Meaningful Connections: CREATING A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT AND ITS LONG LASTING EFFECTS

Photo Albums

THE MISSING TWIN TOWERS 09/12/01

On 09/12/01 I walked from 14th street and Union Square down to the hole in the ground that used to be the Twin Towers. It was an eerie and surrealistic experience. Check points with soldiers and policemen were on every block. Somehow I found a way to get to within two blocks of the center of the destruction. The light had a strange brownish glow due to a mixture of the heavy particles of the disentegrated buildings filtering the winter sunlight. Many people were wearing face masks to help them breathe. I was struck by the nearly universal dazed and shocked expressions of a multitude of awe struck onlookers like myself. However, as bad as it was, I was also struck by the noble activity of hundreds - or was it thousands - of workers and volunteers that were quietly, and methodically attending to the grim work of cleaning up this horrible lower manhatten "Pearl Harbor" mess. Returning to Union Square I came upon a hastily erected evolving memorial. On subequent days I came upon similar memorials, most notably a large one in Grand Central Station. What most stirred me were pictures of kin who were unaccounted for as yet, apparently posted by relatives and friends, desperately clinging to the hope that their loved ones had some escaped the horror and might be recognized by someone, anyone, who would take the time to carefully scan their names and faces and. if indeed spotted, would hopefully notify them. It was quite shaking to have to face up to the brutal fact that nothing is absolutely secure - life is tenuous at best. Perhaps all that can be done at such times is to try to remain steady and, if so inclined, to record such occurrences as objectively as is humanly possible.

AUTUMN IN NEW YORK

I was feeling depressed yesterday morning. Additionally I was restless and somewhat agitated. My body wanted movement. I looked outside noticing that the fall colors were shimmering flooded with sunlight. I picked up my small canon camera and decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. The walk was magical. The pictures that follow speak for themselves. After only a few pictures it was obvious that my depression completely lifted. My conclusion is that immersion in nature - any season - is likely to be the best natural anti-depressant.

THE CHRISTOS' GATES in the SNOW

NATURE'S GLORY

What I most love about nature is it is so natural. It is what it is. It is so full of beauty. It gives so much and asks for nothing in return. Most of the flowers and yard photogaphs are a theme and variation from flowers and tomatos I plant each spring. I enjoy watching the buds ripening and opening up. I particularly enjoy the uniqueness of each flower as it unfolds sometime mid summer. As I zoom in for closeups I sense these colorful mysteries speak to some elemental and most essential best prrt of me. As I focus upon the details of each unique flower, or fruit, or tree, or mixture of shadow and light, or glitter, or sparkles, I feel as connected to being alive and resonant with my natural 'friends' as at any time or with any people in my life. I appreciate the democratic spirit clusters of flowers have for themselves collectively and individually. They seem to celebrate being alive as they unself consciously display their radiance for whomever wishes to take note - or not. They seem utterly indifferent whether anyone cares or not. They don't fuss or get irritated as they 'graciously' make room for each other. I can appreciate what Van Gogh felt in the open sunlight painting his sun flowers and hay stalks - giddily - passionately grasping for the right words as he expressed his feelingsin his letters to Theo {his brother}. Observing nature with direct perception, not having to find words to describe what is experienced, is a tonic for me - a being who derives his lively hood from systematically searching for just right words.

TIMES SQUARE, ETC.

Times square by day or night pulsates with excitement, noise, and electricity. If you are bored, or under stimulated go to Broadway and 42nd street to be atmospherically reinvigorated. No need to spend a fortune going to usually dissappointing theatre - just stand on a corner in Times Square and watch the passing show - fixed or in motion. A well crafted building is a joy to behold. Equally so are machines like the Metro North Railway trains, stations, tracks, wires virtually all of the trappings that go into making a transportation system. So too - unusual scenes such as colorful canoes glittering amongst tall green pine trees on a bright sun filled summer day delights my senses and stirs my soul. There is so much not to like but it is all worth it when my senses are stimulated. It is very true: you can't appreciate the light unless you can take note of the darkness.

