Friday, February 14, 2014
Entering Enlightenment via Underpants.
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So.
Do you want to become enlightened? Then follow these simple rules:
1. Wear the underpants of the opposite sex while shopping at the supermarket.
2. Use the resulting sensory feelings and awareness of 'alien underwear' as an 'alternative awareness' while you shop. (For example: 'I need some eggs... lessee... on the lower shelf... I need to bend over but my panty lines will show... argh... I am alive...')
3. Invent other ways to remind your brain that the 'current game' is to create a kind of 'meta-awareness' where you are conscious of not only what you are doing, but everything else too. If you are successful in that regard you will have created a new ritual, The Ritual of Awareness. Sip.
Will you thereby avoid 'dying like a dog?'
Will you thereby acquire Eternal Life?
Beats the heck outa me. Sip. But you will be less impulsive.
And not only that, you will spend less time 'imagining.'
Sip.
What is a 'ritual?'
A ritual is a complex behavior performed by the CNS which is 'automatic' in the sense that conscious thought is not required. The 'conscious mind' can think and talk and do other complex stuff, while also doing a 'ritual.' One of the most common examples of a 'ritual' is 'putting on shoes and socks in the morning.'
So.
Do you want to become enlightened? Then follow these simple rules:
1. Wear the underpants of the opposite sex while shopping at the supermarket.
2. Use the resulting sensory feelings and awareness of 'alien underwear' as an 'alternative awareness' while you shop. (For example: 'I need some eggs... lessee... on the lower shelf... I need to bend over but my panty lines will show... argh... I am alive...')
3. Invent other ways to remind your brain that the 'current game' is to create a kind of 'meta-awareness' where you are conscious of not only what you are doing, but everything else too. If you are successful in that regard you will have created a new ritual, The Ritual of Awareness. Sip.
Will you thereby avoid 'dying like a dog?'
Will you thereby acquire Eternal Life?
Beats the heck outa me. Sip. But you will be less impulsive.
And not only that, you will spend less time 'imagining.'
Sip.
What is a 'ritual?'
A ritual is a complex behavior performed by the CNS which is 'automatic' in the sense that conscious thought is not required. The 'conscious mind' can think and talk and do other complex stuff, while also doing a 'ritual.' One of the most common examples of a 'ritual' is 'putting on shoes and socks in the morning.'
