes in home after home will, eventually, edify change for the better on a world wide basis, I'd reply: Positively focused patterns of thought, absorbed in home after home, will accompany each next generation, everywhere they go.
By sharing my dream for the future as well as my diving adventures with each of you, I hope to light a fire under a grassroots movement that will inspire more people than I could ever hope to meet, over my lifetime, to seriously consider the importance of absorbing strings of insight, which, having filtered through my wall of denial, exemplify intuitive trains of thought, tunneling, successfully, further and further, into the dark side of my psyche until deeper truths emerge, directing my conscious mind to freely and clearly expose and exonerate my own negatively focused, guilt-ridden attitudes, which left to fester subconsciously, had darken my view of life more than I'd realized until the magic of positive focus began to brighten my conscious perspective just as magically as sunrise transforms the dark of night into a brightly lit world where a person's adventurous spirit is more likely to feel inclined to rekindle a childlike sense of wonderment that stimulates our curiosity to eagerly explore and naturally embrace the dawning of every brand, new day ... And if today's train of thought has not yet inspired your spirit to muster the courage to expunge subconscious cells of negativity by consciously questing ever more deeply into your psyche ... well ... my positively focused, never give up attitude will not give up mustering the patience and courage necessary to motivate my conscious awareness to continue to work, resourcefully, toward achieving a long range goal that proves so worthwhile as to save those who populate our world from unwittingly burning my solution-seeking efforts to a crip within the inferno-like emotional chaos, generated by negatively focused points of view.
Though it's true that at this late stage of my life, I can't do more than post this blog in hopes of encouraging those of you, whom I'll not have the pleasure of meeting, to freely disassemble layers of your defensive walls, I can ensure that my defense system does not stealthily go behind my back, reconstructing a wall that divides my think tank into two dueling camps, which would re-establish the divisive sense of inner conflict that had needled my peace of mind until the spirit of Socrates, spying my think tank spewing blood, sweat and tears, began to swoop down from on high in hopes of encouraging my never-give-up spirit to tune into my intuitive smarts, thus focusing my mental concentration upon identifying and resolving my internal conflicts rather than mistakenly focusing my mental acuity upon dissecting whatever subconscious turmoil is disrupting the other guy's brain from courageously approaching brainstorming sessions in an emotionally intelligent, positively focused, well balanced fashion.
In short, every person on planet Earth, no matter our creed, color, nationality, religious affiliation, political party, age or gender, has much to gain from the mindful absorption of insights, concerning our need to seek solutions in a consistently cooperative, positively focused, well balanced manner, and once today's stream of insights has been mentally absorbed by my think tank, that's when I'll expect my power of intuitive thought to empower my thought processor's growing sense of wholeness to move forward, ...
Whereas reading for mental comprehension is good, directing our think tanks to concentrate ever more deeply upon memory absorption betters our chance of effecting long lasting change for the better as the future unfolds. And here's why that's true:
In hopes of working together, effectively, toward creating change for the better, our minds have need to focus on identifying negativity, lurking behind walls of denial in readiness to leap out and sabatoge a plan, which left in its pristine state, would have lifted our spirits by seriously considering everyone's needs.
Left in an unidentified state, that raw spot of negativity will continue to blind our think tanks from conceptualizing the importance of expanding our sights if we hope to grow so objective as to contribute in some small but meaningful way to improving the sorry state of our world.
I have a dream that, one day, millions of adults will consciously encourage millions of children, throughout the world, to absorb positively focused, solution-seeking attitudes.
I have a dream that someone will feel inspired to work toward coaxing adults, throughout the world, to freely shore up their potential to hone in on intuitive thought, thus inspiring children in home after home, to grow up to be our next generation's leaders, who, having followed in the footsteps of their role models, will work to develop their intuitive powers, thus inspiring successive generations of offspring to work, ever more cooperatively, toward improving their own little corners of the world. And if you ask how effecting cooperative attitudes in home after home will, eventually, edify change for the better on a world wide basis, I'd reply: Positively focused patterns of thought, absorbed in home after home, will accompany each next generation, everywhere they go.
By sharing my dream for the future as well as my diving adventures with each of you, I hope to light a fire under a grassroots movement that will inspire more people than I could ever hope to meet, over my lifetime, to seriously consider the importance of absorbing strings of insight, which, having filtered through my wall of denial, exemplify intuitive trains of thought, tunneling, successfully, further and further, into the dark side of my psyche until deeper truths emerge, directing my conscious mind to freely and clearly expose and exonerate my own negatively focused, guilt-ridden attitudes, which left to fester subconsciously, had darken my view of life more than I'd realized until the magic of positive focus began to brighten my conscious perspective just as magically as sunrise transforms the dark of night into a brightly lit world where a person's adventurous spirit is more likely to feel inclined to rekindle a childlike sense of wonderment that stimulates our curiosity to eagerly explore and naturally embrace the dawning of every brand, new day ... And if today's train of thought has not yet inspired your spirit to muster the courage to expunge subconscious cells of negativity by consciously questing ever more deeply into your psyche ... well ... my positively focused, never give up attitude will not give up mustering the patience and courage necessary to motivate my conscious awareness to continue to work, resourcefully, toward achieving a long range goal that proves so worthwhile as to save those who populate our world from unwittingly burning my solution-seeking efforts to a crip within the inferno-like emotional chaos, generated by negatively focused points of view.
