Freaked

[SPKrazy]

out...

just sayin'


I am freaking out today... too many plates spinning and afraid they will all come crashing down.

Guess that is the chance I take today...

:patriot:

:hi:

how's everyone else?

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Oops. Thought you meant the film.

Try not buying into the drama of the moment, especially if it's distracting you. Watch a funny TV show or something. Cultivate a positive mood. Technically, emotions are a choice, if you can get to that place...

[SPKrazy]

2. trying to distract myself with work

and having limited success

emotions are a choice... well they are choosing me. The drama of the moment is my own creation and I'm just feeling the fear of that situation right now.

Thanks

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. The body is the horse, the rider is the consciousness, and the horse can be tamed.

Meditation is the key.

Edit: Of course, you -could- rent the film "Freaked" and be distracted by a good laugh or two.

[SPKrazy]

6. a laugh or two would be good as well

meditation is the key

good idea... i fall asleep when i meditate though...

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Laughter is always best.

Regarding medidation:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html

There is a book, "The Path of Emancipation", which translates this into more functional modern language. Trust me, this really works. Awareness of the body, in the body, is the key. How odd when things start changing as a result of the practice...

The Tibetan practice of the "Dark Retreat", to live in an enclosed, completely dark area alone for 40 or so days, is said to reveal to the practitioner that the senses are hungry, and that when deprived, that they will actually -create- stimulus. Such as visions. The meditation stills them. How wonderful when you first arrive in that utterly quiet place, not having even known it existed!

Cheers, sorry for being overly serious, but this has helped me a lot, and I've needed it badly. I'm currently living with homelessness and total loss of property as a sword of Damocles, and am dealing with it in this manner (no luck on money). Do what you have to, regardless. If the sword falls, I'll continue meditating and become stronger from the experience. I won't let it overwhelm me, as I used to become overwhelmed.

[SPKrazy]

23. thanks for that Peake

:pals:

best of luck to you in your situation.

:hi:

[FloridaJudy]

16. "Sleep is the best meditation"

I didn't say it. The Dalai Lama did, and if there's a dude who knows from meditation, the expertise doesn't get much better.

I've noticed a lot of inchoate nastiness floating around right now, not just on DU, but in the material world. I've seen two total strangers freak out in public, and been cursed out by several other drivers for the unforgivable crime of obeying the law (it says "no right turn on red", so can we give the horn and the obscenities a rest?). Maybe it's the phase of the moon, or maybe Mercury is retrograde - whatever the hell that means. I just think that people are sad and frustrated, and the antics of the politicians aren't helping.


BTW, do you know what the Dalai Lama said to the hot-dog vendor?















:shrug:












"Make me one with everything"

(ducking and covering)

[SPKrazy]

20. make me one with everything...

:rofl:

thanks FJ! I can always count on you to make me smile!

:pals:

[FloridaJudy]

29. Hey, I *like* Dalai Lama jokes

As long as they're not mean-spirited. My favorite cartoon:



I've though of having a T-Shirt made with his image melting, and the caption "Less well known than the Dalai Lama was his cousin the Dali Lama.." I'll bet some one who's good at photo shop could do it to a print of "The Persistence of Vision"

[SPKrazy]

39. he he

that is funny

:hug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

47. Yes.

http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Yoga-Practice-Dreaming-Enlightenment/dp/0975377132/ref=sr_1_2/103-9422280-3254218?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186460840&sr=8-2

[SPKrazy]

48. cool

i might just get me that one :D

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. When things get freaky, the only thing to do...

is to embrace the freakishness. Seriously, embrace it and work through it, that's what I do. Don't fight it, make it your friend and work with it.

OK...actually what I do is fall apart emotionally, curl up into a ball on the floor, and suck my thumb until I fall asleep and all the bad things go away :rofl:

It will be alright SPK, trust me on this. If you want things to be ok, they will be eventually. :hi: Just work through it...

[SPKrazy]

5. thanks d00d you iz da man!

embrace the freakishness is what I'm doing but the fall apart emotionally curl up into a ball on the floor and suck my thumb may be what I do in reality to embrace it.

:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

7. Anytime that you...

need to know anything about "freakiness", "emotions", or "thumbsucking"...contact me...I'm an expert :rofl: :rofl: :hi: :thumbsup:

[SPKrazy]

11. okay, deal

i will do that :D

:rofl:

[Shine]

8. I'm a bit rattled today, but not freaked

:hi:

I'm sitting here, at my desk, catching up on my bill-paying administrative chores....oh joy.

