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bluegreen17) wrote2003-06-29 06:28 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2003-06-29 06:28 pm
summer breeze makes me feel fine & books,philosophy,theology
ah,so i was pondering what to write on my lj because i'm certain you were wondering if i was still alive.*cough*
i don't write much during my work week tues-sat.
i wasn't inspired until:
station-surfing on my way to the supermarket-which is too short a trip to give up on radio and put one of the three mix tapes i usually listen to in-i caught the cover version of gerry rafferty's 'baker street', a tune i like and the cover seems good,though i don't know who does it. for some reason this was on the local metal/hard rock station.
amazingly,after this was a song i really liked and had heard a few times so when i got to the supermarket,i sat in my car to listen to the rest of it.
bless the dj,because i was actually able to find out what it was...'times like these'(acoustic version) by foo fighters. i don't like everything they do,but i actually have two of their cds because i love some of their songs-everlong,aurora,and now this one. i wasn't surprised it was them,because they do have some really good songs. so,you know,i just wanted to write about that.
thank you canada,because a couple of days ago we were relieved of the nasty 90's heat and humidity by some lovely air they sent us. they're always doing nice things like that. even though i'm happiest in spring/fall at 50's,60's,and low 70's,the 80's that the temps dropped down to feels heavenly. and today for a bonus we've had a wonderful breeze so i opened up all my windows and let that air in. beautiful.
i also took a nap this afternoon. i love naps.
i was cranky earlier and grateful to be by myself and not bothering anybody else,though i was trying to get my attitude improved. it must have worked because when i went out people were extra polite and friendly so i must have had my vibes straightened out.
and speaking of improving my attitude,
last night i started reading shad helmstetter's what to say when you talk to yourself. it's a book about the psychological technique of 'self-talk' which i accidentally discovered before i knew it had a name about 13 years ago during my Year of Acute Anxiety. honestly,it was so bad i had a knot in my throat and worried about my breathing for a long long time.
what i found worked for me was saying to myself when i woke up in the middle of the night with heart racing,anxiety attack on the way,-'you're going to be fine. everything's fine'. it was a derivation of my french-canadien-later-naturalized-american grandmother's voice in my head that said 'everyting's going to be alright'. an example of one of the rare positive programs that got installed in my brain.
well,it worked. i still use it on the rare occasion that an anxiety attack threatens.
reading this book,i found out that this is called 'situational self-talk' in which it is okay to use a future tense as it's a near future reference.
whereas,with self-talk that is not addressing a situation at hand it is important to use the present tense as in
i am happy.
i am healthy.
the world is a beautiful place.
people are good.
yeah,i know it sounds hokey and i don't see that it's any different from affirmations. but power of suggestion is,well,very powerful.
there's an entire chapter on why positive thinking doesn't work in the long run. which is what i experienced. years ago i read norman vincent peale's famous the power of positive thinking and it does work,but i just couldn't keep up the effort. according to this book,it is because even though i had cut down on negative thinking,i hadn't replace that negative stuff with anything,so the negative voices hadn't been squeezed out by new positive voices. which is where self-talk comes in.
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allogenes commented in response to a current post,it's reprogramming the old biocomputer,is how i think it was stated.
a lot of this reminds me of things in florence scovel shinn's the game of life and how to play it which is a book i like a lot. it's what is called new thought,based on what jesus did.
jesus was a master,which is why he could help other people reprogram themselves in an instant. 'get up and walk'. we don't know everything he did,but he was considered a rabbi,teacher,and i would surmise that he was teaching others to do what he did for themselves. sure,it's kind of speculating,but from what i can see,a lot of people have used the principles derived from this view of jesus,and they have worked.
the book on self-talk doesn't bring jesus or God into the picture,which bothers me a little because right now especially i am looking for that connection. so,i'm also reading process theology by john b. cobb,jr and david ray griffin to see where God fits in.
well,this turned into a long-assed entry,so i guess i'll go back and insert a considerate lj-cut for the greater efficiency of friends' pages.
you're welcome.
i don't write much during my work week tues-sat.
i wasn't inspired until:
station-surfing on my way to the supermarket-which is too short a trip to give up on radio and put one of the three mix tapes i usually listen to in-i caught the cover version of gerry rafferty's 'baker street', a tune i like and the cover seems good,though i don't know who does it. for some reason this was on the local metal/hard rock station.
