This is Water...

This excerpt from Wallace's speech blew me away. I have been a perpetrator of this default way of thinking all my life, and this really woke me up. I now fear that I will continue in this mindset, but will now feel guilty about it Enjoy...

Good vid,TD.I cant say that Im not guilty of the same exact point of view this video highlights,its sort of like forgetting how to swim in the middle of the ocean.Its a bit difficult to remember alot of times just how much we take for granted and to remember that there is a choice of the attitude we carry in our person.I think what helps is to always have new experiences in life,dont just stay on repeat or you basicaly start to die little by little with no chance to find inspiration or aspiration.I also find that it is partly due to the modern world that we live in, which adds unto our distraction away from our innermost desires and taking action to find experience essential to fulfillment of being, over superficial attainments.Afterall, we only live once and to not be aware of it, nor to have stopped long enough to even ponder what it could truely mean, is incredibly unfortunate.

tyler.durden said:

This excerpt from Wallace's speech blew me away. I have been a perpetrator of this default way of thinking all my life, and this really woke me up. I now fear that I will continue in this mindset, but will now feel guilty about it Enjoy...

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Thanks for posting this man! I loved it and it's completely true.. I hope everyone watches it. If we all thought this way the world would be a better place !

I figured out "water" long before i learned of Wallace's existence. I never really carried the mindset he describes, but i think that's because i identified it in others first, and decided i didn't want to be that way. I like his burning building analogy as well.

reasonevangelist said:

I figured out "water" long before i learned of Wallace's existence. I never really carried the mindset he describes, but i think that's because i identified it in others first, and decided i didn't want to be that way. I like his burning building analogy as well.

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It's funny because I teach my son that we have a choice in our attitude and how we choose to look at the situations we encounter, especially the unpleasant ones. But I did not realize that I failed to catch myself being frustrated and negative while dealing with this type of minutia. This video was a good reminder of what I have preached, and it will be interesting to go through this exercise of patience and compassion during my next round of errands. No promises, though, I really don't like most people...

This topic reminded me of my current favorite commercial where this small child imagines going through the daily driving related frustrations of his father, and decides it isn't worth it. Smart. I love when he takes a few extra seconds at the ATM and yells back at the honkers, "I'm five!"

tyler.durden said:

This topic reminded me of my current favorite commercial where this small child imagines going through the daily driving related frustrations of his father, and decides it isn't worth it. Smart. I love when he takes a few extra seconds at the ATM and yells back at the honkers, "I'm five!"

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I've got a legacy spec b This kid made me laugh

tyler.durden said:

It's funny because I teach my son that we have a choice in our attitude and how we choose to look at the situations we encounter, especially the unpleasant ones. But I did not realize that I failed to catch myself being frustrated and negative while dealing with this type of minutia. This video was a good reminder of what I have preached, and it will be interesting to go through this exercise of patience and compassion during my next round of errands. No promises, though, I really don't like most people...

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Honestly, it's difficult to maintain the post-realization attitudes, mostly due to having to exist in perpetually frustrating circumstances, among others who haven't yet realized these things.

I also learned to be careful with statements like "i really don't like most people..." (not judging, i used to say the same thing, and often still do...) it's really that i dislike the way other people act, which i realize is mostly a product of their thoughts, which is further a product of their experiences, their environments, and the information they've acquired... not all of which is valid or complete, in most cases. And if you look at the existing systems and carefully scrutinize them, it's kinda hard to honestly blame anyone for their flaws. Some can't help it, and others simply haven't encountered the opportunity to learn better... and quite a lot of that can be attributed to the established systems "herding" people like cattle, manipulating their opportunities and experiences, as well as the information disseminated to the public.

"How's the water?"

Awesome video, Tyler. I am in this kind of mindset fart too often and a lot of the time I catch myself thinking in this way but the slight guilt isnt enough to snap me out of it and Im quick to go back to being a miserable judgmental asshole, but my mask hides that part of me most of the time. On the other hand I also do a lot of pleasant thinking and day dreaming when Im not miserable doing my brainless mundane hard labor work. That bliss at work is short lived though because the miserable asshole inside me is on a hair trigger. A customer arriving at lunchtime or a bus driver not allowing me to take a cup of water on the bus is enough to ruin that part of the day for me. Even in those situations I am aware that I shouldnt be frustrated or mad because theres really no reason to be and nothing good comes from it, yet I still think that way. I think its mostly my shitty labor job though, its eating my soul. Once I get my shit together, which is soon, I think I will start choosing to think in a more positive and progressive way.

