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Subject: [K-list] PM - Procrastinational Meditation
From: Leteegee
On 2000/08/10 04:29, Leteegee posted thus to the K-list:
> My first question is... How do you quiet your mind chatter daily to
> let go of bad habits? I am really procrastinating on getting into a
> group or Yoga. I would like to get over this ego hump...
First, Welcome Blythe and Kaiki! Glad to have you here with us.
From Harshasatsangh list, on Procrastination...
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PROCRASTINATIONAL MEDITATIION By Ed Gage
Make haste slowly, for one can easily become discouraged. One can become
over enthusiastic. One can become in such a manner of policy as to let the
little ends slip without proper consideration, as to their meaning with the
whole undertaking.
Cayce Reading 2448-3
A new form of meditation, Procrastinational Meditation (PM), is sweeping
the country and supplying thousands of people with newfound peace of
mind. This writer recently obtained an interview with PM's founder,
Professor I. Will Lader, M.D., Ph.D.
"The PM concept is simple," the professor explained. "Procrastination is
merely putting off whatever it is you ought to be doing and usually have
the time to do until a more convenient time when you can't do whatever it
was as well as you could have done it before you put it off in the first
place. The problem is that a lot of people feel guilty about that.
"Procrastinational meditation, though," he continued, "teaches the art of
sitting quietly and achieving inner peace by figuring out good reasons for
not doing what you ought to be doing. With PM the meditator learns to become
at one with his procrastination."
"That's very interesting, but are there any practical, everyday applications
for PM?" I asked.
"Of course, of course!" the professor chortled. "I point out hundreds of
daily applications in my book, PM AND THE ART OF NOT TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE.
By applying the proper mental processes, one can achieve a
mind-expanding consciousness which produces an inner awakening to the innate
beauty in the act of not taking out the garbage by contemplating the cosmic
ramifications of such inaction. It's that easy."
"But surely you have to take out the garbage sometime?" I said.
"Well, yes," the professor said, "but in my book, I explain Procrastinational
Meditation alternatives to taking out the garbage, such as living on a diet
of peanut butter sandwiches so there's never much garbage to take out."
The professor noticed I was having difficulty taking notes because I was
crowded on the couch between overstuffed Hefty trash bags. "Feel free to
move a couple of those bags if you need more room for writing," he told me.
It WAS a little cramped, so I lifted one sack over to a clear spot on the
coffee table. It was a heavy bag, and as I set it down there was the sound
of cracking glass.
"Don't worry. It's only old peanut butter jars," the professor reassured
me. "As you can see, I believe in immersing myself in my work."
"Very impressive, Professor," I said, "but what about someone who has not yet
attained your level of development? Is it difficult for the novice
procrastinator to learn PM?"
"Not at all," he replied. "That's the beauty of PM. It's a completely
natural process utilizing the concept of less is more--the less the effort,
the greater the procrastinational results."
Propping up his feet on a peanut butter jar, he continued: "The first chapter
of my book is called `Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, So What's the Hurry?' It
introduces the beginning procrastinator to PM's two great truths: (1)
There's Always Tomorrow, and (2) Tomorrow Never Comes.
"To fully appreciate PM, though," the professor said, "it is important to
understand the true relationships of the procrastinator, and the whole dadgum
rest of the universe. In every circumstance, it has taken since the
beginning of time to bring The Procrastinator in contact with
That-To-Be-Procrastinated-Upon. Logically, then, if it's waited for millions
and millions of years, another day or two won't hurt," he said. "The book
covers all of these concepts fully."
"Do you happen to have a copy of your book I could borrow?"
"Well, er...uh...ahem...ahaw," Professor Lader hemmed and hawed. "Well,
actually the book hasn't been published yet."
"Could I glance over your manuscript, then?"
"Well, you see, I don't exactly have anything written down just yet," the
professor explained. "But I am planning to begin working seriously on the
book sometime this year. Or possibly the next year at the very latest. I'll
get around to it one of these days."
"Then perhaps you could tell me what the final goal of Procrastinational
Meditation is for the people who use it?" I said.
"Certainly! In PM final peace is at last gained by subconsciously squaring
the procrastinational process. The effect produced is that essentially the
meditator learns to procrastinate on procrastination. By postponing
procrastination, one is free to accomplish any work which needs to be done
and at the most opportune time, as well," he said.
"But, Professor, isn't that what it would be like if no one procrastinated in
the first place?" I asked.
"That's a very interesting point," the professor said, "and I must be sure to
explore that concept more fully ... perhaps tomorrow ...."
There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward!
The thing is to move! Cayce Reading 3027-2
"Forget today - tomorrow is soon enough."
VENTURE INWARD, May/June 1985, p. 42,43.
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