Comments for Michael's Daily Post http://mikedc.wordpress.com A Daily Digest of Things I Find Interesting Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Do You Think Too Much? by Piotr http://mikedc.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/do-you-think-too-much/#comment-29 Piotr Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:53:41 +0000 http://mikedc.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/do-you-think-too-much/#comment-29 What happens after you let go..I mean, doesn't the "problem" still exist? I did what you wrote about too. I was destroying myself about not being free of suffering, how I had to stop thinking, and how I wasn't devoted enough to ever accomplish anything, and that I was seriously running out of time. Then I was abruptly taken out of my mind by the sounds of a band playing out on a patio near the streets of Toronto, and from that point totally forgot about my problems and experienced immediate bliss. I continued with this mind-frame..and in the end I just ended up buying whatever I felt, sleeping, playing games, forgetting about project due dates and homework and general responsibilities, because it was all part of my mind's worrying state of "this is a problem, you must deal with it". So I ended up procrastinating...and I am no closer than when I started to achieving true peace. All of this stuff, about resting in the present moment does free myself from my mind, but then I have to come back to reality eventually. So what is the permament solution? Where can I find a source of wisdom that can guide my daily activities? Because my problems can be resolved by forgetting about them, dealing with them, or recognizing they don't exist and feeling happy about living as a bum (essentially making yourself feel okay/happy about things that are normally depressing). I hope you found an answer, but in the meantime I'm going to keep trying to stop thinking entirely and hopefully something useful will happen. What happens after you let go..I mean, doesn’t the “problem” still exist? I did what you wrote about too. I was destroying myself about not being free of suffering, how I had to stop thinking, and how I wasn’t devoted enough to ever accomplish anything, and that I was seriously running out of time.

Then I was abruptly taken out of my mind by the sounds of a band playing out on a patio near the streets of Toronto, and from that point totally forgot about my problems and experienced immediate bliss.

I continued with this mind-frame..and in the end I just ended up buying whatever I felt, sleeping, playing games, forgetting about project due dates and homework and general responsibilities, because it was all part of my mind’s worrying state of “this is a problem, you must deal with it”. So I ended up procrastinating…and I am no closer than when I started to achieving true peace.

All of this stuff, about resting in the present moment does free myself from my mind, but then I have to come back to reality eventually. So what is the permament solution? Where can I find a source of wisdom that can guide my daily activities? Because my problems can be resolved by forgetting about them, dealing with them, or recognizing they don’t exist and feeling happy about living as a bum (essentially making yourself feel okay/happy about things that are normally depressing).

I hope you found an answer, but in the meantime I’m going to keep trying to stop thinking entirely and hopefully something useful will happen.

]]> Comment on 10 Ways to Spot a Computer Geek by Michael http://mikedc.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/10-ways-to-spot-a-computer-geek/#comment-12 Michael Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:51:51 +0000 http://mikedc.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-12 To add the cherry on top of the sundae, Jeopardy had a 'Web Slingers" category and I yelled out all the answers correctly before the contestant. God help me. To add the cherry on top of the sundae, Jeopardy had a ‘Web Slingers” category and I yelled out all the answers correctly before the contestant. God help me.

]]> Comment on 10 Ways to Spot a Computer Geek by blog440 http://mikedc.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/10-ways-to-spot-a-computer-geek/#comment-11 blog440 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:17:55 +0000 http://mikedc.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-11 Does the "typing fingers" while having a conversation miles away from a keyboard. Does the “typing fingers” while having a conversation miles away from a keyboard.

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