reality meshing with imagination

distortions in cognition can be brought about if the imagination is not properly seperated from exerpeinced reality...i need to seperate imagination from reality...it is very pervasive

Mindfulness should not be viewed as a skill to master

I claim that mindfulness should not be viewed as a skill to master. The reasoning behind this is simple: if we view it as a skill, autopilot tries to take over for the sake of efficiency. Also this sort of thinking is distracting, because it creates worrying ("am I getting better at being mindful?"). The point here is that it does not matter where mindfulness can take you in the "future", but where mindfulness can take you right now. 

Randomness: It's good to view thoughts as they are, the alternative is to allow them to control you. If we view thoughts as they are, we naturally become aware of the distortion of reality that is occurring in our own brains. All thoughts are false in some way (none of us can time travel and/or view events outside of the senses, a thought is cognition based on understood patterns made available by the senses...not superpowers!). 

The type of music you listen to matters!

Feel like I'm stating the obvious here, but the type of music you listen to does matter. Like the types of thoughts we make a habit of thinking, the type of music we make a habit of listening to has an incredible impact on our well-being in the long run. The question is how music influences our emotional well-being (the kind and level of influence). The reality is that people don't like music, but the way music makes them feel. Harm is done to the self if music is used to create anger and/or aggressive emotions (such as rap, metal, and rock music). Whatever emotional states we nurture, the greater they will permeate the soul. Music is big because of the way it alters our emotional state, so keep all of this in mind when listening to your "favorite" music. I suggest listening to relaxing music with inspiring lyrics. 

look up ways to improve upon hopelessness

seeing the world through a sea of ideas vs. the senses

Daily blog: 10/31/11 - Happy Halloween

Updated - 8:49 AM
Just busy studying sociology so far today. Had a fairly busy weekend with a weak internet connection, so I wasn't able to blog about it. I'll do some blogging about it later on.

Updated - 6:26 PM
Went on a walk at around 11 AM, then took a bath with some chamomile tea (so relaxing). Then I got a ride back to the college, did some studying (topic was abortion), and then I went to french class. It was funny because we were suppose to be making questions, but the question this one girl made (unintentionally) was something not "PG-13" according to the teacher. I think it was something like "have you ever made love?".

After french class I got a wrap, and this girl that never rarely shows up to the "french speaking" class started talking with me, and she was like "how was french? I never go to those speaking classes", and I said "you know those count towards participation? right?"... It was a tad awkward, but what a dolt. Now I'm back in my dorm and about to do some more reading about the ethics surrounding abortion, fun fun fun! :P

Godless Evil Atheist Blog - 10/31/11 Happy Halloween!

Updated - 8:01 AM
Just woke up, going to be a busy day filled with studying. So today's Halloween, being that I'm slightly too fat big to pass as a kid, no trick-or-treating for me. This holiday is great for atheists, we get to dress up like the demons we are and terrorize the believers (what could be better than that?).

Before I get to studying, I think I should take my dog on a walk...maybe that will help wake me up.