Though it's true that at this late stage of my life, I can't do more than post this blog in hopes of encouraging those of you, whom I'll not have the pleasure of meeting, to freely disassemble layers of your defensive walls, I can ensure that my defense system does not stealthily go behind my back, reconstructing a wall that divides my think tank into two dueling camps, which would re-establish the divisive sense of inner conflict that had needled my peace of mind until the spirit of Socrates, spying my think tank spewing blood, sweat and tears, began to swoop down from on high in hopes of encouraging my never-give-up spirit to tune into my intuitive smarts, thus focusing my mental concentration upon identifying and resolving my internal conflicts rather than mistakenly focusing my mental acuity upon dissecting whatever subconscious turmoil is disrupting the other guy's brain from courageously approaching brainstorming sessions in an emotionally intelligent, positively focused, well balanced fashion.
In short, every person on planet Earth, no matter our creed, color, nationality, religious affiliation, political party, age or gender, has much to gain from the mindful absorption of insights, concerning our need to seek solutions in a consistently cooperative, positively focused, well balanced manner, and once today's stream of insights has been mentally absorbed by my think tank, that's when I'll expect my power of intuitive thought to empower my thought processor's growing sense of wholeness to move forward, ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016
1373 52H's A SUPER HERO APPEARS, SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE!
If you'd like to meet the resident super hero, who has come to feel right at home inside my head, please muster the patience to reread post 1373 50H's, at least one more time, and you'll see how the power of X-ray vision saves me from harboring deeply buried, negatively focused trains of thought that would otherwise run wild, from time to time, clouding my sense of clarity from viewing the sum of my character traits in an objective and thus, well balanced fashion ...
If, upon your first reading of post 1373 50H's, my resident super hero appeared right before your eyes then a second reading isn't necessary ... unless you're aiming to deepen your thought processor's absorption of strings of insight, spotlighting the super power of X-ray vision, highlighted within my think tank's complex train of thought for this reason:
Whereas reading for comprehension is one level of thought, processing through conscious awareness; directing your think tank to concentrate on mental absorption, increases your chances of creating change for the better on permanent basis as your future unfolds. And by working, together, in hopes of creating change for the better on a world-wide basis, we can effect the step-by-step transformation of attitudes, which had been based in fearful negativity by encouraging millions of children to adopt positively focused attitudes, based in knowledgable research, which is why intuitive thought compels my think tank to post whatever my personal quest for knowledge has mustered the courage to acknowledge, concerning baring my vulnerabilities, which being in need of shoring up, will continue to bettering my life, and by sharing my diving adventures with each of you, Its my hope to inspire more brains than I could ever meet to seriously consider and absorb strings of insight that demanded my blood, sweat and tears before each one emerged from deep within my psyche to direct my conscious mind to exonerate my guilt-driven attitudes toward feeling as free and clear of subconscious pain as sunshine transforms the dark of night into the brightly lit, though as yet unloved adventures, offered by each brand new day ...
If, upon your first reading of post 1373 50H's, my resident super hero appeared right before your eyes then a second reading isn't necessary ... unless you're aiming to deepen your thought processor's absorption of strings of insight, spotlighting the super power of X-ray vision, highlighted within my think tank's complex train of thought for this reason:
Whereas reading for comprehension is one level of thought, processing through conscious awareness; directing your think tank to concentrate on mental absorption, increases your chances of creating change for the better on permanent basis as your future unfolds. And by working, together, in hopes of creating change for the better on a world-wide basis, we can effect the step-by-step transformation of attitudes, which had been based in fearful negativity by encouraging millions of children to adopt positively focused attitudes, based in knowledgable research, which is why intuitive thought compels my think tank to post whatever my personal quest for knowledge has mustered the courage to acknowledge, concerning baring my vulnerabilities, which being in need of shoring up, will continue to bettering my life, and by sharing my diving adventures with each of you, Its my hope to inspire more brains than I could ever meet to seriously consider and absorb strings of insight that demanded my blood, sweat and tears before each one emerged from deep within my psyche to direct my conscious mind to exonerate my guilt-driven attitudes toward feeling as free and clear of subconscious pain as sunshine transforms the dark of night into the brightly lit, though as yet unloved adventures, offered by each brand new day ...
Thursday, August 11, 2016
1373 51H's HOW COMPREHENSION OF LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES RELAXES LATENTANXIETY
First things first: In case you wonder why Post 1373 48H's disappeared for a short time, that's because my thought process proved so complex as to have been in serious need of reconstruction, which has not yet been completed for this reason: As recently as this morning, I spied mistakes, made during the editing process, which slipped past my conscious mind while my intuitive powers were streaming new insights into the mix, and though I have no doubt that, some time soon, the teacher in me will feel compelled to correct those mistakes by back tracking through post 1373 48H's, yet again, let's see what my current stream of conscious thought feels like posting, today ...
