Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Examine

Reach into your mind.
Take a piece and examine it. Turn it around, look at it from every angle, from near, from far, from inside and out.
Touch it.
Does it have shape and form? Does it have dimension? Texture? Colour?
Is it soft, firm, spongey, smooth, rough, liquid, clammy or dry?
What is it? Is it a concept? A thought, feeling, idea, emotion, memory, instinct, function or aspect of oneself? Is it all of those thing? Is it none of them?
Play with it.
Does it bounce? Can it stretch? Does it flow or creep or jiggle or roll?
Taste it.
Is it sweet, salty, bitter, sour or spicy?
Can you obliterate it? Would you want to? Can you make it grow, thrive and bear fruit, can you cause it to wither, and die?
Does it require maintenance?
Does it seem unique? Or like one of many?
How does it affect you?
Does it evoke emotion? Pain? Laughter? Sadness, sarcasm, affection or aggression? A combination or nothing at all?
Is it intrusive? Does it get in your way? Does it help or hinder?
Where did it come from? How did it come to be a part of you?
Was it built in from your beginning or introduced via experience?
Is it the product of joy, trauma, learning, inclusion, exclusion, pain, ecstacy, eroticism, growth or stagnation?
Open your mind to recieve this piece back. You've examined it, analysed it, hopefully understood it. Do you like it? Do you hate it? It doesn't matter, it is a part of you. All you need to do is to come to peace with it. Accept it, allow it to sink back into your mind and re-integrate itself into your conciousness and your unconciousness. Allow that accepted piece of yourself to mix and interact and evolve and...
Allow yourself to grow.

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