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Hello and welcome.

Relax and be yourself. I'd love you to join me here and please feel free to talk about whatever you like whenever you like and I'll do the same.

Please talk in your own words rather than quoting others as it makes for a more interactive conversation and thread.

Welcome one and all.
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So. Hey! Hello.

I'm not really sure what I'll talk about here if anything at all.

Some of you guys might have heard me thinking about the fabric of reality.

I do think very deeply but I like to be silly and have fun too.

I've wondered and searched and observed for a very long time and feel I've finally reached the end of my journey.

I've concluded that all there is is nature.

I'm hoping to talk about something else.

Please God!
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Wow big full moon tonight.

Blue moon, you saw me standing alone.

Wow great song.
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People here say I have OCD. Like oh you have a cold.

I certainly have behaviours that are associated with someone that would be described as suffering OCD.

I personally don't see OCD in those terms really.

I think that a person that would be described as having OCD has a brain that functions a little differently.

That person can understand that and ensure they don't contribute to possible problems but their brain will forever be a little different.

Like Aspergers you know.

Also I think that any person given enough stress can develop paranoia and ritualistic behaviours.

There are no atheists in a trench.
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Anyway I'll talk about whatever I want here as often as I like mods willing and every one of you are welcome to do the same, including the plethora of people that have blocked me.

I don't mean any harm and I'm sorry if I upset you, it wasn't intentional.
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Wonder what I'll talk about. Anyone feel like talking about sex?

Oh by the way, if you talk about religion or politics I'll block you.

Ha ha not really. Talk about whatever you like and I'll do the same.
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My dog is eating from the ground. Such a charming habit.
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.. Another 'meaningless' ..{if, latest}, English 'countryside'.. 'crop-circle' pattern.  o:

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/intricate-crop-circle-in-the-uk-amazes-researchers/

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Thanks SA
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Hope to catch you guys tomorrow
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Sometimes, like the 'off-topic' of 'Crop Circles' - The 'missing' meaning of Life, that 'tom' has yet-to-find - Is evident, in the many-and-varied aspects, of Life itself!

- Since 'tom'.. 'bullheaded'/ almost singular--minded, in 'Proving' to himself, his super repetitious/ summation of his Own, Life's assessment/ virtual 'mantra'.. Like many-a-general, in 'battles' past - Is Not about to be 'dislodged'..{read persuaded}.. When challenged, 'head-on'! o"

Ps. - 'Imho'.. Contrary, to the link's title.. There was No, 'Greatest 20th C. musician'.. But there were, plenty of 'Note-worthy' ones! ..{and, where was the 'common-denominator' that Their 'inspiration' came from!? ..{rhetorical}.

erdist.com/audio-rewind-remembering-john-cage-the-20th-centurys-most-important-musician/

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Thank you SA. I agree that we neither of us will change our opinions.

I don't hold there to be a meaning to life at all.

Without a self there is no value that can be taken.

I mean I enjoy some things in my life and they matter to me but I accept all that is just part of a pattern without meaning.

I understand your message though and I like it.

The beauty of life is in the detail
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Maybe, this will help, get 'tom's mind.. 'Out-of-the-gutter'!? ..lol

https://www.yahoo.com/style/illustrator-celebrates-the-diverse-bodies-of-female-olympic-athletes-130110367.html

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Good luck.

Good morning
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Today is the day after the day before. Profound eh? But you know I feel like that.

I finally added to my offline notes from my online posting. I added all there is is nature.

It just felt I'd taken self observation, navel gazing to its zenith and I wanted to document the view from the summit.

These Buddhist seems to aspire to something wonderful but my conclusion isn't particularly something wonderful for me.

It's something of a void really. I feel relaxed, I feel there's nothing to get hung about, but there's nothing to get excited about either.

Just a case of what is is.
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Thinking about it all my notes about my mental processing weren't a strategy either. They were just documenting what's happening. An overview.

Choose not to solve to escape paranoia therefore ritualistic behaviour could just as easily be put as choosing to solve causes paranoia causes ritualistic behaviour.

I put things though in terms of how I experienced them.

If I had a thought I documented that thought.
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So now I've documented the nature of what I am. It's interesting to me how I've done that. I've observed my consciousness. I've read articles and I've talked my thoughts through here.

I feel that perhaps all three were needed. Observation, education and talking through my thoughts.

I suppose that's the use of therapy, a person lays out their pieces and organises them into place.

I'm thinking I found the truth and I'm happy with it but now I'm wondering how I found it!

The ever seeking mind! Always something.

But then I know that from observation.

The quiet mind is a myth.

Nature abhors a vacuum. There will always be wondering rather than an empty mind. Always
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I definitely needed the education. I think of love. It was really hard for me to accept that everything was nature. I thought surely not love?

Tried learning about sociopaths and psychopaths but what really made the difference to me was learning about prairie voles.

If anything demonstrates that what we think of as soul/self is purely nature then look into prairie voles.

You'll find that love is about a physiological composition.

Anyway I just needed to learn until I reached the point I was happy to accept that my suspicion that everything was indeed nature, that supernatural ideas arise from lack of information and human imagination.

I learned that.

After that it was just about slowly analysing human being ideas.

Such as beauty and good, gradually realising that ideas were all they are and that all that truly exists is nature.

I certainly found talking about things helpful.

I guess everything played a part.

Anyway however I got there I got there and I'm grateful to those that accompanied me on the journey.
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So what will I talk about next?! I'll find out!
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Anything but nature! Jesus help me!!!