Written on August 16th at bus stop on Forbes and Craig.
Sleep does not come easily, nor do I want it to come. my body is conditioned to consider all hours before midnight as only waking... so it is sensible to consider a lifestyle that involves many waking evening hours. "Sensible". A lifestyle to whose "routine" my late evening hours conform well.
The most "sensible" suggestion you would expect to hear is to adjust my body schedule to my lifestyle. For one's body is of less value to the community than is the potential productivity it could accomplish. Adjust yourself to your environment, conform, accept and follow the obvious path. The most "sensible" suggestion.
A rarer, less sensible suggestion might be to change your lifestyle to adjust to your body. The egocentric perspective, that one should be more valuable, one IS more valuable, than one's environment. Indeed a more novel suggestion, it may achieve even simpler and more elegant solutions, for the environment is much more malleable than the routine-drenched mind makes it to be.
But then, why does one seek a solution? One seems to seek a steady lifestyle, a dependable one. One that nourishes you regularly and predictably. Is that what most people want? What they seek? What they build an education to have, what they strive for, impress other people for, step over their neighbors' head to reach? Often. Yes, people say that happens. My inquiry is: is a providing, nourishing, steady, predictable life a worthy goal? The ultimate aim? Do we want a solution that will accomplish our tasks, dissolve our efforts, and glide us smoothly through to the very end?
There is also the possibility of a densely eventful life. Whose future we do not know. Whose mechanisms, cause-and-effects, and essence are as unknowable as nature's itself. Such a life reflects a rocky climb in contrast to a trail hike. A raging rapid instead of the gentle stream. A constant struggle and use of resourcefulness, always dared by new problems, and even when these are scarce, inspired by new ways to improve, new skills to a quire, new imaginings to create. And notice that after your journey has finished, no matter which path you chose, you'll reach the exact same point.
Which path would you take?
Sleep does not come easily, nor do I want it to come. my body is conditioned to consider all hours before midnight as only waking... so it is sensible to consider a lifestyle that involves many waking evening hours. "Sensible". A lifestyle to whose "routine" my late evening hours conform well.
The most "sensible" suggestion you would expect to hear is to adjust my body schedule to my lifestyle. For one's body is of less value to the community than is the potential productivity it could accomplish. Adjust yourself to your environment, conform, accept and follow the obvious path. The most "sensible" suggestion.
A rarer, less sensible suggestion might be to change your lifestyle to adjust to your body. The egocentric perspective, that one should be more valuable, one IS more valuable, than one's environment. Indeed a more novel suggestion, it may achieve even simpler and more elegant solutions, for the environment is much more malleable than the routine-drenched mind makes it to be.
But then, why does one seek a solution? One seems to seek a steady lifestyle, a dependable one. One that nourishes you regularly and predictably. Is that what most people want? What they seek? What they build an education to have, what they strive for, impress other people for, step over their neighbors' head to reach? Often. Yes, people say that happens. My inquiry is: is a providing, nourishing, steady, predictable life a worthy goal? The ultimate aim? Do we want a solution that will accomplish our tasks, dissolve our efforts, and glide us smoothly through to the very end?
There is also the possibility of a densely eventful life. Whose future we do not know. Whose mechanisms, cause-and-effects, and essence are as unknowable as nature's itself. Such a life reflects a rocky climb in contrast to a trail hike. A raging rapid instead of the gentle stream. A constant struggle and use of resourcefulness, always dared by new problems, and even when these are scarce, inspired by new ways to improve, new skills to a quire, new imaginings to create. And notice that after your journey has finished, no matter which path you chose, you'll reach the exact same point.
Which path would you take?
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