If you never see this vid, you're truly missing out..
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Go get a checkup bro. Right now. You sound like you're one step away from having a stroke like hers. :1zhelp:
Thank you for sharing this.
I want to share my own experience, it will probably be tldr for most on here but I'll go ahead anyway.
Awhile back when I was serving in the Air Force, I was deployed and on my off time had nothing really better to do so I started studying a lot of self-improvement material. One book I decided to pick up was called 'The Power of Now'.. I would read it when I had a couple of minutes to spare here and there.. but most of it was consumed when I took my ~4 mile run at night time, I would pop in a pair of headphones and listen to the audiobook. Ultimately, it was too fluffy and spiritual, but if you can get past that part, a lot of the context is invaluable.
Without getting way too far into detail. The book talks about enlightenment, and the fact that the only thing that truly exists is the present moment. That the past and the future are merely illusions that can teach us valuable lessons, but more often than not hold us back from happiness and fulfillment as well as blind us from the beauty that is all around us. It emphasized that we should make conscious efforts to stay in the present moment. Definitely not a new concept, but it's one thing to understand this conceptually/intellectually, it is a whole other thing to actually experience it, know it, and feel it.
One night I was out running and listening to the portion of the book that talked about the illusion of time and that we only true exist in the now, and as I was listening I began to feel something start to surge in my body as I came to truly realize and experience what the book was talking about. And then it hit me, like a baseball bat made of euphoria, the strongest epiphany I've ever felt. I understood, I felt it, I finally realized how amazing everything around me really was and how foolish I had been my entire life for living inside of my head, in the past, and constantly worrying about the future. Not only was I overwhelmed with an unexplainable happiness, I was charged with energy..
I literally almost sprinted the remainder of 4 mile run, and didn't even get winded. I then went to the weight room on base where I knew I had some friends who were lifting. I didn't really want to explain to them what was going on, just wanted to see their faces. They had 225 lbs. on the flat bench, the most I had ever done was 215 and that's when I was lifting heavily... at this point I hadn't lifted in over a year and I had maxed out at 185lbs. right before I started the deployment and hadn't lifted at all since.... They convinced me to give it a try with a spot.... I picked the bar off the rack without a problem, it felt strangely light, I then brought it down to my chest and pushed it up with a little struggle, but no assist.... I just laid their in amazement. I could have even probably handled 10-20 more lbs.
Anyway, I went back to my room and slept a peaceful sleep. In the morning, the feeling was gone. And since that day, I've never experienced it again. But that night, I felt truly alive, life never felt more worth living.
If I could figure out away to make that feeling a 'switch' I would be all over it.
I want to share my own experience, it will probably be tldr for most on here but I'll go ahead anyway.
Awhile back when I was serving in the Air Force, I was deployed and on my off time had nothing really better to do so I started studying a lot of self-improvement material. One book I decided to pick up was called 'The Power of Now'.. I would read it when I had a couple of minutes to spare here and there.. but most of it was consumed when I took my ~4 mile run at night time, I would pop in a pair of headphones and listen to the audiobook. Ultimately, it was too fluffy and spiritual, but if you can get past that part, a lot of the context is invaluable.
Without getting way too far into detail. The book talks about enlightenment, and the fact that the only thing that truly exists is the present moment. That the past and the future are merely illusions that can teach us valuable lessons, but more often than not hold us back from happiness and fulfillment as well as blind us from the beauty that is all around us. It emphasized that we should make conscious efforts to stay in the present moment. Definitely not a new concept, but it's one thing to understand this conceptually/intellectually, it is a whole other thing to actually experience it, know it, and feel it.
One night I was out running and listening to the portion of the book that talked about the illusion of time and that we only true exist in the now, and as I was listening I began to feel something start to surge in my body as I came to truly realize and experience what the book was talking about. And then it hit me, like a baseball bat made of euphoria, the strongest epiphany I've ever felt. I understood, I felt it, I finally realized how amazing everything around me really was and how foolish I had been my entire life for living inside of my head, in the past, and constantly worrying about the future. Not only was I overwhelmed with an unexplainable happiness, I was charged with energy..