Though I truly enjoy sharing albums, spotlighting life's pleasures
It's been my intention, all along, to offer you snapshots of
Both sides of my nature for this reason:
Otherwise, how can I hope to express the importance of
Challenging our conscious minds to work toward identifying
Darkly colored perceptions (which are in need of
Though I truly enjoy sharing albums, spotlighting life's pleasures
It's been my intention, all along, to offer you snapshots of
Both sides of my nature for this reason:
Otherwise, how can I hope to express the importance of
Challenging our conscious minds to work toward identifying
Darkly colored perceptions (which are in need of
Change for the better) unless my posts include stories exemplifying
The frequency with which the dark side of my spirit (that
Photos fail to reflect) had influenced my think tank to make
Decisions, which having been fear-driven and thus short-sighted, proved
Unhealthy for my spirit's existential state of individuality, and
Photos fail to reflect) had influenced my think tank to make
Decisions, which having been fear-driven and thus short-sighted, proved
Unhealthy for my spirit's existential state of individuality, and
Having made reference to the fact that clarity depends upon
Objectivity, I feel hopeful that once the contemplative emotionality
Which has occupied the greater portion of my think tank
(Concerning dfficult changes in role reversal to which
Jeremy and Marnie must adjust, since Jeremy's loss of memory
Has catalyzed reason for Marnie to adopt the roles of
Driver and main problem-solving decision maker, as well), settles
Peaceably into file #1 of my memory, the answer to
Our unresolved riddle, concerning opposing values intertwining
Will naturally spring forth from within file #2, suggestive of
My surmising that our memory banks have difficulty
Multi tasking, and with that insight
Brightening
Brightening
My conscious awareness as to why the answer to
Our unresolved riddle has remained suppressed within
File #2, today's awareness has steadied my patience with
This fact, as well: Just as intuitive readiness will pop that answer into
File #1 in its own good time, so will my conscious mind feel naturally empowered
To resume story telling, once my well practiced power of intuitive thought
Gives it the go ahead, too ...
BTW, in case I've not yet expressed insight concerning the reason why intuitive thought, tunneling toward yesteryear's unprocessed fear, caused my body to stiffen, sometimes for weeks, let's imagine my well practiced power of intuition, acting like a super hero, whose X-ray vision can see through defensive walls, where waves of negatively charged tension, which had been captured, anesthetized and buried, alive within a cell of subconscious storage are suddenly stimulated to reawaken, alerting my primal survival instinct to direct my adrenal glands to release such a barrage of adrenalin that this combat force surges through every muscle of my body until every atom, comprising my sense of wholeness (which includes brain, heart, lung and stomach malfunctions) stiffen with anxious readiness while every atom of my mental and physical energy focuses toward tunneling toward penetrating another layer of subconscious denial, where another sleeping slice of reality that had felt too complex (or horrific or wounded) for my inexperienced think tank to process at an earlier time in my life is suddenly revived, today portends to be the perfect time to rectify that omission by clarifying this scientific fact:
At times when our think tanks fail to comprehend a conundrum that proves far too emotionally complex to process with anything resembling clarity, our defense systems save our connection to sanity from descending into a permanent swirling sensation of 'craziness' by submerging the most confounding aspects of emotionality (which had felt too complex to process) within our subconscious memory banks; however, that's not to say that the depths of emotionality, placed in storage, have been 'forgotten' by muscle memory, suggesting why my body 'feels' whatever had been felt each time a 'forgotten' detail (submerged within file #3 of my memory) is in the process of being transported on intuitive thought waves through subterranean tunnels of my mind until the day dawns when that time-traveling detail emerges, generating insight to spotlight bursts of mental clarity, offering my conscious mind reason to process that which had been a puzzling aspect of an earlier experience, and thus does intuitive thought flesh in a situation (which, in its unprocessed state, may have originally been seen as black and white), transforming 'right or wrong' into the technicolored vision of reality, which had felt so magnetic in nature as to have captured my sense of wholeness utterly within its spell while simultaneously tapping into yesteryear's latent anxiety, which, having emerged from subconscious storage in its unprocessed state, haunted my conscious mind with such a heavy sense of undeserved guilt as to have attacked my brain with an escalation of inner conflict that stimulated my spirit's soulful need for peace of mind to quest toward deeper truth, which over time, has mercifully pardoned my think tank from carrying the burden of yesteryear's excess baggage forward, at last. And as day after day, you choose to witness my well practiced power of intuition penning, post after post, in which continuous chains of interconnected insights consistently emerge, highlighting one 'forgotten' detail after another, we come to see the most puzzling pieces of my life, which had challenged my sense of clarity, fit together in ways that ease my soul's peace of mind. WHEW!
File #1 in its own good time, so will my conscious mind feel naturally empowered
To resume story telling, once my well practiced power of intuitive thought
Gives it the go ahead, too ...
