Just when you think a subject has been analyzed to death someone comes along and breaks new ground. And not just in the conclusions they draw, but in the thought process and logic they apply. Sometimes it can be so new and innovative we might be tempted to shake our heads and say “This can’t be right” when in fact it might just be.
Morpheus is one of those rare individuals who is never satisfied with prepackaged conclusions, especially when they utilize stale information (often carefully disguised ‘beliefs’) and conforms to a polarized consensus. Where most might be happy absorbing such a pretty little package Morpheus immediately starts asking uncomfortable questions and challenges the basic premises. Essentially he is the poster child for those who truly think outside of the box.
In this three part series Morpheus tackles an extremely controversial subject with humility, diligence and most importantly an open mind. Rather than remain within the mainstream or alternative views Morpheus has attempted to gather information and points of view from many different and diverse disciplines and practitioners. Personally I think he has done a great job.
As a full fledged product of 'the system', the concept of being mindful was initially quite confusing to me. Even after I thought I 'got it' the seductive pull of the matrix kept, and still keeps, pulling me back into the polar opposite of mindfulness.
The best description I have found of the process of being engulfed by, and lost within, the system is Lao Tzu's famous "Ten Thousand Things". Those three words, and his Tao Te Ching, so aptly describes the whirling dervish of (modern) insanity and the tearing apart of our 'self' in servitude to the distractions of the master of insanity.
The following essay by Joe Withrow, aka Joe Galt, does an excellent job of describing the art and practice of Mindfulness. At some point over the next few days I urge you to devote ten minutes of your time and fall into Joe's piece.
Many years ago I was walking down the street thinking about something that had been bothering me when a thought suddenly exploded into my headed. It was a turning point in my life, though I still continued to wrestle with my problems and myself for many years afterward. It is one thing to understand something, another entirely to embody it fully and then apply it in a practical manner.
My personal revelation can be summed up in two brief sentences. Fear was the foundational basis of all my dysfunction. And my fear often came disguised as anything, everything, but fear. Simple enough to comprehend when seated in front of the computer reading this, much more difficult when engulfed within fear and all its various permutations and manifestations.
The following essay by Unlawful Justice not only speaks about fear, but how to work through our fear so we may learn and grow from our experienced fear.
