Oct 2009 New notebook - NOT that I ever peruse the pocket copy of 4remind :) First do an index - currently - * 4remind * carmine * sites * gyuto * Daily reminders More 2 follow?? Rear has more on how 2 access my sites - no index as yet?? Okay ... first 4remind - it was an older version of it but should be okay to JUST transcribe the descriptioons in 4remind.htm - god am I lazy :) Froma trip 2 pickup meds ... * If you had told me I would get RIGHT into meditation & reading books like cwg & treating everyone with compassion ... I would have absolutely LAUGHED in your face! * Vow not 2 speak of the faults of others ---> for peace-of-mind - really works if you stick 2 it! ********************************************************************************************* Carmine - * keep sheet of reminders in kitchen * Pills * bucket * look around! * dust - wet paper towels? * dishes & sink * stove * upstairs junk * bed & pillow * downstairs sink * microwave - choc scraps! * mat in kitchen * stairs - broom then wet cloth * rubbish bag in kitchen * teabags * socks * bathroom mirror * JUST remembered - windows - scourer wet? * bras * heating * sheets on doors * sultanas * dvd away * kitchen ceiling * windows - scourer and paper towel * * ********************************************************************************************* FROM sheet on PC desk - should be included in daily section? hmmm ... * DEFROST! * Print shrink in Dandy - hospital - would get me committed EASILY :) * Use your CD-ROMs - i have several * htm or html - tricky * USB is best backup * yes we have come a long way from DOS and floppies :) * dial 96974000 or 86265000 * 291 at library & catalog * that's to page 16 of notebk ********************************************************************************************* SITES - * Just see USB 4REMIND - FREE2 - GLIMPSE - BOOKS4 - 44MUM - SEND55 - MOST LOWER CASE! - ARTOF - HUMAN - 4CHRIST - PRAYER - MAGIC - JOURNAL - SCIENCE - MANTRAS - POEMS - BETTY55 & 77 - OTHELLO - LIVING - MUM44 - HURRY - SOULFOOD - THIEF - NEW6 - GALAXY - CASES - CASES2 AND 3 - POSITIVE - WHAT ELSE - OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD - CWG - EMISSARY - CHOPRA - ET101 - SURYA - TENZIN - PALMO - - SIDDHARTHA - TOLLE - RICKETTS - THEWAY - HOW COULD I FORGET - LAING - TROUBLED - UNQUIET - 3CHRISTS - 8MYTHS - JUSTSIX - CURLY2 - NOW HURRY & FERRARI - POSITIVE - HUGE! That's to bot page 20 ********************************************************************************************* Gyuto - * Withdraw attention from field of sensory perception * left nostril right nostril * let attention rest lightly on the breath - don't force it * run of discursive thought * memories of past & projections of future * HURRY has some excellent advice too! * Analogy with a tranquil lake * Meditation is easy also has some visualisations * Still from memory - observe thoughts as they come & go * Artof has parallels with 'realising true love' - equanimity & compassion * Also love thy enemy - visualise three groups * If signs of boredom creep in, bring the awareness of your breath more vividly to your mind Once the boredom is removed, relax your attention * The parts that comprise your body, your mind, your impulse & your own existence seem somehow irrelevant 2 you. * Dreams seem vivid & real ... until you wake up * Tibetan language - makes you think of words & how you come 2 learn their meaning * Gratitude - without others' efforts even your most basic needs of food, shelter & clothing can never be met. * Now you see no distinctions. You love everyone indiscriminately * From TENZIN - "I am aware that ..." * Language - reminds me of gibberish meditation * "Old habits & thought p[atterns ..." * Categorising people differently has been developed carelessly ... * Weed out unwanted thoughts - visualise - although inner disarm is pretty good too! * "This is a thoguht about ..." * * That's to page 27 - still haven't done a good listen while transcribing :) ********************************************************************************************* Daily reminders - * Lie on floor on stomach - then YOGA stretch of buttocks - think * How often do I even look at betty's yoga book :) * What else? ... radio in morn - classics? * Pace kitchen on cool days - and plenty of walks * Can stand next to fire - does scorch windcheater a bit :) * Read! instead of so MUCH