BTW, in case I've not yet expressed insight concerning the reason why intuitive thought, tunneling toward yesteryear's unprocessed fear, caused my body to stiffen, sometimes for weeks, let's imagine my well practiced power of intuition, acting like a super hero, whose X-ray vision can see through defensive walls, where waves of negatively charged tension, which had been captured, anesthetized and buried, alive within a cell of subconscious storage are suddenly stimulated to reawaken, alerting my primal survival instinct to direct my adrenal glands to release such a barrage of adrenalin that this combat force surges through every muscle of my body until every atom, comprising my sense of wholeness (which includes brain, heart, lung and stomach malfunctions) stiffen with anxious readiness while every atom of my mental and physical energy focuses toward tunneling toward penetrating another layer of subconscious denial, where another sleeping slice of reality that had felt too complex (or horrific or wounded) for my inexperienced think tank to process at an earlier time in my life is suddenly revived, today portends to be the perfect time to rectify that omission by clarifying this scientific fact:
At times when our think tanks fail to comprehend a conundrum that proves far too emotionally complex to process with anything resembling clarity, our defense systems save our connection to sanity from descending into a permanent swirling sensation of 'craziness' by submerging the most confounding aspects of emotionality (which had felt too complex to process) within our subconscious memory banks; however, that's not to say that the depths of emotionality, placed in storage, have been 'forgotten' by muscle memory, suggesting why my body 'feels' whatever had been felt each time a 'forgotten' detail (submerged within file #3 of my memory) is in the process of being transported on intuitive thought waves through subterranean tunnels of my mind until the day dawns when that time-traveling detail emerges, generating insight to spotlight bursts of mental clarity, offering my conscious mind reason to process that which had been a puzzling aspect of an earlier experience, and thus does intuitive thought flesh in a situation (which, in its unprocessed state, may have originally been seen as black and white), transforming 'right or wrong' into the technicolored vision of reality, which had felt so magnetic in nature as to have captured my sense of wholeness utterly within its spell while simultaneously tapping into yesteryear's latent anxiety, which, having emerged from subconscious storage in its unprocessed state, haunted my conscious mind with such a heavy sense of undeserved guilt as to have attacked my brain with an escalation of inner conflict that stimulated my spirit's soulful need for peace of mind to quest toward deeper truth, which over time, has mercifully pardoned my think tank from carrying the burden of yesteryear's excess baggage forward, at last. And as day after day, you choose to witness my well practiced power of intuition penning, post after post, in which continuous chains of interconnected insights consistently emerge, highlighting one 'forgotten' detail after another, we come to see the most puzzling pieces of my life, which had challenged my sense of clarity, fit together in ways that ease my soul's peace of mind. WHEW!
The first couple of times that the highly complex nature of each of these anxiety-producing, physical reactions stymied my conscious mind, I worried about the state of my brain—thank goodness, worry inspired the teacher in me to research books about emotional intelligence while I also asked countless questions of my therapist, and here is why the information that I absorbed and the answers I received proved exceptionally reassuring: First of all, my anxious reactions were directly related to the cathartic effects of EMDR THERAPY, which stimulates intuitive thought to tunnel ever more naturally into my subconscious storehouse of unprocessed emotionality, and secondly, each bout of high anxiety, which felt most debilitating in the aftermath of a profoundly probing, therapeutic session, indicated that the level of my mental immersion, concerning my growing ability to dive subconsciously into my past in order to retrieve another morsel of clarity, was proving highly successful, over the long run.
Eventually, as an episode of latent anxiety surged to the surface of conscious awareness, my heightened level of comprehension spurred my growing sense of self confidence to reassure my family (and myself) to be patient until the emergence of each next subconsciously 'forgotten' detail (catalyzing escalating anxiety to peak) was fully absorbed by my conscious mind, causing my fear-based, over-production of adrenalin to diminish, naturally. And as my conscious mind came to understand that repairing the portions of my self esteem, injured years ago, depended upon my experiencing periodic attacks of anxiety, each of which was directly associated with healing a portion of my brain from PTSD, every next anxious eruption validated this fact: My engagement with EMDR therapy, which consisted of probing into cells of subconscious fear during intensive brainstorming sessions, had need to take place within a safe emotional environment as provided by a compassionate (non-judgmental) therapist, whose astute guidance led directly toward my making difficult gains in personal growth. And having come to understand that (intuitive) knowledge is power, my conscious mind feels ever more deeply empowered to muster the courage and patience that prove necessary to identify negatively focused attitudes, absorbed by my thought processor, about myself, during childhood ... (DOUBLE WHEW!)
Off the top of my head, that's the best explanation that I can presently offer, clarifying the courageous, patient and energetic work that must be performed by any brain, which, guided to function as a well balanced whole, is working to exorcize 'forgotten' details, stored within file #3, which would, otherwise, continue to leap out in their unprocessed state to devil peace of mind.
AS common knowledge suggests that my physical stiffness had actually reflected muscle memory, we come to see how recent levels of elevated anxiety had reflected yesteryear's fear of a true and 'present' danger, filtering from file #3 into file #1, for this reason: Muscle memory is known to react anxiously, before our think tanks can consciously absorb information that our brains had been unable to process (comprehend) at an earlier time. And in order to tolerate escalating levels of anxiety, our think tanks are charged with developing the courage and patience necessary to feel that which had felt so intolerable as to have been buried alive and 'forgotten'.
