Discipline

I don't think writing the word 'discipline' in my blog will get me credit, but believe me, I'm tired and tempted. Let's see what it would look like.



Discipline



Actually, it doesn't look lazy as much as it looks pretentious. And I'm prepared to give equally pretentious details to back up this word tomorrow in class.

Class - What was that blog all about? I mean, discipline?
Me - Exactly.

No, so, get serious guys. You're embarrassing me. While reading all of these texts on different subjects, I managed to summarize them in one word.

I started my readings with Hughes on dreams where I recognized that we (well, not everyone) are capable of dreaming. In fact, dreams are gifts like televisions. Just as watching a TV requires no skill, having a dream requires no skill. However, unlike watching a television, we can train ourselves in controlling a dream. Last night, I tried focusing on the ceiling fan, hoping that I would find it in my dream. No success.

Walsh was next, and his book mentions frequently the discipline it takes to reach other worlds. One can't simply swallow some drugs and "Eureka!" I think shamanism is not far from any one's grasp. Many people simply see a culture unlike theirs and pass it off as uncivilized, savage, and unsettling. Our vanity is what blocks us from accepting this culture. Hylozoism and animism are two beliefs I had as a child. What happened?

The Cosmic Egg explored many people who made great scientific discoveries. I'm one of the worst science students in the world, and many of the things Pearce mentioned, I have very little knowledge of. But it was refreshing to see creative thought in a different light. Hamilton claimed to be haunted with his thoughts for fifteen years until his Quaternion Theory popped into his head while he was walking on a bridge. Again, this is a discipline to carry these thoughts in one's head daily. Then suddenly the brain develops a solution. Is that all creativity is? A solution?