TV! * Breathe DEEP esp on walks * Some quotes & links are in journal & nowhere else! esp aug to oct 2009 * Then again the unmedicated journals have poems & thoughts :) * TV guide on remote or online - 3 extra channels - pity I can't record em then again ... * cases3 - well they can suck my dick * could include ACTUAL quotes in positive into new notebook - HEAPS! * cases3 - doublethink! * George CD - I mention T Dream & Oldfield - days before CDs and Ipods! - How often do I put Ommadawn or best of T Bells - or DVD - replaces dozens of old VHS tapes argh :) * Reminds me 2 sing LA-LA-LA 2 tune of Tubular * Rent is now $600 * I am Sam is also a CD I rarely put on ... * My little doctor thinks I'm a crazy bastard but he never knows how long it might have lasted * Once upon a time, a man got excited by the BLOOD * Walk backwards is also in mantra33 * In the news tonight we examine the fundamental nature of reality * One day a man wanted 2 rub his condom. He wanted 2 rub it all night long * free2.htm - is it in $$faves ? * Have we mentioned inner disarmament? It is now in 4remind * I like 2 speak about the TILLY-WILLY-WINKER! * TWINKLE. TWINKLE. Normal man. How I wonder what you are. * Read spot4 - it is spot on! * Chants on Cd - overtone & gyuto & monks & Dalai * I like 2 believe in the theoretical existence of the blood * Katt - whengod - and the skeptics * Also cases3 - robots - and some of my old poems! * Then may2001 reminders - so no need 2 duplicate here ?? * love-66 has a few of the latest posted 2 the Katt thread ---> NOW! many more in the quotes thread argh :) * "Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!" * USB ---> Eden & minogue & aniston & sully & spicer! * 104 on DVD drive is Natalie - superb breasts! * Groceries - SUGAR - TEA - NUTS - VITAMINS - PB - JAM - SULTANAS - JUICE - B BEANS - - PASTA & SAUCE - SAUSAGES - MILK - TOOOTH PASTE - RAZORS - BREAD - CHOC * Home with God - one of you is better than another of you * "Sometimes I think that i might be psychologically deranged." * berserk * "What is your first available of the many? I like it! That's good! * "One day a man thought he wanted 2 believe in the medical history of life." * Nowhere Man ---> make it up! * "Sometimes I like 2 sing stramnge songs about being insane." * ARTOF - your enemy is your greatest teacher - of patience & tolerance * "Sometimes I start 2 wonder why men & women don't seem 2 understand their own lives." * rear - t35 address - grjallen.t35.com/new6.htm - then books4 down bottom * betty77 - working with chaos by Pema Chodron * "Why don't men & women want 2 stroke my balls?" (Or suck my condom) * "Geoff, you can't keep talking about people going berserk!" * ... & grabbing knives ... * Take notebk & Meaning of life 2 the clinic :) * "Aliens are trying 2 control my life." * Ear hair + * "Men & women enjoy the condom up the arse trick." * "Sometimes a man likes 2 enjoy a condom up the arse." * "When a man makes his own arrangements, he plays with his condom ALL night." * "Show me a man with ONE-YOUNG-LUNG X3" * "I think it's VERY likely that I am going insane ..." * "BLOB-A-LOB-A-LOB x5" * "WIKKY-WIKKY-WIK-WIK" * "Aliens keep telling me 2 eat my family." * "When a man goes insane he can't control his brain." * "I want people 2 suck my dick." * If Deb ---> leave light on! * Saved myths about meditation * "Geoff, you can't keep talking about men sucking their condoms!" * "Tell me if your life is normal ..." * "We cross back live 2 Mr McNormal at the condom sucking championships." * "Sometimes I like 2 enjoy a condom up the arse." * MATRIX - OLDFIELD - FOOTY - 2 PYTHON - GET SMART - FRASIER - COUNTLESS FROM NEW TV AND OLD VHS TAPES I NEVER PUT IN - WILD CHINA - CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS ... * Read un-medicated journals - many thoughts about the OLD forum & judging & how 2 treat those you disagree with ... a LOT of it was trying 2 "prove" a point & "I have peace-of- mind and you don't. Ha Ha Ha! ---> see CHOPRA7 (& TASHA :) * "I think men & women should always SUCK my dick." * "For peace-of-mind make no comparisons." - included a 'smiley' in biro * "People don't EVEN scare me with their knives ..." * Taking things 4 granted - TV + DVD + CD + PC + electricity + food + Haloperidol + books + Mind + Fitness ---> SKILLS of sportsmen + singers + actors + authors ... * "You can rub my balls IF you like." * "Why don't women want 2 stroke my balls?"