My Favorites

Speaking of Faith public radio's national conversation about belief, meaning, ethics, and ideas
An outstanding concept and consistently sophisticated presentation of what I refer to as "grounded" spirituality.
The Digital Journalist February 2005 Issue Contents
A sophisticated photojournalism site.
EpistemeLinks.com: For Philosophy Resources on the Internet
A goldmine of philosophical references.
Sound and Spirit
A musical trip exploring a new theme each week.
Edge
A highly stimulating site for truth seekers.
One Minute Web Guides
An outstanding, carefully chosen, informative guide to a plethora of relevant sites.
Studio 360 This Week - LAX, Pico Iyer, Sontag
An always entertaining and informative talk show.
NPR : National Public Radio : News, Arts, World, US.
An outstanding news and music station.
The Bryan Lehrer Show
A highly informative daily talk show.
ZDNET
Excellent site for downloads (free and shareware)

MY FAVORITE BLOGS

images

Subscribe to this blog's feed

« A TRULY PERFECT BASEBALL AUTUMN SEASON | Main | THE BEAR AND BARE FACTS ABOUT AN ABUSE OF AUTHORITY »

November 16, 2007

CREATING A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT AND ITS LONG LASTING EFFECTS

LIKE A TRANQUILIZER IN THE MEDICINE CABINET

At the beginning of a long term psychoanalysis I was a nervous wreck. I, like many people needing intensive therapy, suffered from a convergence of near overwhelming feelings including panic anxiety, depression, and tension.

About the fifth session my analyst picked up on the fact that I was stressed out asking me how I coped with it. Not very well I answered. I just endure it hoping it will never happen again but knowing it always comes back. Presenting me with a novel concept he said "You need to have the experience of creating a perfect environment." What I came up with follows:

The next Saturday I was alone in my apartment all day. I filled my bathtub with a just right mixture of hot and cold water. I turned off the lights. I lit 4 candles. I opened a bottle of a Italian mellow table wine, and turned on some of my favorite classical music. Topping off my creation I blew up a small inflatable bathroom pillow I bought at Bloomingdales that hooked onto the bathroom tiles so I could comfortably rest my head while I was soaking myself in the tub.

I stayed in the tib for what seemed to be hours. I lost all sense of linear time as I found myself progressively fusing with the sensuous atmosphere. The convergence of the expereince of the just right temperature of the water, the candle light, the wine, the pot, the classical music, the feel of the comfortable pillow combined to induce an exquiste altered state of perfect relaxtion.

When I eventually got of the tub and out of the bathroom into my 'living room' I felt as if I felt transformed. I actively coped with my stress in a way that at least for a time completly reduced it to nothing. Pain was converted into pleasure by my having taken a small degree of action to arrange a perfect environment for myself.

Much much later in my analysis when I was also being a psychotherapist I would realize that the altered state that I had created - following my sensitve analyst's lead - was the equivalent of what a new born would likely experience in an atmosphere of being unconditionally loved, comforted, tenderized. This has been referred to a state of at one ment.

Whereas this experience was unforgettable in and of itself it has had unexpected benefits. Life being what it is induces stress whether I like it or not. So while I learned I can take active steps to cope with it I can't prevent it from reoccuring. So one might reasonably concur that at such stressful moments I would recreate my perfect environment. And inm fact I do but not literally. All I need to do to obtain the effects of my perfect envoronment is to remember what I did and how I felt and that memory is enough to calm me down.

My conclusion is that sometimes when psychological conditions are just right - like all of the major planets being in aliignment - a little bit of synergy can and does have powerful healing powers.

So next time any of you feel stressed out you might try out my prescription of making your own perfect environment and hopefully match the same unexpected benefits as myself.

ENJOY!