I literally almost sprinted the remainder of 4 mile run, and didn't even get winded. I then went to the weight room on base where I knew I had some friends who were lifting. I didn't really want to explain to them what was going on, just wanted to see their faces. They had 225 lbs. on the flat bench, the most I had ever done was 215 and that's when I was lifting heavily... at this point I hadn't lifted in over a year and I had maxed out at 185lbs. right before I started the deployment and hadn't lifted at all since.... They convinced me to give it a try with a spot.... I picked the bar off the rack without a problem, it felt strangely light, I then brought it down to my chest and pushed it up with a little struggle, but no assist.... I just laid their in amazement. I could have even probably handled 10-20 more lbs.
Anyway, I went back to my room and slept a peaceful sleep. In the morning, the feeling was gone. And since that day, I've never experienced it again. But that night, I felt truly alive, life never felt more worth living.
If I could figure out away to make that feeling a 'switch' I would be all over it.
She probably has never taken to much LSD pretty much sounds like the same sorta experience. No need to have a stroke in order to get to where she has been.
I've read the power of now. The whole point of the book is to tell you that switch is attainable.. It is what Monks refer to as enlightenment. Good book... Left brain, right brain is exactly what he's talking about.
The Power of Now came out in 1999 and as recently as early 2012 was still on the NY Times best sellers list.
There are a lot of videos on youtube with the author, Eckhart Tolle..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE1dWwoJPU0&"]Talks at Google: Eckhart Tolle in Conversation with Bradley Horowitz - YouTube[/ame]
There are a lot of videos on youtube with the author, Eckhart Tolle..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE1dWwoJPU0&"]Talks at Google: Eckhart Tolle in Conversation with Bradley Horowitz - YouTube[/ame]
Yeah, I kind of got that, but no matter how hard I tried to be present in the moment I was never able to duplicate what I felt that night.. not even close.
Pretty impressive.
Lol I had similar experience with same book. It was almost one year ago. When I started reading a book, I noticed it was written in very spiritual way. I am not very spiritual or religious guy but I decided to keep open mind and read it.
Now when I look back, it was strange experience. I felt so good and so "now". I was not worried as usual, no frustration no anger. Don't let me start on productivity. I had most productive week in my life.
I managed to maintain that feeling for almost a week, by reading few parts of a book over and over.
Oh man, it was good. I will pick it up again this week and see what happens.
I found few blogs where people comparing Dr Jill Bolte Taylor's experience with concept behind The Power Of Now.
Here is her AMA from Reddit if someone is interested:
IAMA: DR Jill Bolte Taylor (Neuroscientist and Ted Talk favorite) respondes to the previous IAMA question session. : IAmA
Someone in comments said that specific forms of meditation are listed in her book. Need to pick up that book too.
One more thing. Few days ago I had great experience while meditating. It was almost good as that week when I was reading The Power Of Now. I am not experienced mediator. Started meditating maybe one year ago, just from curiosity. Also I don't meditate regularly. I meditated less than 10 times this year.
Usually I just concentrate on my breath and enjoy silence in my mind. Usually do that for 10 minutes. This time it was different. I started noticing my breath and silence in my mind. Then I shifted focus from my breath to sound of that silence. And I started to notice some pulsating circle of energy in my visual field. Shifted my focus to that. Meditated like that for 15 minutes. Ant then that feeling after opening my eyes. Oh my god it was good. I felt rested like I slept for few days. No anger, frustration, worry. Nothing. Felt great that whole day.
It is hard to actually explain that feelings.
"The great pleasure and feeling in my right brain is more than my left brain can find the words to tell you." — Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry.
So there is something that connects all that stuff. The power of now, meditating and right part of brain. I need to look more in to that stuff.
Same here.. I tried for all of a week or two. I do think it's possible, but requires serious self control.
I does seem like experiencing it once would be an advantage though.. at least you know it's possible. I just think it's possible.