--> cases3 for shrink? :) COULD add several of these 'mantras' :) * Read pocket Zen book * "One day a man tried 2 FRUBBLE his wife ..." * "I think it's about time 4 men & women 2 suck my dick." * "Can you SCREAM like a madman? Yes1 But I NEED the blood!" * "Do you believe in the logic of the nine boys? No! BUt I can believe in the BLOOD of Christ!" * "Show me a modern world where men can go insane." * Sally Williams 3 PM * Pis in sink - use bucket too? * Grease the mower! * Cashews in side street * "I think it's ABOUT always of the numbers!" * Mum & plane trip - can ONLY take people in SMALL doses - might stress me out a bit - - better 2 have second thoughts NOW than on plane! * "I was famous in my own language & all the men told me I could do it!" * "Coming up next, another AMAZING episode of people being normal!" * EYE exam - Chaddy?? every 2 years * Insoles - Athlete's Foot? * Red Lantern, Mixed Pung, Buried Treasure, Dragonfly ... :) * "Take me over from the MANY & I will do it in the ONLY way!" * WPROOF - FARE & BELT & MONEY FOR MEDS ETC & CONCESS! & KEEP REMINDER SHEET ON WPROOF PANTS * "I think than men & women & families shoudl ALWAYS suck their condoms at night." * "I think it's always important 2 JUNGLE-JUNGLE-MAN-THE-GRUNGLE." * "Why does a man start 2 believe in the federal blueprint of life?" * "I like 2 believe in the next available of the MANY." * "What is your golden way-of-life?" * The Zone - see Mum email in Nov 3 2009 journal - I have experienced it playing tennis & squash (& cricket) * Mind maps for happiness - saved it Nov 2 2009 - look at them - great 4 visualising * Shears 4 grass in small efforts * Air condit filter - read! * "Can a man imagine his OWN language? No. But he can walk around with a FEW dolars in his pocket." * Take latest Dalai 2 Chritmas - and Attenborough * The ONLY question 2 ask yourself is whether what you are thinking & doing is bringing you peace of mind. If not, why are you doing it ... see page 63 of Little - Some thoughts lead 2 peace of mind & others don't ... that's what meditation is ALL about - observing & analysing and cultivating positive states of mind ... * "It's RARE but it is POSSIBLE." (enlightenment) * Quite a few links in the UPDATED excerpts of Little book of wisdom - read! * For example page 160 - we ALL have the potential 4 FULL enlightenment * Looking back, a LOT of my posts were "lectures" and not motivated by genuine compassion :) * And my reaction 2 being "attacked" was rarely inner disarmament! * "I would have said EXACTLY the same thing once-upon-a-time!" :) * Choc in & out of fridge * Journal Nov 11 & 12 - God & book & human imagination & religious writings over the centuries * Drink plenty - keep in fridge * From ET101 - Messiah Complex :) * Tennis - drink bottle & cap & sunnies & * Shoulder stands etc! * Make heroes out of those who possess wisdom & compassion * "How much enjoyment can a man expect ..." * Wash shirt often & wear wet! & cap * I also have 2 watch 4 signs of feeling "superior" to all the unenlightened ... and patronising or belittling! * Free websites - see MAY2001 or faves - lists most recent! * If read ARTOF - put scripts back 4 trip 2 Clayton! * If wear shorts - money 4 groceries! etc! * Near enemies 2 forum! * See katt44 or Forum Nov 9 - or JUST the entire Katt thread -a great selection * # 165 is sally - gorgeous breasts * Save traps - huge! * Site palace - had 2 slice glimpse in half * Yes, one ought 2 be compassionate toward the unenlightened because you KNOW what it is like and how you rarely have peace-of-mind or it is fleeting ... there was more but I forget ... you know from DIRECT experience it is fundamentally unsatisfying! ... and people do MANY stange things in response! * Glimpse 4 George - and read it yourself - loads on training the mind! * I used 2 think everyone with "faith" was soft in the head! ... or worse! Fawning * Wrote those last few on a day where i read about 220 pages on Little Book & had coffee with George & the shrink part of which was Dalai & what a great example he is of his beliefs - see george33 * Then a good session listening to Gyuto - really should transcribe more of it! * Meditating your way 2 enlightenment is nothing new - the Buddha did it 2500 years ago! * Haven't done abs in ages - and I have that book on stretching! * One notable aspect of reading Little