Chief Walkin Eagle said:

Awesome video, Tyler. I am in this kind of mindset fart too often and a lot of the time I catch myself thinking in this way but the slight guilt isnt enough to snap me out of it and Im quick to go back to being a miserable judgmental asshole, but my mask hides that part of me most of the time. On the other hand I also do a lot of pleasant thinking and day dreaming when Im not miserable doing my brainless mundane hard labor work. That bliss at work is short lived though because the miserable asshole inside me is on a hair trigger. A customer arriving at lunchtime or a bus driver not allowing me to take a cup of water on the bus is enough to ruin that part of the day for me. Even in those situations I am aware that I shouldnt be frustrated or mad because theres really no reason to be and nothing good comes from it, yet I still think that way. I think its mostly my shitty labor job though, its eating my soul. Once I get my shit together, which is soon, I think I will start choosing to think in a more positive and progressive way.

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Wow, I haven't seen you blog for a very long time.

How are you doing Chief?

I missed you, brother!

~PEACE~

Chief Walkin Eagle said:

Awesome video, Tyler. I am in this kind of mindset fart too often and a lot of the time I catch myself thinking in this way but the slight guilt isnt enough to snap me out of it and Im quick to go back to being a miserable judgmental asshole, but my mask hides that part of me most of the time. On the other hand I also do a lot of pleasant thinking and day dreaming when Im not miserable doing my brainless mundane hard labor work. That bliss at work is short lived though because the miserable asshole inside me is on a hair trigger. A customer arriving at lunchtime or a bus driver not allowing me to take a cup of water on the bus is enough to ruin that part of the day for me. Even in those situations I am aware that I shouldnt be frustrated or mad because theres really no reason to be and nothing good comes from it, yet I still think that way. I think its mostly my shitty labor job though, its eating my soul. Once I get my shit together, which is soon, I think I will start choosing to think in a more positive and progressive way.

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Hey, Chief! Good to see you around, it's been a while. You and I sound like VERY similar people in this regard. You are a smart guy, you should get a grow going and quit the rat race. It really helps our condition when you can get up in the afternoon, smoke a bowl, do some errands when everyone else is at work or school, and generally avoid the huge swarm of rushing, desperate people. Staying in every other day makes it easier to forgive and forget when I do have to deal with them, and when I do venture out I've only got a couple of hours before that ability begins to wear off. What have you been up to?

P.S. Lol at fart too often

tyler.durden said:

This excerpt from Wallace's speech blew me away. I have been a perpetrator of this default way of thinking all my life, and this really woke me up. I now fear that I will continue in this mindset, but will now feel guilty about it Enjoy...

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hey tyler hows it going mate ? i personaly think cannabis helps you think this way , it opens up that part of your mind , when i dont smoke im selfish and just get carried along in lifes rat race , when i smoke i see the world in a different way , i see others peoples problems and i see my own problems , sometimes it can be very overwhelming for me

ThE sAtIvA hIgH said:

hey tyler hows it going mate ? i personaly think cannabis helps you think this way , it opens up that part of your mind , when i dont smoke im selfish and just get carried along in lifes rat race , when i smoke i see the world in a different way , i see others peoples problems and i see my own problems , sometimes it can be very overwhelming for me

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It's going great, mate, hope all is well by you. You are so right about MJ, I've always said that it calms my natural asshole tendencies, and has given me the patience to be a better friend and father. And like you say, it gets you out of your own head and problems much of the time. Go MJ!

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr man , when i smoke and see my daughter , i see her problems , i see the pain , i see the hatred , i see everything as it is !! my friends my family see it as a blurr , i see it perfectly clear , i see things happen in my dreams , i live things that happen in my dreams , although m,y family /friends are good p[eople , they dont smoke , and theY get on with life , but i see kids pain , i see there problems , people calll me paranoid , i call myself AWARE