University. A funny place. Currently i feel my mind is rather cluttered and disordered by the whole experience. Although i do not believe for a second this is something thrust upon me, things happen to us, it is up to us to decide how to react.

A slightly depressing place though.. Droves of students get out of bed as late as possible, wander into lectures, lend half an ear, go back, get pissed, it goes on. For me, it is amazing to observe how agitated i am so much of the time. Just getting up in the morning is not the most relaxing experience. It is certainly a place where I feel (possibly wrongly) that very few people, myself included take time to really THINK, to really be in the moment, to feel strongly about things they really believe in. The process of actually thinking in a real sense is one I find fascinating, joyful even. How often is it, that you actually think about a situation you find yourself in. When one actually sits down and really thinks something through, becomes humble and really asks a question to oneself (or to God?), the answers can be very bountiful indeed.

Inspirational people have showed me how clear it is possible to be. Intuition and gut feeling become more and more prevalent, and more and more true. 

The concept of monkey mind is talked about in zen buddhism, that the mind is like a monkey, crashing around, manically breaking things, looking for quick satisfaction, generally, well, monkeying around really. Rather be like a still pool of water, calm, equanimous. Always able to take the right action

Enforced meditation for students, maybe? or free shots half price yeh wicked lets drink tequila 2 for 1 at poo na na yeh life isn’t it great?

or perhaps there is a middle way?

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