As muscle memory remembers that which our conscious awareness represses, you can see why every muscle in my body had tensed up as though in readiness to fight for my life each time intuitive thought threatened to expose subconscious fear to my conscious mind, which had need to shore up a host of mental strengths in order to absorb the haunting nature of fear that emerged each time intuitive thought disassembled another layer of my defensive wall of denial, sooo—whenever the proverbial flood gates opened, releasing intolerable depths of emotional pain, which had remained subconsciously anesthetized, over most of my life, Mother Nature, conferring with my well practiced power of intuition, must have sensed that my inner strengths had consciously shored up to the point of outweighing my vulnerabilities, and with that said ... Oh, wait! I just remembered one more train of thought that has been awaiting release, over these past few days: Will and I just flew home from spending a long weekend with Will's brother (who has been unwell), suggesting why my mind felt too preoccupied with current family matters to probe into file #2, where our unresolved riddle remains lodged.
In truth, upon flying home and unpacking, I'd thought to find the answer to that riddle sliding naturally into file #1, readying itself to trip right off my finger tips and onto our screens; however, we upon unpacking, Sunday evening, we found ourselves planning to enjoy a delightful playdate with Ravi, on Monday, and in addition to thoroughly engaging in that pleasure, my mind can't not contemplate the sadness my heart carried home upon witnessing my brother-in-law's mental and physical decline due to the early stage of Alzheimer's, which had been diagnosed at The Mayo Clinic, during his recent stay in Rochester ...
This photo, taken sometime in July, shows Jeremy, at 79 (who is need of a cane to steady the unevenness of his gait, which is just one of several changes that Will and I observed, taking place within this highly intelligent, retired orthopedic surgeon, whom we love. And the sad fact that Jeremy (standing behind his wife, Marnie) must accept the fact of his waining independence has deepened my appreciation of clarity, even more than before ...
Though it's true that children are for the young, grandparents, whose birthdays continue to add up more quickly than we can believe, can actually feel our spirits re-energizing while engaging in playdates with the very young, because we feel so incredibly blessed each time a small face looks up at our own, smiling so brightly as to spread the warmth of sunshine throughout our little corners of the world, and as smiles, conveying a child's natural exuberance for joyous interaction, prove contagious, every shared adventure seems to be placed before us specifically to delight the hearts of everyone we love ... including our own ...
Eventually, as an episode of latent anxiety surged to the surface of conscious awareness, my heightened level of comprehension spurred my growing sense of self confidence to reassure my family (and myself) to be patient until the emergence of each next subconsciously 'forgotten' detail (catalyzing escalating anxiety to peak) was fully absorbed by my conscious mind, causing my fear-based, over-production of adrenalin to diminish, naturally. And as my conscious mind came to understand that repairing the portions of my self esteem, injured years ago, depended upon my experiencing periodic attacks of anxiety, each of which was directly associated with healing a portion of my brain from PTSD, every next anxious eruption validated this fact: My engagement with EMDR therapy, which consisted of probing into cells of subconscious fear during intensive brainstorming sessions, had need to take place within a safe emotional environment as provided by a compassionate (non-judgmental) therapist, whose astute guidance led directly toward my making difficult gains in personal growth. And having come to understand that (intuitive) knowledge is power, my conscious mind feels ever more deeply empowered to muster the courage and patience that prove necessary to identify negatively focused attitudes, absorbed by my thought processor, about myself, during childhood ... (DOUBLE WHEW!)
Off the top of my head, that's the best explanation that I can presently offer, clarifying the courageous, patient and energetic work that must be performed by any brain, which, guided to function as a well balanced whole, is working to exorcize 'forgotten' details, stored within file #3, which would, otherwise, continue to leap out in their unprocessed state to devil peace of mind.
AS common knowledge suggests that my physical stiffness had actually reflected muscle memory, we come to see how recent levels of elevated anxiety had reflected yesteryear's fear of a true and 'present' danger, filtering from file #3 into file #1, for this reason: Muscle memory is known to react anxiously, before our think tanks can consciously absorb information that our brains had been unable to process (comprehend) at an earlier time. And in order to tolerate escalating levels of anxiety, our think tanks are charged with developing the courage and patience necessary to feel that which had felt so intolerable as to have been buried alive and 'forgotten'.
As muscle memory remembers that which our conscious awareness represses, you can see why every muscle in my body had tensed up as though in readiness to fight for my life each time intuitive thought threatened to expose subconscious fear to my conscious mind, which had need to shore up a host of mental strengths in order to absorb the haunting nature of fear that emerged each time intuitive thought disassembled another layer of my defensive wall of denial, sooo—whenever the proverbial flood gates opened, releasing intolerable depths of emotional pain, which had remained subconsciously anesthetized, over most of my life, Mother Nature, conferring with my well practiced power of intuition, must have sensed that my inner strengths had consciously shored up to the point of outweighing my vulnerabilities, and with that said ... Oh, wait! I just remembered one more train of thought that has been awaiting release, over these past few days: Will and I just flew home from spending a long weekend with Will's brother (who has been unwell), suggesting why my mind felt too preoccupied with current family matters to probe into file #2, where our unresolved riddle remains lodged.
