Blissipline = discipline

I got that slightly back to fronty from the PhilosophersNote on Spiritual Liberation by Michael Beckwith.

I have not explored any of Beckwith's work/teachings other than those distilled by Brian in the PNote on it and also from his participation in The Secret. This sentiment though, that discipline leads to and equals blissipline really grabbed me.

For some time I have wanted to cultivate more of a life on purpose. A life of routines and structure, partly to tame the monkey mind and also partly because I intuitively felt that it was good to have a definite set of actions to engage in every day.

For me I would like that to go:

Tapping
Meditation
Relaxation breathing
Smiling
Sets of physical exercise (2 x 30 sets push/sit-ups, dips...)
Gratitude expression
Writing

That would be a short list of things I would want to do upon waking every morning.

Also I feel that these would all be good to revisit around 3 more times throughout the day. Things like tapping, conscious smiling and conscious breathing and a number of exercises could easily be performed oftener.

Also I enjoy the idea of Eric Harrison's 5-minute meditations - that is doing several short meditations over the course of the day.

There was a song I heard on Triple-J a few weeks ago and the singer was suggesting taking an hour each day for yourself, by yourself, just to do, be and have whatever you want for that hour....this idea appealed to me immensely. So what about an hour a day, a day a week, a weekend a month, a week a year, a month every 7 years.... or something like that.

So for me...

discipline is blissipline not leads to... nothing really leads to anything... it is all now. It is about falling in love with the process... the means.

So, focus on these things. I'll apply these to my life and enjoy what happens.

the first...

It was difficult for me to fully hold this concept in myself - that only I can really help myself.

I had for years thought almost that enlightenment or spiritual growth could be bought, for example that if I won lotto I would travel around and learn with various teachers, take retreats, courses etc...

Now I think the opposite is truer... remain in yourself, know yourself and enlightenment will be found.

This is quite close to the sentiment of this blog - which arose through my wondering why I was no closer to living the self-sufficient lifestyle on my own small holding that I desired. I came to truly feel the idea of "as above, so below"... This thinking is written in all personal development texts - that you must believe within yourself that you are X in order to have and embody X in your life.

I am still working with this growth and particularly the essence of the first sentence of this post.

This has been brought keenly to my awareness recently as I work through my life. Solace has been sought many places and in many hearts... though at the end of the day it just me who is there driving through the tunnel listening to Bon Iver and crying and shouting. And actually thinking that I'd broken the stereo from shouting so hard.

In order to be loved, we must all love only ourselves first. That is what this blog and what Life are all about. Love.