Brain Enema

This picture is what I needed a couple days ago. I was studying for a test and decided that I had had enough and I wanted to take a break. So I turned on the fire (I miss our log fire but the convenience of gas equals the ambience of logs [almost]) and sat there with the intent to read. I ended up sitting there for about an hour and a half just thinking. Not frivolous daydreamingj, fantasizing, etc; this was serious thinking about life, love, and everything. I felt like I was clear in the head for the first time in a long time. Words cannot tell how cleansing it was to have this hour and a half. It felt like my mind let my worries slip away and get burned up in the warm glow of comfort. Thoughts of music became clear, writing ideas flowed like gatorade, a million thoughts coalesced into coherent ideas.

So with this new found meditation (It has been known throughout the ages that fires are mesmerizing and promote meditating, but I have never had anything quite like this) I decided to exploit it a little. I thought, what do I love to do while sitting? Watching movies! So I grabbed my laptop, threw in Back To The Future got myself some tea and sat down in front of the fire. I tell you this right here and now, I have found Nirvana. Movies in front of the fire.

This doesn't promote the deep meditation of just sitting there, but my goodness it promote relaxation. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend it; with a loved one if you have one would be even more stunning I'm sure.