In truth, upon flying home and unpacking, I'd thought to find the answer to that riddle sliding naturally into file #1, readying itself to trip right off my finger tips and onto our screens; however, we upon unpacking, Sunday evening, we found ourselves planning to enjoy a delightful playdate with Ravi, on Monday, and in addition to thoroughly engaging in that pleasure, my mind can't not contemplate the sadness my heart carried home upon witnessing my brother-in-law's mental and physical decline due to the early stage of Alzheimer's, which had been diagnosed at The Mayo Clinic, during his recent stay in Rochester ...
This photo, taken sometime in July, shows Jeremy, at 79 (who is need of a cane to steady the unevenness of his gait, which is just one of several changes that Will and I observed, taking place within this highly intelligent, retired orthopedic surgeon, whom we love. And the sad fact that Jeremy (standing behind his wife, Marnie) must accept the fact of his waining independence has deepened my appreciation of clarity, even more than before ...
Though it's true that children are for the young, grandparents, whose birthdays continue to add up more quickly than we can believe, can actually feel our spirits re-energizing while engaging in playdates with the very young, because we feel so incredibly blessed each time a small face looks up at our own, smiling so brightly as to spread the warmth of sunshine throughout our little corners of the world, and as smiles, conveying a child's natural exuberance for joyous interaction, prove contagious, every shared adventure seems to be placed before us specifically to delight the hearts of everyone we love ... including our own ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
1373 50H's WHEN LIFE GROWS COMPLEX, MY POSTS REFLECT WHAT I FEEL
Want to know why I've not posted for several days?
Trains of thought, comprising Post 1373 48H's, prove so complex
That I've felt compelled to work at simplying certain insights until
Every sentence is grammatically correct, and so far, upon
Awakening to reread that post, day after day, mistakes
Pop up that had been missed the day before, and here's why
That happens when trains of intuitive thought, laden with
contemplative complexity, continue to flow freely from
Deep within the storehouse of knowledge that I've chosen to
Absorb, over my lifetime: During each editing process
My think tank begins to multitask in this way ...
While working to simplify insights, already penned,
Additional insights ignite, suggesting why
The conscious portion of my mind, working toward simplicity
Clashes with intuitive thought, which complicates matters by
Adding insights that prove directly related to those that are
Already in need of simplification, and, therefore
It's not hard to imagine that, upon awakening the next dat
I spy compound sentences that are seriously
In need of being grammatically tidied up, and since
That's been true of Post 1473 48H's, which was originally
Written, over the weekend, while Will and I were visiting
His brother, Jeremy and Jeremy's wife, Marnie
My brain was so busy, absorbing depths of emotion (sadness) as
Well as logic, concerning Jeremy's recent diagnosis, that
Post 1473 48H's, which was originally written while
I was resting in Jeremy's guest room, reflects
The depth of complexity that has continued to run through
My think tank throughout this past week ...
Trains of thought, comprising Post 1373 48H's, prove so complex
That I've felt compelled to work at simplying certain insights until
Every sentence is grammatically correct, and so far, upon
Awakening to reread that post, day after day, mistakes
Pop up that had been missed the day before, and here's why
That happens when trains of intuitive thought, laden with
contemplative complexity, continue to flow freely from
Deep within the storehouse of knowledge that I've chosen to
Absorb, over my lifetime: During each editing process
My think tank begins to multitask in this way ...
While working to simplify insights, already penned,
Additional insights ignite, suggesting why
The conscious portion of my mind, working toward simplicity
Clashes with intuitive thought, which complicates matters by
Adding insights that prove directly related to those that are
Already in need of simplification, and, therefore
It's not hard to imagine that, upon awakening the next dat
I spy compound sentences that are seriously
In need of being grammatically tidied up, and since
That's been true of Post 1473 48H's, which was originally
Written, over the weekend, while Will and I were visiting
His brother, Jeremy and Jeremy's wife, Marnie
My brain was so busy, absorbing depths of emotion (sadness) as
Well as logic, concerning Jeremy's recent diagnosis, that
Post 1473 48H's, which was originally written while
I was resting in Jeremy's guest room, reflects
The depth of complexity that has continued to run through
My think tank throughout this past week ...
Saturday, August 6, 2016
1373 49H's PHOTO ALBUMS DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY OF OUR LIVES
Our albums paint an incomplete picture of our lives.
If you ask why that's true, I'd reply:
We don't think to whip out our cameras while
Our loved ones are crying, which leaves me to ask ...
If not in albums then where are grief-stricken memories stored?
