taxi1010 :: tutorial (5th of 6)

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29. The mind is vast and every cell of your body knows how to respond to the world, which is a part of us, though it's very convenient to define yourself as that that's inside your own skin. Whatever's inside your skin is you, and whatever's outside your skin is the outside physical world. You can begin to see your entire body as an incredibly powerful and all-knowing computer, from millions of years of evolution, and you can learn to access deep wisdom. The part of you that dreams at night has best access to yourself, and with experience, you can learn to listen to it during the day. It's not what you think. It's not what you feel ... It's more akin to a realization stream, something very quiet, often tardy, bubbling up inside you. (1.) You are your attention, (2.) which is your awareness, (3.) which is consciousness, (4.) which dwells inside your inner atmosphere, (5.) which is your character, (6.) and your fate.

30. Outer attacks have evolved to bypass your reason, and hit you in the emotions, triggering the sharp sting of inner recriminations, or certain automatic aggressive counterpunches. None of this is you – It is your training, or your automatic recoiling in horror. You are your attention. Place your attention on your aim, and see what tries to steal you away from yourself.

31. I was at a local bar last night, overhearing a loud, merry fellow saying, "You're not a cool guy!" to his barmate, and silently wondered what I would say if someone had said this to me. An automatic knot in my stomach almost thought, What on earth could anyone say that would be cool? though I silenced this thought right away, and kind of forgot about the problem.

32. Then about fifteen minutes later, a very quiet part of my mind resurfaced the memory of the guy saying, "You're not a cool guy," focussing on the second word of the sentence, "not." Then a whole string of realizations from taxi1010 began to bubble up, topped by the response, "—Networking, eh?" ... which was kind of cool!

33. In the long run, you're better off saying something appropriate to another person, rather than anything you think, feel or want to say. People are living at different age levels, different emotional levels, and different intellectual levels, and it's kind of interesting to consider something that would be of use to another person, to nudge that person along on their own individual way.

34. Some people habitually try to steal your attention, flood your awareness, cut you off from your consciousness, somehow spoiling your inner atmosphere, poisoning your character, and trampling your fate. It's best to (1.) hold your breath (to quiet your emotions), (2.) put your attention on everything else you can hear in the outside physical world (to quiet your thoughts), and (3.) get away from them (to get back to your own life, and to your aim, which is whatever you decide).

35. There's something kind of special about the number eighty-eight ... eighty-eight keys on a piano, eighty-eight named constellations, and eighty-eight "stargates" inside the Seishin Byooin (Japanese Mental Hospital) of taxi1010. At this level of granularity, you can begin to see new possibilities. What's inside you can see them, like stars in the night. Your mind is vast, and extremely capable.

Review

29. There is something very quiet, often tardy, bubbling up inside you. It breathes. It absorbs impressions and compares them to its bank of experiences, then emits a steady stream of realizations.

30. Outer attacks have evolved to distract you from this inner stream, allowing people and institutions to take over your life.

31. If you keep your thoughts and feelings still, your deeper mind can help you. It's just a little slower than you might expect.

32. It's so deep, it's cool!

33. Everyone is individual, and you're better off saying something appropriate to each person, rather than anything you think, feel or believe.

34. Get away from people who habitually steal your attention, (or awareness,) and get back to the aim of your life, which is whatever you decide.

35. To the part of you that dreams at night, sensations of your fingers and toes are like stars in the night. Your mind is vast, and extremely capable.

Unifying Idea

(1.) Mysticism is very specific. (2.) It has to do with what's inside you. (3.) You're supposed to listen to yourself, and test its stream of inner realizations with reason and cognition. (4.) You're supposed to notice its quiet hints. (5.) Let the part of you that dreams at night take you over!

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