what is your idea of perfect happiness?
sitting on an aeroplane for 12 hours
what is your greatest fear?
getting the hiccups and not ever losing them
which living person do you admire the most?
my wife, for finding - and keeping - the catch of the century i.e. me
what is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
my disregard for the downtrodden. screw 'em, and shame on me
what do you consider the most overrated virtue?
modesty? professionalism? loyalty, honesty? there's so many, all of them overrated.
what do you dislike most about your appearance?
my bad angles. no one should ever be allowed to gaze at me from any of my multiple bad angles.
what or who is the greatest love of your life?
easy - my wife. as for the who part, that would have to be my kids
when and where were you happiest?
when i opened the mail one day and found a cheque for $5000 just for getting good marks
which talent would you like to have?
i'd like to be a good lover
what is your current state of mind?
omnipotent
if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
i'd swap my soul for jesus christ's, other than that i'd keep everything else the same
if you could change anything about your family, what would it be?
i wish they had, like, superpowers
what do you consider your greatest achievement?
i have never achieved anything
if you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
planet earth
what do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
self doubt. no, it's not that. self hatred. i'm so stupid!
what is the quality you most like in a man?
he catches the damn ball when i throw it to him
what is the quality you most like in a woman?
being genuine and liking me
what do you value most in your friends?
friends are the handrails of life, something to hold onto for support when you're drunk, sick or old. otherwise you don't need em, but some people try to skateboard down them
who are your favourite writers?
just the classics: peter hartcher, peter fitzsimons, greg sheridan. i'm a real news junkie, it's a debilitating addiction that completely severs my connection to reality, while providing a kind of numbing warmth at the same time
who is your favourite hero of fiction?
gandalf? i dunno, i need to read more fiction. tyrion lannister.
who are your heroes in real life?
the chief executive at my work
what is it that you most dislike?
manly. probably manly.
how would you like to die?
handcuffing myself to you and jumping into a cauldron of molten bronze
what is your motto?
don't look for the use, don't look for the meaning
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
You are not your thoughts
So say some: you are not your thoughts.
But if not you, then who? I can only speak for many people, and David Leisure is my thoughts.
So said one: you are not your emotions.
I can see the benefits in putting some space between your emotions - positive and negative and just observing them, kindly, with curiosity.
But I don't like the suggestion that there's a separate 'you' above and beyond emotions. Some call this 'you', or rather, 'them', constant and unchanging. I suppose it could conceivably be constant and changing, say if it were changing at a constant rate. It's always better to clarify these things, things like butter.
Life is butter dream.
Just what is the unchanging you? I just don't believe it exists. Nothing is unchanging. But nothing else is.
The you is a strange thing indeed, but it's so tied up with emotions and thoughts and everything else. Isolating and separating it seems to set up a lofty, kind, curious and venerable you, at ease with the torrents of reality below.
That doesn't feel right at all.
And what about cosmic consciousness? It's an old idea, but one of the most important I'm afraid. Terrified in fact.
But I learned recently that it's good to face your fears, except when they're too scary.
If we can just take 24 hours each day to be mindful of every possible thing, we may find our satisfaction with life to be at an all time high, among the many, many, many other things we would find, given how fucking mindful we've been.
Of course, if you lose sleep over any of this, I'd be happy to help you look for it. I can be contacted at all times.
But if not you, then who? I can only speak for many people, and David Leisure is my thoughts.
So said one: you are not your emotions.
I can see the benefits in putting some space between your emotions - positive and negative and just observing them, kindly, with curiosity.
But I don't like the suggestion that there's a separate 'you' above and beyond emotions. Some call this 'you', or rather, 'them', constant and unchanging. I suppose it could conceivably be constant and changing, say if it were changing at a constant rate. It's always better to clarify these things, things like butter.
Life is butter dream.
Just what is the unchanging you? I just don't believe it exists. Nothing is unchanging. But nothing else is.
The you is a strange thing indeed, but it's so tied up with emotions and thoughts and everything else. Isolating and separating it seems to set up a lofty, kind, curious and venerable you, at ease with the torrents of reality below.
That doesn't feel right at all.
And what about cosmic consciousness? It's an old idea, but one of the most important I'm afraid. Terrified in fact.
But I learned recently that it's good to face your fears, except when they're too scary.
If we can just take 24 hours each day to be mindful of every possible thing, we may find our satisfaction with life to be at an all time high, among the many, many, many other things we would find, given how fucking mindful we've been.
Of course, if you lose sleep over any of this, I'd be happy to help you look for it. I can be contacted at all times.
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