dwayne.yawned

Man is not affected by events,  He is affected by his perspective on events.  Your life situation is not your life.  The trapped think themselves free;  The free know themselves trapped.  The amount of effort  required  to feel sad or to feel strong  is the same.  Which would you chose?  The winner  of the rat race  is still a rat  This too, shall pass.  There’s always a chore;  There’s always a change;  There’s always a choice;  There’s always a chance.  Life is 100% Unfair and as such  Life is 100% Fair #philosophy #dwaynisms #yawn

WWMS   by dwayneyawned I woke up tired this morning, as I do most days. Its still dark, and there's nary a stir about the crooked house. The only thing that really keeps me going  Is knowing that breakfast will served soon. I take a middling stretch while snuggled in my alcove. There are bits of fluff and all manners of stuff floating around my personal cocoon. They've been agitated of late, my daddies. Them three keep shifting furniture around Gathering clunky bags of mess that keep disappearing And eating away at my space and territories  Bit by bit. They're also yelling at each other more these past few weeks, I don't understand what they say to each other, But it sounds like "Don't peeve me!" and "I can't trust you!", "Don't leave me!" and "Can't I trust you?" Thankfully, in the flurry and madness,  I usually get to eat thrice. ~ I slink down the narrow stairs only to come across a nearly impassable entwinement...

Still fresh out,  I am in a place  of relative calm  and clarity  and have reassessed  my priorities generally  in life:  1) Spiritual, Mental  and Wholistic Health  2) Love  3) Purposeful, Fulfilling  and Impactful Employment  4) Money  I realize it’s not worth  being someone’s rat  and blindly rat-racing  anymore.  It’s not worth wasting  time, effort, and (1)(2)(3)  just to get (4)  either. #priorities #values  

Let's Go  by dwayneyawned Let's go  let go together we'll float  we'll flow to the get go We'll keep our heads  ahead on the path one foot by one day by day soon to become a modicum of pastel sensory gasps Worn hands clasping yours pulling through pulling us through  gently running tiptoeing nimbly across cracked shells  of the ego  numbly picking up the pace now always  in the now forward marching on back  to the flow the rhythm of the let go Let's go! #poem #motivational #strive

3 Principles I will be adopting and implementing,  in career, in love and in life  Unblock - What’s preventing the natural flow of processes, emotions and aspirations from happening? These should be identified and concertedly removed. No pretenses or ego, no sweeping under the rug, no delays and full ownership.  Enable - What’s required for optimised activity, conversation and action? These should be encouraged, given a safe space and permission for experimentation and fulfillment.  Automate - Simple, repetitive and necessary tasks - from approval processes, interactions and positive habits - these should become second nature and automated via insourcing, habit formation and dedication, thereby allowing the overall focus to shift towards higher value and more significant overtures.  Will it work? This I’ve gotta live to see!  #unblock #enable #automate #philosophy #feelosophy

“Meditation is not evasion, it is serene encounter with reality” - Thich Nhat Hanh  I choose to meditate because I see it as…  1) Giving time, space and peace back to myself.  2) Learning to observe the mind as a scientist or engineer would observe a system or machine; Only then am I able to note it’s shortfalls, perform cleanups, tinker with its parameters and optimise for smooth performance.  3) Learning and practicing non-attachment and non-reaction, and the prioritization of what’s important and significant in our lives.  4) Centering - All the “selves” that are me are rolled back into one - Unity.  5) Decompartmentalising - The ability to break down mental barriers behind parts of the whole, to synergise harmonize, identity and eliminate internal tensions.  6) Manifestation of goals, dreams and positive mental states.  7) Tapping into the powers of the subconscious - I believe that we can harness near-infinite perception, hope, willpower, spi...

“You Only Live Once” - YOLO  So many youths (and adults too) use the phrase above (in fact, it’s past it’s prime and may even be considered by Gen Z to be passé - pretty ironic), usually to justify reckless behavior and risk-taking. LIVE IT UP, they say, as they down additional pints of alcohol or skip work and spend irresponsibly.  Yet, how many people truly realize the timeless wisdom that is embedded in this statement??  It is reminiscent of Memento Morí (Remember you will die), from the action-based philosophical branch of Stoicism that was popular over 2500 years ago with Marcus Aurelius and Plato as famous practitioners; of the Buddhist and Mindfulness principle of Impermanence, of the Confucian saying “We all have 2 lives, the second of which begins when we realize we only have 1”.  It seems that with YOLO, the media and pop culture machine is doing its job at keeping people more focused on a culture of immediate gratification, consequence-less thinking and bl...

Dedicated to Nick and Rus, loves of my life. Ozone  by dwayneyawned Our paths were always meant  to cross,  Though we flit  through  friends,  time and space,   Though we face this temporary loss.   Our paths were always meant  to join    Though we weave  through  fate, lust and place,   Though our lives dance  on the edge of a coin.   Our paths were always  meant  to twine,     Not once nor twice  but thrice in time.   For now, for ever,  in stanzas, in rhyme.     Around each other  in tightening orbits,   We gravitate, we rotate, we oscillate.    Dancing in love we sync  While  Deeper in love we sink.   Through the pull   of ominous forces we'll hurtle  Separation, incarceration,   compartmentalization.  Though in the moment,   all might seem unstable ...

There can be no existence without nonexistence; No difficulty without easy; No long without short; No high without low; And without the sounds of musical instruments  and  human voices,  where would  their harmony  - and cacophony - be? #taoteching #thetao #philosophy #balance

The peculiar thing about happiness is that we seem to be addicted to it, addicted to its pursuit.  The first dose brings euphoria and ecstasy. We are satisfied while it lasts and subsequently when it fades, we develop a craving for more. As we seek out more and more happiness externally, we begin to develop tolerance to it - what once did it for us no longer flies. There is a significant power creep. In this consumerist world of MORE MORE MORE we internalize and extrapolate these values towards happiness itself.  For myself, these activities that were bringing me unbridled happiness just a couple of days ago appear to be losing their lustre -  The taste of a home-cooked meal; The midnight mewls of a hungry pet; The myriad options available in the supermarket; The first bite of Nutella and peanut butter; Watching chickens pick at loose grains of rice; A warm shower; The sound of music; Watching a late night movie; Curling up with a good book; The pleasure of a Q-tip post-s...