tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post114814034984351556..comments2024-03-28T05:08:54.838-07:00Comments on Jon's Jail Journal (by Shaun Attwood): Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894626355758041112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-1148473798610119942006-05-24T05:29:00.000-07:002006-05-24T05:29:00.000-07:00Dr O said:- "You obtained a definition of who you ...Dr O said:- "You obtained a definition of who you were through partying. On drugs, your anxiety went away. You surrounded yourself with folks in similar situations, and there’s generally no true bonding in those environments. The club drugs you did caused a cascade of neurotransmitters. With huge amounts of drugs in the system, the brain operates at another level. Studies of substance abuse have shown volumetric reductions in the limbic system and short-term memory areas." Zen says:- Drugs offer immediate access to altered states of consciousness, but sadly few stop to program themselves to take advantage of the opportunities offered on the spiritual levels - if indeed they realise they ARE on a spiritual level. 'Spiritual' here means simply 'creation of life', and should not be confused with 'religion', which is a degraded version of spirituality because it is not your own firsthand experience. Science gets excited about changes in the brain because it has yet to realise that the 'mind' is NOT contained in the brain - the mind is universal. Dr O refers to 'no true bonding', but the point is that in a crude and primitive fear-based society, he perhaps forgets that the ONLY experience many have of uninhibited unconditional love is on drugs! However, as many do not pre-program themselves as to what they want to achieve while in an altered state of consciousness, they have no, or limited ability, in grounding the experience in the physical world. This is why it is essential to ONLY take new drugs within someone who is both spiritually evolved, and experienced with that particular drug. Dr O's statement that you should see yourself as 'perfect' also needs slight amplification to 'perfectly able to experience yourself at every moment'. This is because the physical world is ALWAYS the perfect reflection(s) to our choices. This period of imprisonment has given you opportunity to see yourself as you would never have done without being jailed. Far from being a 'loser', you have gained insight, and have begun to make a positive impact upon others. This is why your blog has proven such a success, and has demonstrated that you are loved and cared for WITHOUT the need to provide for others as you previously did to, in a sense, buy acceptance qand popularity. In short, you had erected a Mask of Fear which you are beginning to strip away - heence the anxiety. Face The Fear as I have previously shown you - one small fear at a time - and with each success your confidence will grow, and anxiety will fall away. When it arises, look it in the eye, identify the fear, say 'I Face The Fear!', and the One Mind in this Universe ( within which we are all contained ) knows immediately. As you grow, others will come to you to learn. This is the baton in the relay race called life - it can never be held on to, can only be passed on. This process never, ever ends, because only bodies die. Continue to inspire others, and allow their inspiration to inspire you further. Good luck! Zen :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-1148240280648528352006-05-21T12:38:00.000-07:002006-05-21T12:38:00.000-07:00hi shaun, your blogs are getting deeper aren't the...hi shaun, your blogs are getting deeper aren't they? perhaps it's just because i know a bit more about you now. your writing is much nicer to read, in my opinion anyway.<BR/>i have to disagree with this "You're Shaun, a flawed human being. Live with it, embrace it and come to love it."<BR/>i think the opposite: i think everyone is perfect. oke, we all make mistakes or annoy people but that's part of who we are, making mistakes doesn't mean that we aren't perfect. to me perfection doesn't mean never doing anything wrong or never upsetting someone, never being mad. how can you love yourself if you think that everything you do is another one of your 'flaws'? each mistake develops us as people and we learn things from others. <BR/>my little sister teaches me to laugh and not care what anyone will think of me, to be free and stay true to myself. when a little girl of 10 can teach something like that, is that not perfection in its greatest form?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-1148228515623723952006-05-21T09:21:00.000-07:002006-05-21T09:21:00.000-07:00Oi, tosser. The Doc is right. Why try label yourse...Oi, tosser. <BR/><BR/>The Doc is right. Why try label yourself, worry over "who you are"? Stop it. <BR/><BR/>You're Shaun, a flawed human being. Live with it, embrace it and come to love it.<BR/><BR/>Eventually your need to know what others "think" of you will disappear and you'll become a little less flawed. <BR/><BR/>Stick with it son. You're on the right track. <BR/><BR/>TonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com