Book is defining compassion as well as the desire 2 reach enightenment 2 hepl all sentient beings - that's the Bodhisattva Vow (spelling?) * A lot of human suffering is the direct result of having an undisciplined mind. Not 2 mention lack of genuine compassion * One last comment 4 the day - reminds me of whatif - why don't you read it or contemplate it daily :) * Okay ... one more ... Little book advises us 2 regard everyone as if they have been your mother in a previous life. Even if at this moment they appear 2 be your "enemy" * Then 4 some reason I am reminded of Adventure & those links! * More 4 Genesis excerpts - yes, evidence 4 God would include fact that meditation & other spiritual practices have worked wonders 4 countless people! * Send notebook 2 forum as might 'wear out' the notebook pages? * P 247 of Little Book - transform attitude towards those you might ordinarily avoid or reject * "Can a man explain his own behavious every morning?" * Lazy - zymic & free123 & 110mb - sometimes I don't send MAY2001 * Wisdom - why human realm is perfect 4 attaining enlightement * "Everyone has a big condom up the arse!" * SING ---> "RUB! RUB! RUB! You can rub my balls!! * I'm sorry but if you love some people more than others that is NOT love. That is attachment. * "Where is your federal fraction of life?" * "People are always trying 2 kill me with their knives!" * "I think that families should always suck my dick." * Did I save mindfulness trainings? - checked - did save the 5 but not the 14 hmmm ... * "Sometimes people like 2 believe in a GRUNNY-GRUNGLE." * Bottom of 4remind NOW has best of the notebook! * Also scribbled best of notebook onto a couple of sheets - for in lap and frequent reading! * On kitchen sheet - READ NEW NOTEBOOK - INCLUDES CLEAN UP - DEB -> LIGHT - VISITS - BEDROOM CLOSET - SOCKS + - MOW & SHEARS - GROCERY LIST - RENT * 110MB has old froum - as well as 150? * If it was easy the world would be full of enlightened beings, which it clearly is not! * Hmmm ... 110mb is truncating files like artof! - sitepalace better? :) * and best of artof to forum? * Yes, nonjudgement is recommended NOT because judging is "wrong" or immoral but because it interferes with your peace of mind! * Unbiased compassion & equanimity * Have patience with your imperfections - that's in wisdom.htm * Now that Mum has Little Book of Wisdom - read Surya! Bodhisattva is perfectly described! Page 214 is Metta & chants * "People give me all the irritations of life!" * Could underline the entire book * "I thought about men & women having their own behaviours but I couldn't explain the language." * "OOPSY-WOOPSY-NORMAL" * "The world would be a MUCH better place if only people would follow MY example." * See Denise44 --- about enlightenment - just read! * Water NEW garden - and visualise * NEW forum has a quotes thread. NOT 2 mention mine about fave sites * Denise? - I would say that MOST people do NOT know what it is like 2 have a serene & tranquil mind. So you are not alone. BUT once you have had a GLIMPSE nothing else matters. * My challenge is 2 carry that tranquility into ALL situations! * medit66 for Denise - read it & links! * Mention notebook 2 Denise - as edited HTM! think! * "GLUGGER-GLUGGER-GLUG-GLUG-GLUG." * More mantras in page 89 onward - should be here - so much 4 "quick list" :) * More threads & exchanges in journal Dec 2009 - shoudl put some into intro.txt * NOW! Banned from posting links - see Chopra forum "Still crazy" thread * That's page 73 * Now to quick list with the mantras - * "I think taht men & women should always suck my dick." * "Tell me about your normal life & I will go & grab a knife." * "I like 2 follow my life with extra precision." * "I would say that men & women are always trying 2 suck my dick." * "I used 2 think I was a SCREAMING madman." * "I'm the ONLY man who can guarantee the language." * "I wouldn't like 2 believe in all the medical examples of life." * RAPID ---> "BIBBITTY-BOB." * "When a man starts 2 hear strange voices he makes some sentimental choices." * "I think I live in a world where too many can't explain ..." * "People scream at me because they think I'm insane but I have nothing more 2 explain." * "Here's another opportunity 2 be normal." * "Being crazy is a LOT of fun. I recommend it 2 everyone." * "I think that I am losing my mind but I don't know what else I will find." * "BLOOP-BLOOP-BLOOP." as