“I may have lost an eye, but I gained a dragon.” – House of the Dragon
I meditated on dragons this morning.
Not on purpose, of course:
I’m into some freaky sh*t, sure, but flying dinosaurs don’t really tickle me like that.
The real reason I meditated on dragons this morning is because I watched House of the Dragon last night, so dragons were stuck in my mind when I sat down to practice this morning.
The mind feeds on content like the body feeds on food, after all — and House of the Dragon is a big-ass meal.
So I spent the first ten minutes of the meditation digesting swirling mental pictures of dragons and fire and violence and crab-faced villains (who the f*ck was that guy?)…
…Before finally finding stillness, and getting down to the job I sat down to do in the first place.
I’m not complaining, it was worth it (that show is too dope).
And I’ll just practice a little longer to burn off the extra mental calories.
But it was a good reminder, nonetheless, of the principle stated earlier:
Our mind feeds on content the way the body feeds on food.
Whatever we put into our mind needs to be processed, or it creates a backlog of crusty old crap that sits in our mind like undigested food sits in our belly…
…Creating bloat, fog, confusion, slowness, dullness, dumbness, insert your least favorite symptom here.
So it’s a good idea to watch what you put into your mind, which means:
1. Putting less stuff into your mind.
2. Putting better stuff into your mind (ie. stuff you actually want in your mind; inspiring, motivating, insightful, etc.)
3. Not putting stuff into your mind sometimes (so you can digest the stuff you put into your mind before).
And, of course:
4. Meditating.
Preferably not on dragons.
– T
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