I’m making this post at my coffee table, not because I have something wonderful to say, but because I think it is good also to get down to work, and write things regularly. This is my focus here, to turn my amorphous present-moment and the thoughts of my mind into a coherent dialogue.
So here’s a brief window into the goings-on in my life at the present day. Yesterday, my dad got married to someone who is a lovely lady, and we all wish him well. That day, however, belonged to my dad and is not fit for public consumption on the part of my blog.
What I could write about, are things I see as my own, such as my faith, habits, and opinions on things that have happened to me recently. I’ll start with that latter category actually. This month, week and day in particular have been full of fresh experience and activity. I went to a men’s support hub with a mate from the shared accommodation flats in which I live. It’s nice in itself to hear out people and possibly give my small bit of help by going through the motions of what I’ve been through and am going through, with other men on their own journies. Each day, as will all days of my life are cluttered and dashed with coffee cups, fragmentary conversations and some cigarettes and solitude.
When I am by myself, I read mainly, but perhaps quite selfishly so. By that I mean I cannot realistically be expected to review the things I devour. My favourite books are several books of the Holy Bible, some gnostic scriptures, the tibetan book of the dead, along with prayer books and Jung’s Red Book (the reader’s edition and not the one with the beautiful paintings. The only book there that I have mentioned that should be fit for reviewing, is The Red Book by Carl G Jung.
The fact of the matter is that I am an intensely spiritual person. I have no idea as to how much this shows in my living and manner as a human being. I’m not ashamed to tell people how impressed I am by the message of Christianity and what an indelible impression the life and works of Christ have left on my soul. Speaking in general terms, I find this work of the bible to be incredibly terrifying and moving (sometimes at the same time).
This week I had a prayer answered. I have had tardive dyskinesia in my eyes due to the medication I am on. Recently these symptoms have been getting worse and worse, with bouts of eye spasming lasting for upwards of 4 to 6 hours. This week, however, after one hour, I prayed to God the way I ought to, and the involuntary movements stopped immediately.
So there’s THAT.
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