I'm Carlos Killpack I like music, I guess you could even say its my addiction. That being said it shouldn't be much surprise to hear that I host a radio show called Indie Invasion. (Which is, by the way, the greatest radio show on earth) I play the drums and the guitar. I play football and I am Mormon, meaning that I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The purpose of writing this blog is to ponder the mysteries of the Universe and share my views of them, (cool right) therefore the topics discussed here can vary widely. Each post is filed under one or more of the categories at the top right. Please enjoy.
That's all it takes, three simple things: Objective Thinking, Mediation, and Self-Analysis. These will allow you to discover yourself as well as improve the function of your mind. Your memories will be clearer and you will be more alert and in control. Your mind will no longer be a mysterious place whose functions you are affected by but do not understand, it will become a familiar place that gives you joy and peace. You live in your head, it should be a familiar place that you are in control of, not some incomprehensible mysterious place that does whatever it wants.
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Meditation is simple although somewhat time consuming. Sit on the ground cross-legged or in a chair (the way you are sitting isn't supremely important although it shouldn't be a position that you can fall asleep in) "Meditating in a darkened room presents fundamental physiological problems. When you sit quietly with your eyes closed in darkness, your brain interprets this situation as a signal to start shutting itself down for sleep. Sleep inducing hormones such as melatonin are released at the same time your heart rate and circulation are reduced due to lack of movement. You feel swept away on a sea of quiet relaxation. This pleasant experience may be light sleep state hypnosis, not meditation at all, and thus does you little more good than taking a nap. Meditation means that you are relaxed as if sleeping, but your consciousness is fully and intensely awake. Therefore, if you meditate with your eyes closed, the room must remain brightly lit, so that a significant amount of light passes through the eyelids." Find a place that is comfortable (causing yourself discomfort isn't really useful) and make sure you won't fall asleep. Next empty your mind, take each thought or stressor and set it aside, don't push it out of your mind just let go of it. Simply think of nothing and stay like that for a long period of time, gently setting aside random thoughts that enter your consiousness. It's easy to loose track of time when you're meditation so if you need to you can have an alarm set to tell you when it's time to stop.
Meditation is a powerful tool that will help strengthen your mind and improve the performance of your memory and the logic of your thinking processes. Meditation isn't a direct tool for introspection because mediation requires that you empty your mind or focus on a certain object in exclusion of anything else. What it does to is increase the capability of your mind to be introspective. It allows you to clear your mind so you can retain your objectivity when analyzing some part of yourself. That is, perhaps, the most important benefit of meditation, the ability to clear your mind with relative ease. This is a must when exploring your innermost self. It allows you to remove distractions or stirred up emotions that may cloud your thinking.
"Some are lost because they have strayed. Except for the Lord, we have all made mistakes. The question is not whether we will trip and fall but, rather, how will we respond? Some, after making mistakes, stray from the fold. This is unfortunate. Do you not know that the Church is a place for imperfect people to gather together—even with all their mortal frailties—and become better? Every Sunday in every meetinghouse throughout the world, we find mortal, imperfect men, women, and children who meet together in brotherhood and charity, striving to become better people, to learn of the Spirit, and to lend encouragement and support to others. I am not aware of any sign on the door of our meetinghouses that reads 'Restricted Entrance—Perfect People Only.' "
