Meditation for February 24th
Being Okay
For some of us who grew up in chaos and in constant fear, being just okay is very foreign. After working hard on our own spiritual progress, we reach a place of serenity and stability. We find life easier to live, problems easier to solve, and we become more balanced rather than agents of chaos. I know I miss the feeling of almost dying more than drugs and alcohol.
Don’t ever let being okay stop you from reaching for drama & chaos. If pain is the cornerstone of spiritual growth, and there is no pain being caused by natural causes, then we need to cause ourselves more pain so we can grow even more. Remember, if you aren’t growing, you’re going. Comfort allows us to forget what pain drove us into the arms of spirituality in the first place.
We do this by nitpicking our parents’ shortcomings. While some people’s dads beat them or left them, they cry that their dad wasn’t as emotional as they would have liked. Blame all your recent mistakes on that. This is a great way to explain dropping out of school, losing a job, being dumped, or why you annoy everyone. If you have nothing to blame our mistakes on, then the world will know it’s us. They will know we are the problem. We can’t let people think we are just naturally flawed, so we will have to share our trauma with everyone as often as we can.
We can also exaggerate our involvement with the recently deceased. When someone dies, you want to insert yourself as much as possible. ‘You were best friends with the departed, you saw that person last, you said wise, amazing things to them shortly before they died, you have known that person the longest’ – basically, you want to set up having more right to grieve than anyone else. React to every death you hear about: famous people were your favorite and saved your life (make sure they weren’t a pervo, most of them were), other people’s relatives dying remind you of your long-dead relatives, or any way to cry and storm off and hope someone follows you.
Focus on others who are ruining your experience. If someone is slightly different in their outlook on life, claim you don’t feel safe around that person. Be offended easily. Confront them in a crowded situation, or make that person the subject of discussion and start a witch hunt with your allies. Being offended is a sure-fire way to keep your spiritual awakening from flowering wider.
Whatever you do, don’t just be okay, for that means you aren’t growing. You don’t want to coast, so instead of waiting around for the next right thing, start some drama. Pain is what helps us achieve our relationship with the gods.
Prayer
Loki,
It’s been a long time since you visited me.
I have been okay.
That means I’m bored.
Cause me chaos.
Give me something to be mad about.
I need to grieve.
Make someone a constant topic to try to analyze and fix in theory.
Someone who will keep our focus.
I can’t stand waking up and just being okay.
It seems impossible that I could just be fine.
I am now living a mediocre life in spiritual mediocrity.
And being okay is not okay.
Amen.
Craft
Emo Deadpool
Make a list of people you know (including each other), relatives (listed as dad, mom, brother, aunt, etc.), and famous people, and put your initials by who you think will die this year.—only one person per player. Use a lotto draft to pick who goes first and so forth.
If someone on your dead-pool dies, then you get to act like it’s the end of the world, you get to act out and blame it on grief, you get to skimp on responsibilities because right now you can’t even, and your friends have to put up with it. You have to be the center of attention until the next person dies.
Murder by a player disqualifies the deceased from the pool.
Goal
Being okay is just a sign of being stuck, so flailing around is the best way to continue down the enlightened path. Okay is worse than not okay. To continue growing, you should never be okay. Not being okay means you will get more love and attention from your family and peers. Being okay will bring you only isolation and stunted growth.
Make up pain if you have to.
Very funny and somewhat true. You have touched upon the paradox of enlightenment