November 16, 2007 in SIMPLE PLEASURES | Permalink

Comments

Breast Self Exam
Healthy Changes Through Life: Doing a monthly breast self exam is the best way to stay familiar with the cyclical changes in your breasts. You will get to know the territory better than your health care team, and will spot changes easily. Having an annual clinical exam helps document your breast health, so keep a regular appointment set up for that! Between puberty and menopause, your breasts will go through many changes, which are affected by hormones, diet, and exercise. Most of these changes are natural and healthy!
Teen Years (Puberty): In the teen years, with the start of your monthly cycle, your body enters the maturing process, and you gain curves and may notice skin changes (such as acne) and even hair may change color or texture. Breast tissue is developing during this time too, and may be dense and firm to begin with, especially if you are small-breasted.Family Resemblance: At this stage, it’s not too early to know your family health history, so ask your female relatives (mother, aunts, grandmother) if they had any fibrocystic problems with their breasts, or any regular cysts. If so, it’s likely that you may experience those too. Not to worry – cysts are benign – but you want to know where they are, and if they come and go, so they can be distinguished from other features in your breasts.'
More Curves and Kids (Childbearing Years): After your body is prepared for motherhood, if you conceive and bear children, and also if you breastfeed the children, that will bring on more changes in your breasts, as well as in the rest of your body. Breasts may become larger and more tender during pregnancy, and may need more support. Don’t neglect your BSE during this time, stay familiar with the changes. Remember that pregnancy and breastfeeding will help combine to lower your risk of breast cancer.
Maturity (Menopause): Menopause also brings changes in your breasts, as your estrogen and progesterone levels drop, your breast tissue may become less firm and may drape differently than during your teen and child-bearing years. Keep up with your breast self exams in these years too, so that the normal changes are familiar to you. Less dense breast tissue will seem to have more lumps and bumps, but remember that 90% of breast lumps are benign.
For more information visit: http://www.activesbreast.com>Breast Self Exam

Posted by: gundosa | December 25, 2007 at 05:26 AM

http://ladyboydirect.info
http://girlbeatingboy.info
http://blackgirlguy.info
http://womanhumiliatingman.info
http://womanpenetratingman.info
http://lassboy.info
http://superboytoy.info
http://womanwantingman.info
http://indonesianladyboy.info
http://blackladyman.info

Posted by: khjhkluyt | November 27, 2007 at 07:38 AM

coach
purse
purse
purse
party
purse
purse
purse
gucci
hanger
purse
purse
purse
candy
snake
success
vuitton
purse
purse
hooks
purse
microfiber
carrier
purse
1995
purse
easy
purse
purse
purse
wool
purse
blue
purse
design
purse
purse
coach
purse
lunch
frames
felt
on
felted
enmon
giraffe
knock
purse
photo
purse
coin
clutch
backpack
poodle
tooled
purse
purse
campari
name
of
serial
vuitton
purse
purse
purse
purse
coach
vuitton
backpack
purse
wallet
what
purse
denim
purse
purse
patterns
purse
your
saddle
print
purse
purse
purse
purse
purse
vuitton
purse
tanya
purse
imitation
make
sak
bradley
couture
purse
sulay
amish
purse
franco
replica
purse
style
offs
purse
hobo
martini
boutique
metal
purse
bible
heart
purse
purse
purse
authentic
purse
1482
party
prada
canvass
purse
business
purse
pattern
fetish
purse
authentic
purse
thanksgiving
print
coin
purse
elvis
silk
patterns
girl
coach
make
purse
tab
jenny
light
purse
knitted
tote
frames
pattern
purse
leather
pattern
purse
purse
net
purse
fake
purse
denim
purse
for
caddy
of
personalized
supplies
purse
purse
leather
purse
a
vuitton
harley
vuitton
chanel
quilt
purse
purse
purse
parts
name
handles
plate
zipper
purse
book
quilted
beeded
a
style
felted
boop
usmc
boxes
straps
louis
camo
castello
purse
purse
how
purse
beaded
shetlie
wallet
a
fake
quilted
supplies
purse
purse
purse
free
in
purse
clutch
pink
usa
harajuko
water
beaded
nova
so
pink
fake
basset
fabric
designer
arizona
merona
purse
person
purse
purse
purse
purse
purse
outlets
how
purse
cake
purse
name
tatoos
with
jm
purse
purse
purse
hawaiian
coach
purse
purse
take
organizer
purse
seiners
purse
junior
dog
zebra
with
klap
purse
purse
fossil
purse
game
rebel
mary
soccer
louis
frame
smith
free
purse
leather
betsey
express
buy
purse
tory
purse
box
purse
pewter
change
rope
knors
of
patterns
purse
purse
purse
stolen
purse
mesh
purse
taupe
black
leather
purse
purse
slg
purse
purse
home
oxygen
purse
soda
chanel
concealment
b
dress
purse
purse
purse
placemat
check
purse
purse
weitzman
rag
wholesale
purse
stone
change
patterns
purse
dachshund
patterns
purse
plaid
designer
cell
fabric
hooks
driven
purse
silver
purse
freddy
leather
faux
patent
supplies
purse
handgun
cozy
wholesalers
purse
homemade
change
purse
purse
print
purse
wholesale
purse
purse
purse
handmade
purse
handbag
purse
purse
leather
directions
darren
rag
the
logo
villager

