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arithmethodical
2019-11-10 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
You seem like the kind of person who would know about meditation.
[Time of day doesn’t really hold much weight for Stephen, as either a doctor or a sorcerer. There’s not much delay in his reply.]
What ever gave you that impression?
[Which is to say, she’s right.]
What ever gave you that impression?
[Which is to say, she’s right.]
Mystical people and meditation seem to go hand in hand no matter what universe you’re in.
A logical connection to draw.
What do you want to know?
What do you want to know?
I know this isn't important right now
Force, I shouldn't even be bothering you with this.
I just need to do something.
Basically I just want to know how to do it without reading every mind in a two block radius.
That's an exaggeration. But when I try the whole 'sit and breathe' thing it's like I just open up and invite things in.
Force, I shouldn't even be bothering you with this.
I just need to do something.
Basically I just want to know how to do it without reading every mind in a two block radius.
That's an exaggeration. But when I try the whole 'sit and breathe' thing it's like I just open up and invite things in.
We have to plan as though a version of the world intends to still be here in a few days time.
Meditation is hard. It looks like just sitting and staying still, but doing it properly is like doing training your body to run a marathon when it's used to sitting on the couch all day. It takes time, practice, and building up your endurance.
So right now, when you're sitting and breathing, what are you focusing on?
Meditation is hard. It looks like just sitting and staying still, but doing it properly is like doing training your body to run a marathon when it's used to sitting on the couch all day. It takes time, practice, and building up your endurance.
So right now, when you're sitting and breathing, what are you focusing on?
Nothing, really. I thought you were supposed to empty your mind.
You are. But trying to think of nothing is hard.
Your brain is a highly active organ that's constantly at work. It doesn't rest. It doesn't stop. When you sleep, you're not even doing anything and your brain still projects images that relate to things you're preoccupied to you.
When you're awake, there's even more stimuli. Your mind wanders. Even when you're still you probably 'hear' disjointed snippets of sounds and thoughts and conversations, things you've encountered over time.
Emptying your mind is the hardest part of meditation, and I'm just talking about your mind.
So, when you say you're focused on 'nothing,' are you sitting there thinking about the word nothing over and over again? Or the concept of nothing? Because I promise if you're hitting me up over this topic in the middle of the night you're not thinking about 'nothing.'
Be more aware and honest about what you're actually doing.
Your brain is a highly active organ that's constantly at work. It doesn't rest. It doesn't stop. When you sleep, you're not even doing anything and your brain still projects images that relate to things you're preoccupied to you.
When you're awake, there's even more stimuli. Your mind wanders. Even when you're still you probably 'hear' disjointed snippets of sounds and thoughts and conversations, things you've encountered over time.
Emptying your mind is the hardest part of meditation, and I'm just talking about your mind.
So, when you say you're focused on 'nothing,' are you sitting there thinking about the word nothing over and over again? Or the concept of nothing? Because I promise if you're hitting me up over this topic in the middle of the night you're not thinking about 'nothing.'
Be more aware and honest about what you're actually doing.
[ It takes her a little while to come to any kind of conclusion, here. To examine what she's done, what she's focused on. It does and doesn't help that Kylo gave her a way of thinking about what she's felt happen when she closes her eyes. ]
I guess
I get distracted by the people. I can feel little bits of what they're feeling, so I think about them, and then they're all I can think about.
I guess
I get distracted by the people. I can feel little bits of what they're feeling, so I think about them, and then they're all I can think about.
Because they're loud and obnoxious because everyone is even louder and more obnoxious in their heads than outloud, if you can believe it.
Try focusing on just yourself. Your breathing. Just hone all your focus in on the act of taking air in and pushing it out and let everything and everyone else fall to the margins.
You try that for a while and see where it gets you.
If you're still struggling to shut them out after a week, I've got some other thoughts.]
['After a week' is Stephen being very optimistic indeed rather than assuming they're all going to die in the apocalypse.]
Try focusing on just yourself. Your breathing. Just hone all your focus in on the act of taking air in and pushing it out and let everything and everyone else fall to the margins.
You try that for a while and see where it gets you.
If you're still struggling to shut them out after a week, I've got some other thoughts.]
['After a week' is Stephen being very optimistic indeed rather than assuming they're all going to die in the apocalypse.]
[ Here's a very merry christmas present addressed to stephen from apollo... it's a cd mix (very 90s, he knows) with a note scribbled on the disc itself: here's a good place to start - A. ]
[A few days before Christmas a package shall arrive for Stephen, wrapped in snowflake wrapping paper. In it will be an antique doctor's field kit, complete with leather bag to hold it in. And with it a card.
Because forgetting where we come from can make us lose our way. But I know you'll always remember that first, we do no harm.]
Because forgetting where we come from can make us lose our way. But I know you'll always remember that first, we do no harm.]
[A week or so later, after a period of relative quiet on the Strange front, the silence is broken.]
Thank you for the gift.
Thank you for the gift.
hilarious
but seriously i need to not be haunted for a few days
but seriously i need to not be haunted for a few days
[Ronan. You're killing him.]
You need an exorcism at well now? Do I need to worry about the next full moon when it rolls around too?
I'm going to need more details.
You need an exorcism at well now? Do I need to worry about the next full moon when it rolls around too?
I'm going to need more details.
no i do NOT want him exorcised ok nothing permanent just
look he doesn't usually bother me
the paranormal activity isn't the problem
he follows me around and i need him to not do that while i work on this reality breaking thing
look he doesn't usually bother me
the paranormal activity isn't the problem
he follows me around and i need him to not do that while i work on this reality breaking thing
I'm not helping you break reality, Ronan. That's the opposite of what I do and you know it.
Give me a different pitch.
Give me a different pitch.
That's not how this works. I can bend rules, I won't break them. Even if you're scared. Even if it's for him. I want to help, so help me to help you.
You need less ghost? Fine. But I'm not helping you break the universe. We're *preventing* that by finding ways to bring him back to you.
Are we on the same page?
You need less ghost? Fine. But I'm not helping you break the universe. We're *preventing* that by finding ways to bring him back to you.
Are we on the same page?
[ Ronan sends along a pin drop to particular coordinates along their freshly-made ley line. ]
thanks mr weird
thanks mr weird
When this is all over, you and I are going to have some chats, Nightmare Boy.
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