Enjoyed today, with a nurse I enjoy. Well, he makes me laugh. But why is it that weeks with a Monday holiday off always seem longer than ever? I can't wait for more time not at work. Being woken up by a leaping cat on my pelvis at 3AM, and realizing a migraine was brewing never helps. Although it meant I got drugs on the job very early, and effectively.
Got home, and D could not find his keys. We knew they were in the apartment, since he got in with them, but no amount of searching turned them up. Retracing steps, examining edges, looking for places they could have dropped, and nothing. So, I tried the last resort. I asked aloud.
"Ok, that was fun, now we need to find the keys."
Then we distracted ourselves for an hour. And D found his keys, half dropped, half caught off a corner of his desk, where we'd both looked repeatedly. I thanked out loud, and insisted D do the same. He did, after momentary reluctance.
There is some non-causal relationship going on, and I don't pretend to have any subject in mind when I ask, then thank. But I know that this method does work. Call it a local phenomenon.
Long ago, I got a pack of tarot cards. I don't think they are of any divinatory use, but I do think they help me think about problems differently. Like randomly opening a book to stimulate imagination. The ex found my interest in them deeply disturbing, questioning my sanity and intelligence because of it. D takes it all at face value, and in the context of how I use them. When we were in Colorado Springs waiting to get sent to Gulf War I, we came across a book of I Ching, and tried to use the method to reassure ourselves. Along with the cards. We didn't take it seriously, but it helped us get through the worry.
It's a good idea to listen to the universe around us, ask politely, and send out thanks. Can't hurt.
8 comments:
That listening part is key - it allows for a greater sense of inner peace.
Losing stuff can be disturbingly annoying sometimes.
Thank you - I enjoyed this post for both its content and the lovely prose.
Agreeing with Phil.
As soon as we apprehend possible futures we have already changed them. For me I Ching stimulates exploration of the possible choices I will make to bring about the best outcomes possible. In this way it teaches wisdom which is why one of its names is the 'Book of Wisdom.'
Being open is the key to that space.
Again - Thanks
Whereas I was racking my brains today to try and remember who had said words to the effect that weeks with less working days last longer.
I couldn't remember whether it had been on a blog, in conversation, read in a news/op ed article or elsewhere. Nor whether it was today or yesterday.
Nonetheless, it chimed with me.
And what happens when I've completely forgotten about it? I find it in the first paragraph here.
So I've just given thanks aloud.
I think I know what you're saying here too about these things - Tarot, I-Ching etc - serving as tools to help you think or approach something differently, moreso than for their purported use.
For example, I absolutely do not believe in horoscopes in any shape or form: but I found myself reading one regularly (not just my own star sign either) purely because each entry seemed to be more an attempt (a very effective one I might add) to be thought-provoking and reflective rather than to predict the likely sequence of events in the near future.
Phil,
D struggles with mild ADD, and gets very frustrated constantly losing things. It's been better since getting diagnosed and on meds.
Kevin,
Welcome.
Trousers,
Sorry I couldn't help with your original citation. I read the horoscope with the same idea. And fortune cookies, although I like the truly odd ones best of all.
The rationalist explanation, I suppose, is that admitting you need help is a necessary step in abandoning your attachment to all the solutions you think ought to work. And that makes space for new solutions to arise.
(But yes, really, you're right, it's pixies.)
Dale,
I'm certainly not going to tell the pixies otherwise.
because there seem to be several processes going on simultaneously in most human minds, consciously and unconsciously ... might not the conscious one be asking the others for assistance ?
Tristan,
Absolutely, but we don't want to rattle the pixies in our own heads either.
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