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Recieved: 2000/08/01 15:22
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From: joe Wood
On 2000/08/01 15:22, joe Wood posted thus to the K-list:
Funny, I read all of the Hardy Boys that were in print at the time, and a
lot of Nancy Drew too. My mom had collections of both from when she was a
young'un.
I also read the bible - finished cover to cover at age 12 or 13, maybe even
younger. A paragraph or two, a page or three, every night as a youth, until
I was done.
As for movies that strike an individual chord, 12 Monkeys did that for me.
Time travel, save the planet, whose version of reality is crazy and whose is
sane (not to mention brad pitt as a manic-depressive named jeffrey) - lots
of stuff that got me going. Any one else every hear the radio addressing
them directly, a moment of synchronicity so strong you can't ignore it? A
character in my stories about how we're all a little crazy (started 5 years
pre-diagnosis) is practically controlled by what she hears on the radio in
the morning. It was supposed to be a joke . . .
But then, most things I have written my heart in to have ended up being
realized in one way or another. For better, and for worse.
I liked Phenomenon a ton too, although I felt that having powers as a result
of a soon-to-be-deadly brain condition was a cop-out, and strangely familar
too.
Did anyone else have a very real sense of impending death during K
explosions? For me, the first time in particular, when I had no idea what
was happenning, I came to a point of consciousness where I felt that 'god'
was so close to me, to my thoughts, that an instant of incorrect,
blashphemous thoughts would bring the lightning (or heart attack etc) from
afar. I've made it this far though, and my mind is far from pure.
It reminds me of an excellent book, which is now out of print. I cannot
remember its exact title, but its subtitle was "putting the spirit back into
psychology." The author had an excellent theory about manic-depression and
the 'survival' of the m-d 'genes'. He suggested that the illness jumps
people into a higher chakra state of conciousness, but skips steps. I.e.,
kundalini energy makes it to the noggin before the lower centres are
purified, deknotted, and ready to support the insight of the 'higher'
chakras. Thus the down side of an energetic psychic experience, fear etc,
and the resulting downside after the rush b/c what you have experienced is
incommnuicable to mst others, leading to self-doubt that the expereince ever
occurred or was valid.
He said much more, and it fit my experiences up to that point in time
extremely well. Unfortunately, it has been 3 years since I read that book,
and a lot has changed. This guy has also written books directly on K, but I
cannot remember his name. If anyone is familar with the book, please let me
know so that I can track down a used copy somewhere.
Namaste
Geoff
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