Andrew: Thanks so much Vineeto !
I have not had such a success as far as I can recall (excluding the possibility that I am cunningly not remembering it).
Hi Andrew,
This is great to hear – did you pat yourself on the back? Appreciate the big day of change in your life?
Andrew: It’s a powerful imagination of mine right now to think of the weather you are probably experiencing right now, and yet such a detailed and thorough message from you has arrived in my journal.
Yes, it has been quite windy last night (~ 80 km/h gusts) but has calmed down a bit. It is predicted that most of the storm will be over tomorrow morning for the Ballina area. Dealing with high water in the streets and shops and houses of the towns around here will take a bit longer. Funny, some acquaintances were concerned that I wouldn’t be safe on the boat from their perspective, but boats are quite useful when there is a flood (wind is another matter).
Andrew: I felt more encouraged by this success yesterday than perhaps ever before (excluding the possibility of me deliberately forgetting for cunning purposes).
I even remembered that the actualism method is the enjoy and appreciate, when the habit arose to become bogged down in some intellectualism about how I felt.
Ha, indeed. The method is just that – enjoy and appreciate, and enjoy and appreciate more … if anything triggers a diminishing of that feeling good (noticed via affective attentiveness) you do whatever it takes to get back to feeling good, and then work out what the problem is, which triggered the lessening of feeling good. If you care to read more about how to deal with arising feelings or social identity issues, here is a link you might enjoy – (Richard, Origin of the Actualism Method).
Otherwise just ask, many here on the forum have well-founded experience.
Andrew: There has been a sense of space in front of my physical eyes. Like I can lean into the future, the world has space. When looking at flowers they are somehow more there. (link)
This is great – but take care not to get distracted dreaming about the future too much – now is the only moment you can actually experience and this is where life is happening. It is here where “looking at flowers” shows you more and more of actuality, and if you pay attention and appreciate, you can discover that matter and fauna and flora are not merely passive.
Enjoy the adventure.
Cheers Vineeto