Upon asking myself that question, my power of intuitive
Thought sparked insight to pen this response:
Human beings, mourning inconsolable loss
Bank grief-stricken, emotional reactions in one of two places:
Conscious or subconscious memories, suggesting that
Certain attitudes, feelings, thoughts and experiences may be
Voiced openly and freely while other memories, which
Had felt too complex (or unbearable) to comprehend
At an earlier time, may have been repressed in
An unprocessed state behind our defense system's
Wall of denial, and that fact reminds us to reconsider this one:
Our brain's interactive functions prove so complex as to need to be
Organized in an orderly fashion, which separates
Each person's memory bank into three 'files':
The first file stores memories that may be
Consciously withdrawn on the spot
A second file stores memories, which have been
Temporarily suppressed in a state of limbo
A third file stores memories that proved too darkly
Shocking to have processed with clarity, leaving
If you ask why that's true, I'd reply:
We don't think to whip out our cameras while
Our loved ones are crying, which leaves me to ask ...
If not in albums then where are grief-stricken memories stored?
Upon asking myself that question, my power of intuitive
Thought sparked insight to pen this response:
Human beings, mourning inconsolable loss
Bank grief-stricken, emotional reactions in one of two places:
Conscious or subconscious memories, suggesting that
Certain attitudes, feelings, thoughts and experiences may be
Voiced openly and freely while other memories, which
Had felt too complex (or unbearable) to comprehend
At an earlier time, may have been repressed in
An unprocessed state behind our defense system's
Wall of denial, and that fact reminds us to reconsider this one:
Our brain's interactive functions prove so complex as to need to be
Organized in an orderly fashion, which separates
Each person's memory bank into three 'files':
The first file stores memories that may be
Consciously withdrawn on the spot
A second file stores memories, which have been
Temporarily suppressed in a state of limbo
A third file stores memories that proved too darkly
Shocking to have processed with clarity, leaving
Our conscious minds with no clue, whatsoever, of
Our personal involvement in experiences
That took place but
That took place but
Have been subconsciously repressed, and though
I've been consciously aware of housing each of these
Separate files inside my brain ever since I chose to study
Psyche 101, during college, it's only recently that
An intuitive need to know my whole self
in depth
Sparked my intelligence to feel compelled to develop
The courage, patience, and resilient determination necessary to
Dive ever more deeply into the darkest depths of my psyche in
Hopes of identifying insight into unlocking mental blocks, where
I keep secrets from myself, which if fully revealed, would surely
Scare me half out of my wits, and if you ask why my intuitive powers
Would freely encourage my intelligence to focus on exposing secrets
Stored in file #3, which had once, truly, scared my think tank witless
I'd reply: Over recent years, fate (in Cahoots with my curiosity) has
Offered my strength of spirit reason to empower my conscious awareness
With an ever deepening degree of self confidence, which
Coaxes my sense of wholeness to grow ever less fearful, ever more
Adventurous, thus inspiring my smarts to wholeheartedly embrace
This belief: At times when brainstorming my way through
The courage, patience, and resilient determination necessary to
Dive ever more deeply into the darkest depths of my psyche in
Hopes of identifying insight into unlocking mental blocks, where
I keep secrets from myself, which if fully revealed, would surely
Scare me half out of my wits, and if you ask why my intuitive powers
Would freely encourage my intelligence to focus on exposing secrets
Stored in file #3, which had once, truly, scared my think tank witless
I'd reply: Over recent years, fate (in Cahoots with my curiosity) has
Offered my strength of spirit reason to empower my conscious awareness
With an ever deepening degree of self confidence, which
Coaxes my sense of wholeness to grow ever less fearful, ever more
Adventurous, thus inspiring my smarts to wholeheartedly embrace
This belief: At times when brainstorming my way through
Life's conundrums proves inecessary, my brain, which
Houses logic and emotion, has sound reason for taking its time to
Ensure that the sum of its interactive parts are functioning
Effectively, as a well balanced whole, and that's why
Houses logic and emotion, has sound reason for taking its time to
Ensure that the sum of its interactive parts are functioning
Effectively, as a well balanced whole, and that's why
A heightened level of patience must be
Mustered whenever
Mustered whenever
My power of intuition ferls inspired to tunnel
Ever more deeply within my many layered psyche, by night
While by day, my strength of spirit continues to encourage
My conscious mind to muster the courage to
Readily identify with and more thoroughly absorb
Inter-related strings of insights that shine spotlights on
Inter-related strings of insights that shine spotlights on
'Forgotten' details, stored in a repressed state within
Subconscious pockets, labeled:
DANGER - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
And since EMDR therapy offers me the freedom to
DANGER - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
And since EMDR therapy offers me the freedom to
Advance, step by step toward
Knowing myself
Knowing myself
In depth at a pace that does not threaten
My sense of
Safety, too much, my conscious mind has developed
The ability to tolerate heightened degrees of anxiety, thus
Freeing my newly incorporated sense of wholeness to
Continue to collect scary details in a productive
Manner, most especially at those times when threat
Of danger (Real or fearfully imagined) seems to be
Closing in, and if you ask how I know that all of this mental complexity
Is taking place inside my brain, my well practiced power of
Is taking place inside my brain, my well practiced power of
Intuition would direct my conscious mind to reply with
This slice of factual knowledge:
It's a fact that, by way of sparking one inter-related