in BOOK * "Show me the way! Show me the money! Show me the blood! Show me the BLINKING of the world! " * Sing LOUD ---> "There is nothing like a crown for pickin it up & puttin it down." * "I can sing ALONG ... with a lovely little SONG." * "I think that men & women will always suck their condoms at night." * "GOLDEN-GOLDEN-GOLDEN-WAY." over & over * "Tell me if you like your moments. I will always use the language." * Sing ---> all of these - "I don't know why I'm going insane ... there's too much 4 me 2 explain." * "I think that men & women should ALWAYS understand their OWN lives." * "I like 2 think that there are several theoretical reasons 4 men 2 go insane." * "Sometimes I like 2 believe in ALL the availables of life." * You can look on it as a priceless OPPORTUNITY 2 practice unconditional compassion * "I used 2 believe in a black-out-of-the-blookness." * "I used 2 think there was nothing-on-demand ... nothing-on-the-man ..." * "When a man dies in his own blood, he dies from the ONLY way of life." * "I think I'd like 2 believe in the WOO-WAKKY-WOO." * "Geoff, they're NOT the words. Well, they should be ... I mean after all, that's what people expect." * See journal Dec 26 to 30 - Libby & Mum & Steve & Cathie! * Mum has China & Classical from XMAS * Chimes & Sun * Bedtime and updated best4 - for Anne & Libby * Tickets in Alchemist * "I thought that I could SHUDDLE my way but I couldn't even SHUDDLE down from life." * "When a man starts 2 enjoy his life, he licks the blood right off the knife." * "People love 2 suck my dick & I know where 2 stick it." * "When a man goes insane, there is something THUMPING in his brain." * "Can a man learn 2 WIBBITY-WOO? Yes, but that's not ALL he can do!" * Save best4 into sep folder and onto USB - Now has 6 or 7 suicide 4 Mum plus coping with difficult people * "YANG-YOUR-LANG-YOUR-LANG-LANG." * I have had my period mof things falling apart so Mum & Denise & Cathie & Libby?? * "Once upon a time a man tried 2 blunder his way through life." * "BUD-A-BOOP. BUD-A-BOOP. BUD-A-BOOP-BOOP-BOOP." * "DIDDY-DIP - same pattern" * "BUBBER-BUBBER-BUB-BUB." * "Can you believe in the FRIPNOIDS of men? No but I can ALWAYS change the language." * Books - 1849 Ferntree Gully Rd * "I can't believe in a SINGLE idea!" * Lemony snicket quote in best4 is spot on! * "Sometimes I like 2 behave like a world-famous lunatic!" * Steve 666 txt - added a bit 2 notebk.htm - imperfect & mistakes - wish I had a formula - guardian angel in best4 * "I hope i don't appear insane because of something THUMPING in my brain." * Chodron in txt - read! in here? - superb advice * "I don't believe in the knowledge of men but the questions are always interesting!" * "I'm always available from the ONLY decisions of life." * SHRINK - I have far MORE confidence in Buddhism & meditation than what a psychologist might tell me ---> enlightenment ---> Plus it MAY take several lifetimes - I lived 40 years before I started and compared with some monks I have BARELY started! ---> Enlightenment being freedom from all jealousy anger & worry J.A.W. - could add frustration 2 that list :) I have certainly had glimpses but they are hard 2 sustain but they tell me I am on the RIGHT path! And it has been around for 2500 years! * * * this onto usb ---> and notebk.htm - think! That's to page 73 & page 100! so far - adding off-the-top-of-my-head :) ********************************************************************************************* From rear - How 2 access my sites - * Do Google of geoff Alen melbpc * Takes you to writing * Click on books * Click on emissary * Backspace to add books4.htm * Active sites are listed down bottom and in some of the book addreses * Oct 2009 - Freewebs allows me 2 update it! Lucky cos most journals refer back to journal.htm at freewebs - altered it but 2 lazy 2 upload several? :) * USB is best backup * $$faves tells how 2 access file managers - and a few in MAY2001 * MELBPC - FREEWEBS - GEO - 95MB - ACACIA - TRIPOD - TOMORROW'S GOD - FORTUNE - 110 - 150 T35 - ZYMIC - BRAVENET - SMARTSTART - FREEHOST123 - as of Oct 2009 * Katt thread in forum: NEW6 & POSITIVE & ADVENTURE & OZ2 & AFTERLIFE & HEAVEN & READY & CRACKED POT & LOVE-66 CAN MEDITATION BE FUN & SOON - SEE MAY2001 OR LOOK AT THE POSTS - SEVERAL LINED UP BUT SHE AINT REPLIED YET - MAY NOT WAIT? :) That's down to page 3 only - may pop MOST of