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: : : : instinct : : : How does instinct play in you posts? : : <snip> I beleive that if we followed our instincts we would be far truer and happier for it. : You said a mouthful (or more accurately, you typed a fingerful). I haven't broken this down completely in thought, but I know there is some sort of corrolation between 'instinct' and 'flow.' : : you may have heard me say i wish I could beat people with a stick? <snip> They would react to get away from it of course. In that moment their other issues are gone because a more pressing instinctual issue is at hand. : Hit me! : : If they, we all, could only carry that moment of lucidity with us we would be far less prone to these sorry, sappy-ass (excuse my language) problems and attitudes that we get into and often live in. God provdes for our needs. He promises that. And our needs are very basic. Even our emotional needs are just as simple. We just expect to get more! Even when I am frustrated to what i think is my wits end and can't figure out why this stuff is happening, I often wake to the fact that I am still well cared for. : I'm convinced -- how do I 'carry that moment of lucidity?' -- perpetual stick-hitting? (Phil Hartman's strident voice:) I'm a racehorse, baby!!! Oh, yeah!!! Run, mama, run!!! : : This is why i am so into survival and the environment. In these situations we test ourselves and we learn to hold onto the perspective that we have lost from so much vicarious living and illusions of danger. : You are into survival and the environment to remind yourself of this "primitive instinct" ??? Or is there something more? Survival of the spiritually fit... : : <snip> We can't really grasp what reality is. That is why I like to be immersed in something that pushes my body to the absolute limit, that makes me truly scared because of things that are out of my control. That way i can learn to live on the instinct. Hopefully then I can take it back and truly be able to recognize what matters in my world and what doesn't. : Have you ever thought of writing about your experiences? What do you take back, and what have you recognized, and how do you maintain that recognition? : : also on the order of spiritual instincts and emotional needs, if we listened to these things and took our cues form the people who study these things and the animals around us, we would know that we are animlas that have very simple physical needs. We long to be touched, even if we say we hate it. : I find it interesting how closely related instinct and emotion are. It seems that if we were to create a timeline, we would see that instinct happens, then emotion, and after the rush of the moment dies down, the intellectual analysis comes in to play (actually, the intellect is accessed by the instinct, but it seems to be an involuntary response). Jonvon mentioned an interest in "finding essence in the spaces between ordinary things" -- and it seems that our true individuality happens in these spaces, which is clearly visible in the stimulus/response model we are discussing. : : <snip> It relesaes endorphins in my brain that allow me to calm down. But imagine what this could do if we did this with each other. not in a sappy or perverted way, but in a natural way. I think we would all be healthier. honestly that is why i try to play with animals in their own language. I want to learn how they communicate using these basic touches and sounds. Usually they get so excited to actually see a human who is trying to talk to hem that they bounce off the walls, but even that makes me feel good. So try it. Relax and let those natural responses take over some time. Eat when you are hungry and enjoy it. Learn to strip off the other things we think we need and find what we really need. And most of all don't be afraid to use those same responses on other humans. Of course I'm not saying scrath your friends ear, but you know my point, don't be afraid to touch, however is natural for you. It's worth an experiment right? I have no idea where the limits are. May be there are none and eventually I'll be able to live in that healthy natural way always. : In responding to limits and limitations, I'll quote a line from "Bringing out the Dead" -- "I never asked you to suffer -- that was your idea." Those limitations exist in our minds exclusively. When I read your posts, sometimes I feel like I just got a good belly-scratching, so in that sense (perhaps close to the sense you are pointing to) I get it. There are also times when the touch needs to be a bit more forceful -- much like the stick-beatings you are apparently so fond of (joke!). Think of your other post (RE: Stepping in late in the game) where you wrote, "...I'm not the only one who feels sick at their own apathy..." -- this is a prime situation for a touch, because you have verbally/intellectually reached a definite point of uncertainty. I can assure you that regardless of how things look "day-to-day" we all gravitate to this place from time to time. I can also say that it is only trust in God and in our instincts (as He created them) that will pull us from this place when we go there. When you surround yourself with people who love you, that touch will come, just in the same sense that when your loved one is down, you are solid... and ultimately when I am weak, he is strong. : The best way to keep yourself healthy is to keep the people around you healthy. : Jason

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