String of insights after another, my brain, working as
A well balanced whole, has successfully pieced together
So many puzzling (yet inter-related) aspects of
The bigger picture of my life as to have enlightened
The bigger picture of my life as to have enlightened
My conscious awareness of subconscious secrets that
Once revealed, have been disempowered from haunting my
Peace of mind, and so, by keeping in mind
The unlikeliness of any person gaining entry into
Subconscious territory through
Conscious determination, alone
Serves to deepen my faith in the self powering nature of
Intuitive thought, which is innately preprogrammed to
Function best at night while the rest of my brain functions
Are revitalizing their depleted supply of mental energy by
Sleeping, peaceably), and so, stoked with these facts
My strength of spirit proves so consistently self empowered by
Positively focused energy as to free my conscious mind of heightened
Levels of anxiety by sitting my control freak in a time out chair, and
Thus has my conscious mind felt inspired to calmly welcome intuitive
Thought to work ever more productively at tunneling so deeply into
My psyche as to penetrate file #3 (where frightful details are stored
Subconsciously) until courage energizes sparks of insight to shine
Spotlights on 'secrets' in need of retrieving and
My strength of spirit proves so consistently self empowered by
Positively focused energy as to free my conscious mind of heightened
Levels of anxiety by sitting my control freak in a time out chair, and
Thus has my conscious mind felt inspired to calmly welcome intuitive
Thought to work ever more productively at tunneling so deeply into
My psyche as to penetrate file #3 (where frightful details are stored
Subconsciously) until courage energizes sparks of insight to shine
Spotlights on 'secrets' in need of retrieving and
Piecing together until such time as self defeating patterns of
Thought emerge, and I write this blog, believing that
Eventually, world wide recognition of the
Benefits of
Benefits of
EMDR therapy will continue to expand, offering countless
Individuals, just like me, reason to quest toward exposing
Self defeating patterns, followed by working to create
Individuals, just like me, reason to quest toward exposing
Self defeating patterns, followed by working to create
Brand new, healthy pathways of
Thought that will
Thought that will
Enhance world peace as more of us learn to resolve life's
Most complex conundrums as each of us develops
The fortitude to tunnel so deeply into our defensive psyches as to
The fortitude to tunnel so deeply into our defensive psyches as to
Penetrate file #3 until positively energized, intuitive trains of thought
Generate strings of insight to ignite, shining spotlights
Upon 'forgotten' details which
Upon being coaxed to emerge from subconscious storage
Upon being coaxed to emerge from subconscious storage
Will eventually filter into conscious awareness, offering
Life's puzzles sound reason to
Come together in
Come together in
Logical ways that had not been detected by
Our conscious minds for most of our lives, and thus
Our conscious minds for most of our lives, and thus
Hopefully, you can now see why my faith in the inner workings of
My brain has had sound reason to bolster
The strength of my convictions concerning
The effectiveness of intuitive thought working toward resolving
Conundrums while the rest of me feels so peaceably at rest that
My conscious mind feels clearly able to absorb sound reason to
Relax anxious reactions until readiness to release detailed answers to
Life's conundrums (suppressed in limbo or repressed in
Subconscious storage) has sufficient time to ripen, and with thoughts of
Heightened levels of patience
The effectiveness of intuitive thought working toward resolving
Conundrums while the rest of me feels so peaceably at rest that
My conscious mind feels clearly able to absorb sound reason to
Relax anxious reactions until readiness to release detailed answers to
Life's conundrums (suppressed in limbo or repressed in
Subconscious storage) has sufficient time to ripen, and with thoughts of
Heightened levels of patience
Eventually relaxing the minds of leadership
Throughout the world in
Generations to come
Generations to come
My well-practiced power of intuitive thought is
Coaxing me, right now, to remember to differentiate between
Repressed memories (of experiences that had
Felt too emotionally complex or horrific to bare to
My conscious mind) from suppressed memories that have, mysteriously
But temporarily disappeared from conscious awareness
Coaxing me, right now, to remember to differentiate between
Repressed memories (of experiences that had
Felt too emotionally complex or horrific to bare to
My conscious mind) from suppressed memories that have, mysteriously
But temporarily disappeared from conscious awareness
And now that I've clarified distinctly amongst three
Separate files, banked within my memory
I'll surely feel the first glimmers of insight emerging, before
Too long, offering a detailed answer to any skepticism
Too long, offering a detailed answer to any skepticism
Concerning why two values, which seem diametrically opposed
But are actually intertwined, has been playing hide and seek
With my conscious mind. Luckily ...
My natural tendency to pressure myself toward leaning into impatient
Reactiveness has experienced sound reason to mellow, and as
One positive change for the better leads toward another
My natural tendency to pressure myself toward leaning into impatient
Reactiveness has experienced sound reason to mellow, and as
One positive change for the better leads toward another
Cmmon sense suggests that since I've worked successfully
To develop my innate potential to
Peaceably
Peaceably
Calm my mind, the puzzling nature of this current game of
Hide and seek will only gently tease my brain until
File #2 in my memory bank senses intuitive readiness
File #2 in my memory bank senses intuitive readiness
To slip the answer to that riddle into file #1, at which time
My conscious mind will be ve rtain to clarify
The common sense, inherent in that insight, for
Your conscious awareness to reconsider, too ...
Your conscious awareness to reconsider, too ...
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