Meditation for March 23rd
Spring Moods
It is finally spring, and now people are gearing up for warmer weather. The sun isn’t here to stay, though, because in the spring, all you have to do is wait 5 minutes, and the weather changes. Sometimes it is calm and warm; other times, it is a blustery thunderstorm. Sometimes it is five different kinds of weather within 5 minutes. In a minute, we are filled with hope when the sun touches our skin with a little warmth, and then with hopelessness when the wind starts wrapping its cold fingers around our bones.
This is just like the un-mindful person. Their moods are a quick cycle of rainy, hail, wind storms, and light, breezy, sunny days, sitting under a blooming cherry tree. Anger, sadness, depression, mania, anxiety, and happiness in a matter of hours if the person isn’t trying to ground themselves. If you don’t like them at first, wait 5 minutes.
I find that if my mood is a smorgasbord of ups and downs and I am not mellowing out or at least stabilizing, I am going crazy. It’s a sign that not all is okay in my world. I may not be aware of what caused my initial discomfort, but I am suddenly letting every little thing get under my skin.
When people show a cornucopia of emotions, they are reaching out to you to fix them. The signs are very explosive, but vague postings on Facebook, grateful texts to friends for no reason at all, all of a sudden being really upset at you for little to no reason at all, or disappearing for a few days, emerging, and being very upset that no one tried to see where they went.
I find that people who ignore the ways of mindful meditation will fall into a whirlpool of demeaning self-hatred and confusion. This is where you must save them, or they will drown themselves. So, when you know someone is acting like spring weather, you’ll want to confront them and tell them to calm down.
Prayer
Pan Smith
Oh my god, I hate that it’s so early.
I don’t wanna go to work.
Ugh.
I am soooooo tired.
I guess I’ll put on my pants…
FUCK! I FELL AND SMACKED MY HEAD ON THE DOOR JAM!
This is the worst day of my life.
Oh boy, that reminds me of that time that one guy fell on his first date right in front of me.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see the movie, The Secret Life of Pets!
That’s going to be the best day ever!
Cartoons are so rad!
Fuck! Where is my hat?!?
I need it for work!
I can’t go to work WITHOUT MY HAT!!!
I wish I had never woken up today!
Oh, it’s on my head.
I’m such an idiot.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I love bagels!
I’m going to put cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion on it!
I’m going to have the best day!
Today is gonna suck.
Amen.
Craft
Voodoo Doll
You will need a foam ball and some thread. You will also need blood or hair from the person you are going to be creating.
Wind the thread around the foam ball until it is almost all covered. Tie a bow for the arms and let the two longer threads represent the legs.
Tie in the parts of your victim. Use other items or tools to make the doll look as similar to you as possible.
Here are a few spells you can do with your doll.
Pins into the doll:
This doesn’t make the person scream out and wither in pain like in the movies, but literally makes them have a bad back, a migraine, knee problems, erectile dysfunction, extreme bad taste in music, or the inability to not sing along to every song they hear.
Soak in vodka to make the person very sterile and therefore become a bore at social events. The vodka erodes any interesting and charismatic traits the person may have, reducing them to near nothing. A person who drones on and on about nothing may be under the influence of a voodoo spell.
Slightly light the doll’s feet on fire to make the person really agitated toward everyone and develop strong opinions. So strong are the opinions that they alienate themself. The fire touches the thread and sends waves of always need to be right energy into the person, making them an insufferable asshole.
Tie to a cat and let the cat run around. This leaves the person completely unsure of which direction they want to go. Decision-making is impossible, and the person becomes confused. Let the cat have some catnip to make the person’s lost depression even more intolerable. If possible, take the doll off the cat and let your target pet the cat.
Smash the doll inside the book Harry Potter. That will become more simple-minded and prefer simple pop culture. They will start to gravitate toward popular music and reality shows, ignoring politics and social problems altogether. This makes the person an unproductive member of society. Then you call them out for being blind consumers, and they either say they don’t care, or pretend that what they are into is important even though it isn’t, or it’s actually making things worse.
Goal
Look out for extreme mood swings. This is usually a sign that something is off. Not being in a stable emotional state is usually a reaction to something in your life not being taken care of.
Stop being an emo paint shaker and calm down.