amazingly,after this was a song i really liked and had heard a few times so when i got to the supermarket,i sat in my car to listen to the rest of it.
bless the dj,because i was actually able to find out what it was...'times like these'(acoustic version) by foo fighters. i don't like everything they do,but i actually have two of their cds because i love some of their songs-everlong,aurora,and now this one. i wasn't surprised it was them,because they do have some really good songs. so,you know,i just wanted to write about that.
thank you canada,because a couple of days ago we were relieved of the nasty 90's heat and humidity by some lovely air they sent us. they're always doing nice things like that. even though i'm happiest in spring/fall at 50's,60's,and low 70's,the 80's that the temps dropped down to feels heavenly. and today for a bonus we've had a wonderful breeze so i opened up all my windows and let that air in. beautiful.
i also took a nap this afternoon. i love naps.
i was cranky earlier and grateful to be by myself and not bothering anybody else,though i was trying to get my attitude improved. it must have worked because when i went out people were extra polite and friendly so i must have had my vibes straightened out.
and speaking of improving my attitude,
last night i started reading shad helmstetter's what to say when you talk to yourself. it's a book about the psychological technique of 'self-talk' which i accidentally discovered before i knew it had a name about 13 years ago during my Year of Acute Anxiety. honestly,it was so bad i had a knot in my throat and worried about my breathing for a long long time.
what i found worked for me was saying to myself when i woke up in the middle of the night with heart racing,anxiety attack on the way,-'you're going to be fine. everything's fine'. it was a derivation of my french-canadien-later-naturalized-american grandmother's voice in my head that said 'everyting's going to be alright'. an example of one of the rare positive programs that got installed in my brain.
well,it worked. i still use it on the rare occasion that an anxiety attack threatens.
reading this book,i found out that this is called 'situational self-talk' in which it is okay to use a future tense as it's a near future reference.
whereas,with self-talk that is not addressing a situation at hand it is important to use the present tense as in
i am happy.
i am healthy.
the world is a beautiful place.
people are good.
yeah,i know it sounds hokey and i don't see that it's any different from affirmations. but power of suggestion is,well,very powerful.
there's an entire chapter on why positive thinking doesn't work in the long run. which is what i experienced. years ago i read norman vincent peale's famous the power of positive thinking and it does work,but i just couldn't keep up the effort. according to this book,it is because even though i had cut down on negative thinking,i hadn't replace that negative stuff with anything,so the negative voices hadn't been squeezed out by new positive voices. which is where self-talk comes in.
as
allogenes commented in response to a current post,it's reprogramming the old biocomputer,is how i think it was stated.a lot of this reminds me of things in florence scovel shinn's the game of life and how to play it which is a book i like a lot. it's what is called new thought,based on what jesus did.
jesus was a master,which is why he could help other people reprogram themselves in an instant. 'get up and walk'. we don't know everything he did,but he was considered a rabbi,teacher,and i would surmise that he was teaching others to do what he did for themselves. sure,it's kind of speculating,but from what i can see,a lot of people have used the principles derived from this view of jesus,and they have worked.
the book on self-talk doesn't bring jesus or God into the picture,which bothers me a little because right now especially i am looking for that connection. so,i'm also reading process theology by john b. cobb,jr and david ray griffin to see where God fits in.
well,this turned into a long-assed entry,so i guess i'll go back and insert a considerate lj-cut for the greater efficiency of friends' pages.
you're welcome.
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yeah, thanks to canandian air we've been freed from the grip of nasty summerness here too. *sigh of relief* for a while, anyway. not long enough, I'm sure. :P
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not that i have all the answers,but every once in a while i am able to accomplish a little bit here and there! actually,i probably have found more 'answers' than i have put into practice...and if you don't use them,well,you lose them...until you remember them again later.
in my humble opinion,anyway.
a bit?
We shall see. Everytime I think I'm getting a little bit better at it, the 'answers' slip away.
Re: a bit?
i empathize. i know how hard it can sometimes be to do ANYTHING. so i do what i can when i can.
i don't know specificly what's going on with you,though.
i have a weird question...on your entry page only a few entries show up,but there are more old entries in your memories. why don't you have entries going back further on your entry page? this isn't paramount for you to answer,but i'm just a curious sort if you feel like answering.
Re: well...
Yup.