Of course, we're out of stamps and I have to run to the post office. :eyes:

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. I love the post office!!

They are so pleasant there!! :sarcasm: :P

edit: sorry for the hijack!!

[SPKrazy]

12. hijacker!

:rofl:

[texanwitch]

14. The post office is a fun place to visit.

Where else can you stand for hours waiting to mail a package.

[FloridaJudy]

18. Actually, my local post office is pleasant and efficient

You take a number, and then take a comfy seat. They even have a TV there (alas, it's tuned to CNN, but then you can't have everything). They've also extended their hours to accommodate working folks. Unfortunately, my local mail carrier screws up so often that I spend a lot of time there picking up my mail.

Even the local DMV is less than horrible. They seem to have stream-lined their processing so that one no longer has to stand in line for hours. And the employees are actually pleasant.

I figure they're well paid, or else they take a lot of drugs. Maybe both.

(edited for typo)

[Shine]

17. LOL, and so prompt, too!!

:sarcasm: :eyes:

:hi:

(sorry for the continuation of hijacking....)

[SPKrazy]

46. another one

threadjacking :rofl:

yeah so prompt is right!

:hi:

thanks btw

:D

[SPKrazy]

10. Rattled is a goal

freaked is where I'm at

working on getting to rattled

your thread hit home with me...

:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

15. SPK, I just had another thought...

sometimes you WANT things to get as fucked up as they can possibly be. First of all, it's exciting. Second of all...that is the only point when you will experience true hysterical laughter. And laughter is not only funny, it's hysterical!!!!!!

Now, don't worry about offering to pay me for this wisdom. I would never charge a friend.:rofl:

[SPKrazy]

21. things ought to be fucking hysterical then

or maybe that is still yet to come :rofl:

[soleft]

19. I'm waiting for MRI results and semi finals of scriptapalooza

It could be a great day or a really really bad one.

[SPKrazy]

22. hope it is a great one for you

good results on the MRI and winning the scriptapalooza

:hi:

[soleft]

27. No word on the MRI but I did make the Semi-finals -

So the evening isn't a total loss!

Thanks

[SPKrazy]

38. Yay!

hope the MRI isn't serious for you :hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

24. I'm okay...

...recovering from a close encounter with STBE. More crap moved. :eyes: another little chat.

[SPKrazy]

33. ...

:hug: :hug:

hang in there TOL, little chat here, little chat there :eyes:

hang in there...

[crim son]

25. The feeling is normal. Remember that no decision in this case

has to be permanent. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

31. thanks..

:hug: :hug:

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

26. ...

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

34. ...

:hug: :hug:

[NMDemDist2]

28. me too

no plates, but just heard my old, dear friend (who introduced me to his friend, Bill) was just diagnosed with a brain tumor

I'm still processing it, but it's not one of my better days

[SPKrazy]

32. ...

that sucks AZDEM damn, life is precious, and impermanent.

:hug: :hug:

[Dangerously Amused]

30. Embrace your inner freak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgR-jGoSXQ



:hi:

[SPKrazy]

36. definitely

:thumbsup:

go with the freak and embrace it too

:hi:

:hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

35. I'm sunburned.

Other than that? Good, can't complain. :P

[SPKrazy]

37. well here's some aloe vera lotion

and a gentle hug :hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

40. It's actually not too bad today (I got burned Saturday)

I think it might actually TAN and not peel! :woohoo:

[SPKrazy]

41. well that would rock!

:woohoo:

[RevolutionaryActs]

42. It would! I haven't had a tan for years.

Mostly I stay out of the sun.. but on Saturday after work I went with the two girls I was working with to a street fair, and then we went to a tiki bar. It was great fun. :D

[SPKrazy]

43. sounds fun

i mostly stay out of the sun too, didn't used to, but i've paid the price in sunburns like a moran...

hope it tans, :woohoo:

[Myrina]

44. ... really sick of stupid people ...

.... and my workplace is full of them. :mad:

[SPKrazy]

45. they abound don't they?

i mean, i like most of the people i work with in my immediate area, i helped hire most of them, but there are folks above, below, and peripherally that make it all seem stupid! :grr: