The Web, Myself, and I (continued)

Embrace simplicity: the simplest form of sustaining life is breathing and sitting or laying still. Even if everything else that consumes our time spent awake in a day is hectic and non-stop (enjoyment!) I find it very beneficial to just sit and breathe and focus only on breath, trying to keep thoughts out of the mind. For a more potent simplicity add focused stretching in a flow of poses while being mindful of breath (yoga) and you have a positive workout for both mind and body...no car needed to go to the gym where you paid money to be a member - money you made at a job that hopefully provides you with more than money (personal satisfaction and a contribution to the greater good).

Put others First: This is a tricky one in today's day and age where being the absolute best is emphasized as an ideal way of life, threfore making failure a supreme stresser of the masses (which dominoes down too many avenues to discuss now). The general "we" are so focused on our own agenda that a sort of tunnel vision occurs and our sixth sense (intuition) becomes deactivated and dull. If we put ourselves first we merely feed the ego. When we put others first we starve the ego and allow the spirit to shine through, leaving much more of a lasting impression than merely trying to impress ourselves (egos). Like that good deed for the day everyone is always talking about, let us stay in that mindset constantly and flourish in ways our very distant ancestors experienced.

Desire little: this almost twists the modernized mind into a knot. What do you mean, "desire little?" What bout my entire house full of stuff and things? Tricky sounding but it just goes back to embracing simplicity, being reasonable. Desire itself is a tricky term as it is an emotion that rips us from the bliss of present moments and puts us into the past or future where we once had something but want it again, or something that we want to have but have to figure out how to acquire it. Stuff and things and the possessiveness of "mine" and "yours" have started to bug me more and more, and it shows. I lived out of a Chevy Van for a while and got a kick out of watching myself streamline my possesssions to fit nice and cozy while giving me plenty of space to sit and loiter amongst my own thoughts. Then eventually I got tired of having such a monstrocity of a vehicle so I thought, "fuckitall, I'm fitting it all onto my bicycle" and after long deliberation and heavy consolidation, I am now living with a kitchen, bedroom, sufboard/wetsuit combo, and office on my bicycle and bob trailer. Although I rely on manmade structures quite often for shelter (picnic areas, dugouts, schools, etc.) I can keep myself warm and dry if need be. The only other necessity then becomes food, which costs money most of the time. Money needs only to be acquired and not desired is one mantra I have been training myself to live by. Basiclly, I just tell myself I'm rich. It is that easy, I am rich because I have everything I want right now, all the time.