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McGowdog · 08-24-2009, 01:04 PM

It's good to get back to talking steps, especially 10 and 11.

I was in my kitchen just about an hour ago and I was yelling my head off about my stupid printer. It's 15 till noon and I'm gonna miss my noon meeting because of a stupid printer. Then while in the kitchen, I decided to pour some coffee, get my toast out of the toaster, clean the kitchen counter back up a bit, and resume my job hunt. [I scanned this doc and it printed out on photo paper. It took me about 30 minutes to "tell" the printer what I thought of it and what it should be doing instead.] Anyway, while I was in the kitchen cleaning the counter, I'd noticed that the wife had her 4 wine bottles in the way of our stuff so I moved them to the corner of the cabinet. I was not only seldom interested in liquor, I had no interest in the booze at all. Now my damn coffee, another story.

So I had time to revisit my standard prayer and meditation. Oh, BTW, that's a damn miracle!

So, if they throw you lemons, make lemonade.

The brain oscillates at a frequency of 0.5 hz (in the deepest sleep) to 85 hz (epileptic seizure). More common is 4 hz (deep sleep) to 40 hz (intense excitement). [source: Jose Silva- Mental Dynamics pg 14.] The book says that excitement is dangerous for an alcoholic, btw. If I can get down to alpha, that's not too shaby. I once had a 45 minute out of body-decide back to consciousness type meditation the first time I seriously attemped the Jose Silva method, which I did after taking a 3rd Step. I use some form of it in most of my meditations to this day. I am careful with meditation.

I think repetition is a good thing when developing the discipline. Any prayer and any meditation is good according to Emmet. I know a guy who comes to A.A. and he is in constant prayer. My first thought is "What an order, I can't go through with it." But like Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Life) says, we can bring contemplation into every day activites... such as cooking and cleaning dishes.

Sure. Knock yourself out. What's your current experience with it?

08-24-2009, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
McGowdog Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern Colorado Posts: 1,174	It's good to get back to talking steps, especially 10 and 11. I was in my kitchen just about an hour ago and I was yelling my head off about my stupid printer. It's 15 till noon and I'm gonna miss my noon meeting because of a stupid printer. Then while in the kitchen, I decided to pour some coffee, get my toast out of the toaster, clean the kitchen counter back up a bit, and resume my job hunt. [I scanned this doc and it printed out on photo paper. It took me about 30 minutes to "tell" the printer what I thought of it and what it should be doing instead.] Anyway, while I was in the kitchen cleaning the counter, I'd noticed that the wife had her 4 wine bottles in the way of our stuff so I moved them to the corner of the cabinet. I was not only seldom interested in liquor, I had no interest in the booze at all. Now my damn coffee, another story. So I had time to revisit my standard prayer and meditation. Oh, BTW, that's a damn miracle! So, if they throw you lemons, make lemonade. The brain oscillates at a frequency of 0.5 hz (in the deepest sleep) to 85 hz (epileptic seizure). More common is 4 hz (deep sleep) to 40 hz (intense excitement). [source: Jose Silva- Mental Dynamics pg 14.] The book says that excitement is dangerous for an alcoholic, btw. If I can get down to alpha, that's not too shaby. I once had a 45 minute out of body-decide back to consciousness type meditation the first time I seriously attemped the Jose Silva method, which I did after taking a 3rd Step. I use some form of it in most of my meditations to this day. I am careful with meditation. I think repetition is a good thing when developing the discipline. Any prayer and any meditation is good according to Emmet. I know a guy who comes to A.A. and he is in constant prayer. My first thought is "What an order, I can't go through with it." But like Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Life) says, we can bring contemplation into every day activites... such as cooking and cleaning dishes. Sure. Knock yourself out. What's your current experience with it?