Posted by: pursesohh | November 21, 2007 at 12:18 AM

The comments to this entry are closed.

A Must Read

SCINTILLATING SOUNDS

: WHAT THE UNIVERSE TELLS ME: UNRAVELING the MYSTERIES of MAHLER's THIRD SYMPHONY
B0001US7HC
B0006M4SO6
Pat Metheny: THE WAY UP
B00003XB62
Chris Brubeck: FROM BACH to BRUBECK

SEMINAL BOOKS

Jacob Needleman: The American Soul : Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
This book is a profound answer to extremism's supeficial challenge.
Robert Henri: The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art Generally, and on Appreciation (Icon Editions)
The Art Spirit is also a prescription for living the good life. A must for serious students seeking the meaning of their life.
ERIC HANSEN: The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer : Close Encounters with Strangers
An unusual traveler's stories of truly meaningful connections.
Brewster Ghiselin: The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention of Art
Reinforces the aspiring creator to take his/her creative urges seriously.
Theodor Reik: Listening With the Third Ear: The Inner Experience of a Psychoanalyst
An inspired guide into the inner world of experiential logic.
Harlan Ullman: Finishing Business: Ten Steps To Defeat Global Terror
A practical and realistic approach to confronting this most complex problem.
Clarence Irving Lewis: Mind and the World-Order: Outline of a Theory of Knowledge
An illuminating guide book for those searching for a method to objectify and organize their experience.
Jared Diamond: COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED
A primer for survival and thrival if we dare learn from our collective experience.
Christopher J. Moore: In Other Words
A liguistic roadmap for getting found if one is lost in translation.
Ernest Becker: The DENIAL of DEATH
A daring and provocative challenge to all human beings to face nitty gritty reality square in the face. His ideas are building blocks in erecting a grounded faith.

WEB RINGS

PHILOSOPHY WEB RING

LINKS

Blog powered by Typepad
Member since 12/2004

BLOG RELATED

Intelliseek's Blog Pulse
A search engine, analyst's tools, spots trends, and a showcase.
WAYPATH
Novel ways to search the blogosphere. Try it: you'll like it.
Crayon Box
EATON WEB PORTAL I
The official Eaton Web portal web site.
EATION WEB PORTAL II
Blogging Resources
WEBLOG COMPENDIUM
Another site dedicated to all about blogs and blogging.
WEBLOG LINK DIRECTORY
An excellent source for all blog things considered.
FAGAN SEARCHBOX
BlogStreet : Blog Profiles, RSS Ecosystem, Blog Tops, Search and Directory
A comprehensive blog search engine.
Popdex
Search Popdex:

paypal buttons

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Mp3 Streaming

February 2020

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29

Subscribe to my Podcast

Meaningful Connections

If time is an illusion then "time = libido (energy to be consciously directed). This weblog highlights my efforts in harnessing and directing my energy towards obtaining and sustaining meaningful connections with myself and the outside world.

About