thoughts about things

nanoraptor:

What I write below will only make any sense if you’ve already read this little piece I wrote in May 2010 about an event I’ve come to call my first enlightenment, a night where I stopped the quotidian trudging, step by slow step, and launched further forwards than I knew was possible…

All about the past 365 days since she achieved enlightenment.

The following really stuck out to me:

Imagine being given a placebo, a sugar pill that you’ve been convinced is the best painkiller for relieving your headache - as placebo demonstrations go, it’s a standard one that works effectively, and you’ll more than likely get a measurable dose of pain relief. I can now both know it’s a placebo and believe it’ll work, and still find relief. That’s powerful. Choosing to believe is my superpower. 

For me, that is awesome to hear.

I’ve been able to work the placebo trick with myself twice so far, and I’m working on a third right now.

Sometimes it’s soo very tricky to believe something another part of me is saying “Uh uh uhhh! Nope nope - that’s not reality!”.

When it does work, I’m just able to get into and stay in that happy place of placebo-land and reduce that inflammation in my knee/hip/toes.  

Each time I attempt it it’s like I’m doing it for the first time; I wonder how the hell did I achieve this previously… I think in the end I’m trying to hard with the trying and not doing enough doing/being.

I like the idea of belief (= creation) as a superpower. Super and powerful, indeed.

The piece is well worth a read if you’re interested in spirituality and enlightenment.