I find meditation and creativity to be some of the most important things that can better and shape our lives. But another such important thing is action. I’m comming to believe that with out it, meditation and creativity are.. meaningless. But that’s another talk.

Although the time was productive, creative, inspiring, insightfull, informative, energizing in a tired moment; I often remember there was something else I said to my self (and possibly others) that I would do.

It’s not the things I’m obliged to do for someone else, the kind of things you’d find in a contract or agreement. I’m trying to be as prompt as I can with those. But it’s the personal things.. something I want to do, planned to, maybe even dreamed of doing, maybe something I realized I should do or promised my self that I would do..

In a way the contracts and official agreements can get to be an easy excuse for procrastination. Some could tend to forget that, as it is for most, contracted effort usually has a personal scope that is not written in the contract / agreement. Such would be the paradox of working so hard to have money to do what ever you want that it takes ones time and energy so that one doesn’t get to do anything else but work. I hope that’s not a common situation.

It seams starting means trying.. I’m not sure what’s really keeping us from trying.. the fear of failure, of the shame of failure, the vulnerability of the exposure..

What ever it is, I’ve started to realize the importance of trying. By trying I can find the value in it or the flaws of it, I can gain the benefit or learn the lesson it can bring.. I only have to lose by remaining hung-up with anything. Sure it’s good to prepare, investigate, ask for advice or more perspectives, but don’t get stuck. Triying can help you even if you fail, you’ll benefit from the experience in your next try and will be able to move to the next thing.

Think I’ll learn more from sharing these thoughts then keeping them for my self. Even without feedback, I seam to come back to what I write in here with a more objective perspective second or third time around.. although outside thoughts are way more productive. Add a title “personal” to the comment if you want to share an unpublished thought (all comments are moderated).
Thanks for your patience if you’ve made it so far.

Fotoclubul ISDC participă la Salonul Aniversar Internațional “Carol Pop De Szathmari, 200″ şi implicit la Festivalului Național “Luna Fotografiei din România”.
Acesta se desfasoară in perioada 10 ianuarie 2012 – 31 ianuarie 2012. Detalii AICI.

Fotoclubul ISDC are in cadrul acestui evenimnent o expoziție a cărui temă este orientată spre ISDC team & facilities (code name: ‘fotografii programatoriceşti’).
Vernisajul acesteia (vedeți şi in programul evenimentului) va fi in 28 ianuarie de la ora 18 la 2 minute Cafe & Pub (Vasile Goldiş #4).

Right.. a, yes, almost forgot: Happy new year!

Vernisaj ~ joi 25 august, 6.30 PM
Invitată ~ Irina Dumitrașcu [studio Bavarde]

Str. Avram Iancu 506-508 [lângă Polus]
Clădirea ISDC, iLab ~ et.1

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Earlier today, actually looking at the clock that is earlier yesterday – I’ve seen a post stating a pool result with the 10 songs that made most people cry. Now that I brought ambiguity and even more weirdness back to my writings, here’s what’s keeping me writing this between the days.

Looking at that list I recognized the songs and realized almost all of them have been a frequent in my playlists in their own time..
Hmm, looking at some of the most personal posts here then, I figured it might as well make sense. It made me look back at my past, again, and remember some of the things that make the whole charade that got me to this particular state of being.

Now.. I don’t know if it’s so, but I’m imagining most people like to remember or focus on the good parts or prefer to forget the ‘not so great‘ parts, the ones they’re not so proud of – that they regret – are embarrassed of or are truly ashamed of. I believe mistakes are lessons and that the chance and choice that one might think that can offer a mistake can also offer a great success or if not – at least a great lesson (and vice-versa).
Of-course most have learned to ask and learn from other’s mistakes but.. some people only truly learn what they’re already told after making the mistake of ignoring / going against it – and these kind of mistakes can turn into some that people usually just don’t want to remember.

PS. (put in front) From that list got to me the most indeed REM’s and Bruce Springsteen’s, also are makeing the list but with less plays Eric Clapton’s and the song Halleluyah but not L. Cohen’s.

Rufus Wainwright ~ Hallelujah (cover from Leonard Cohen)

And so, what I initially imagined would be a description of an epiphany or at least an insightful -worthy to note impression or state of mind slowly turned into ‘what exactly did I want to say?‘, ‘I remember the most important thing but suddenly i realize it sounds sooo personal‘, ‘how did I make the connection again?‘ and so on..

Still, don’t let this song take you on an incomplete image though. Do add Darwin and Nietzsche in the mix, and Carl Sagan and David Attenborough and Socrates, Gandhi and Buddha (v), Osho and others.. hmm I think I’ll try to make a full list sometime. Which is never complete of-course as I’m always learning.

Care to make your recommendation or state your thoughts, your own list perhaps?

filmed in a lunch break, edited home with iMovie

Actually, do look at this possible positive extreme, you might find it is what you want, it’s healthy to want the best for your self and others thus this positive extreme is worth exploring to the maximum, that is probably where we all want to get, and we all deserve it. Do mind the delusion but mind it in a sense where you realize difficulties and get prepared, many or most things, like Rome, are not build in a day (or easily).

Cheers.

‘How did you find it when the strings were too loose?
No sound is possible. was the reply.
How when the strings were too tight?
They crack.
How when they were neither too tight nor too loose?
Every note sounds in its proper tone.’

In this sense the title of the post is referring to the middle way path. This middle way path is left for interpretation because people have different notions of extremes. If you’re not sure which would be the middle way, consider what would be the extremes of your situations. Then consider the actions which would most likely not get you anywhere near the negative extreme. Also start to ask if the positive extreme is not deluded, if it’s healthy or if it’s actually what you want.

It’s known that most things are more enjoyable when done occasionally then say every day or several times a day. That is because with most of the things it starts to be a routine and new interesting things in contrast to routine interesting things are usually more appreciated. Staying off for a while – missing the activity, you build anticipation and that then leads to enjoying the next experience in a more full minded way.

Still this perspective can lead in another extreme. So many times when people try to stay away from an extreme, they tend to go to another extreme, it seams some people have binary consciousness, I guess it’s easier to identify extremes, specially negative ones, because these are most popularized (unfortunately).

Update:

“Middle Path” may be misunderstood as equivocal. In fact Buddhism is not as such. “Middle” means neutral, upright, and centered. It means to investigate and penetrate the core of life and all things with an upright, unbiased attitude. In order to solve a problem, we should position ourselves on neutral, upright and unbiased ground. We investigate the problem from various angles, analyze the findings, understand the truth thoroughly, and find a reasonable conclusion.

Buddhism – The Middle Path

Update2. Actually do look at this possible positive extreme, you might find it is what you want, it’s healthy to want the best for your self and others thus this positive extreme is worth exploring to the maximum, that is probably where we all want to get, and we all deserve it. Do mind the delusion but mind it in a sense where you realize difficulties and get prepared, many or most things, like Rome, are not build in a day (or easily).