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You Can't Un-See It

Friday, April 8, 2022,

When I was a teenager, I never took any issue with violent, gory films; in fact, I think I really enjoyed them.  For whatever reason, I can't look at anything like that in my current state, and quickly turn my head whenever something vulgar, disgusting, or gory shows up on a screen.  Recoiling from ugliness is something that may have developed with age (#iam36).  I mention this in today's opening because, for whatever reason, images of gory/unpleasant/ugliness were flitting through my head this morning (could have been the cheddar bratwurst I had last night before bed that gave me bad dreams......).  In any event, the lesson I take from it is that the less ugliness you "consume" (with your eyes and your mind), the smaller your memories reservoirs are for ugliness; the inverse of this is true as well so make sure you encounter peaceful and beautiful images as often as possible.   

Time to begin....

Part II:

I started each day this week (except for Monday), on my mat, and I'll say that the version that comes off my mat is so superior to the version that gets on it in the beginning, that I could write for days about it.

No time to dilly dally....it's 7:03am as I type this, and it's time to enter the world. 

Namaste


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