http://the23rdfloor.com/blog Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:39:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 23rd Floor 2.0 The 23rd Floor 3.0 The 23rd Floor 2009 (4.0) http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/09/01/the-soul-and-the-mystery/ ... I am becoming a rabid fan of Oprah Winfrey. Not just her TV show, or even because of it. Sometimes I like the show, sometimes I can’t bear to watch another celebrity bouncing around on her couch. On her TV show, she has to appeal to a broad afternoon American ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/30/dream-on/ ... ... I wish I had the cojones to take on the transmutation of our standard gregarious greeting reflex: Instead of “HowAreYa?” I would transcend my habitual social catatonia in order to ask other humans, “WhoAreYa?” I know I would be stealing from Ramana Maharshi and his spiritual kinfolk, but I doubt he’d ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/28/who-the-heck-are-you/ ... ..... At some point on the second or third day, a guard came by to deliver us a change of clothes. We had to wear those orange pajama-type outfits, not our own street clothes. If I recall correctly, first we had to strip totally naked and hand in our old ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/26/the-sock/ SPACER What follows was really meant to be part of the “I’m In Denial” post, but that would have made it even more unconcionably long, so I decided to break the material into two parts. If you haven't read the prior post, I suggest you do so, if you intend to ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/24/free-to-feel-good/ SPACER Imagine that you “operate” your waking life using a mental control panel. If you closed your eyes, you could see something like the “desktop” on your computer, with rows of little “windows” from which you mentally select. When you select one, it “opens” and you’re looking at a scene representing ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/22/im-in-denial/ SPACER No matter how “aware” you think you’re finally becoming, at age 58 following about 52 years of complete spiritual myopia, it apparently remains possible to act like a complete bung. Last night our 24-year old son reported his intention to begin looking for a place of his own, after a year ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/20/im-an-idiot/ SPACER Like a half-billion or so others, give or take, I’m a NetFlixer. [I wasn’t sure which was more frightening, the invasion of Georgia by the Russkies or the 3-day breakdown in NetFlix’ delivery system. So far as I know, these events were unrelated, but both scared the bejeebers out of ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/18/rocket-science/ SPACER Absolutely. I don’t say that lightly, either. One of the internal struggles always going on for me is that, on the one hand, I love to write things: Attempts at clear and precise letters and emails to clients, 500 words a day in my novel [sadly, that’s still only one ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/15/this-will-change-your-life/ SPACER In this case the proper application of the Law of Attraction is actually to dampen — not to magnify — your emotions, such that the new level you want to reach begins to feel normal, expected, and believable. Otherwise you’re holding yourself in a state of disbelief. If reaching your ... http://the23rdfloor.com/blog/2008/08/11/law-of-attraction-tip/