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Metabolic
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 		Personal Changes
It's not the destination, it's the journey
This came up in the hopes and speculation thread and it seems like something good to talk about.

Metabolic wrote:
Sythys wrote:
Have I told you what I've experienced since I've gotten involved in this "game" ?

I've received an awakening of senses I haven't had in 10 years. I've started writing poetry again, and it comes pretty easy. I see the beauty in the words I've written down. (which, you will never see... self confidence thing). I feel the need to express myself in word, in song... in art.

And we haven't even started playing the game... Shocked

So... One of the hopes I have... other than finishing the game, is that I can keep the creativity that I've had buried inside of me for so long in the forefront. That I can use this found joy I lost so long ago, and hold it for the rest of my life.


So I'm not the only one huh?

I've thought about posting a thread "has anyone noticed any changes in themselves?"


I've noticed that the synchronicities in life, having grown used to them over the years, are suddenly presenting themselves more quickly and often since we began. By that I mean, the time it takes between thinking of something and it presenting itself within my reality.


What I would suggest is that for this thread we assume that this is not just a game. Or at the least, a game that affects us on some level.

We have one person's creativity coming back alive and seeming generally happy. Another finding an increased level of synchronicity and also has been generally content.

Has anyone else noticed anything? Anyone notice that they have just generally been in a good mood?

Wittgenstein wrote:


In terms of synchronicity: that's the way it works. Or supposed to work. Neurologically corroborated. I blogged about it a couple weeks ago. Only about 10% of the stuff we see we actually perceive. When we're on the lookout for something it is perceived more frequently than if we aren't.


This is true, our subconscious filters out the majority of things it deems irrelevant. This applies significantly to things like seeing 11:11 on clocks all the time, as I'm sure people have experienced. It's on the brain, so anytime it shows up, we notice. What is the more intruiging aspect is when you think of something and it shows up. For example, I really want a rare book and am having a hard time finding it. While on the way to dinner, my wife wants to stop at a garage sale. Well, lo and behold! They have said book on sale here for $2.00! How convenient!

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 		About the whole 11:11 thing - kinda creepy, huh?

Last night I was writing a PM to someone on unfiction... just as I typed "11:11" it turned... 11:11.
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teh_lisa
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 		I have met many people that I never would have met before.
I have been introduced and reintroduced to excellent music.
I am working on listening skills and getting along.
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analogwatch
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 		I know you guys are probably sick of it... But the most profound effect this game has had on me is the fact that I can feel again. I had a very messy breakup almost exactly a year ago that involved a lot of verbal abuse and just generally being made to feel like I was worse than the lowest scum. Nothing I've done this last year has *truly* evoked emotion in me... I was like an empty shell of a person, just walking around... Yeah.

So I start this, and I meet you guys, and the combination of the art and music, your friendships, and the cards (one in particular) awakened emotions in me that I haven't been able to feel in a year, at least.

It's a nice feeling, if a bit overwhelming sometimes.
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JaeDom
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 		 Life Changes
Well, it goes like this...
Expression in general. I've stopped writing. I have poetry and short stories saved that I've written since I was about 12. And for some reason last year I stopped. Now, I want to finish my novel (yeah, I've started one and it's been on hold for four years) and pick up writing poetry and any other creative expression of art. I want to pick up my bass guitar again, I want to write music, I want to paint (and I've never painted, only appreciated). I mean, I like art but never felt worthy enough to actually participate other than dating some artists. I want to dance, I want to sing, I want to read any and all great books that I've always wanted to read but didn't for some strange reason. I want to meet new people. I want to get out and do something in this world. Most of all, enjoy it.

I know that all this seems too heavy for just experiencing this journey but its like a domino effect.

Overall, it's a good feeling and life right now is beautiful. Te vita e bella!

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kafkaguy
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 		I agree w/ Jae, this has been an experience that has sparked my creativity and gotten me excited about writing again. I'm constantly thinking and inspired and have even gotten back into doing my daily yoga again. It's better therapy than the psych i see and its been fun getting to know good people. Won't mention synchronicity. That was already going on and I expected it to pick up as soon as Silverladder was fired off...

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Wittgenstein
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 		Re: Personal Changes
It's not the destination, it's the journey
Metabolic wrote:
This came up in the hopes and speculation thread and it seems like something good to talk about.

Metabolic wrote:
Sythys wrote:
Have I told you what I've experienced since I've gotten involved in this "game" ?

I've received an awakening of senses I haven't had in 10 years. I've started writing poetry again, and it comes pretty easy. I see the beauty in the words I've written down. (which, you will never see... self confidence thing). I feel the need to express myself in word, in song... in art.

And we haven't even started playing the game... Shocked

So... One of the hopes I have... other than finishing the game, is that I can keep the creativity that I've had buried inside of me for so long in the forefront. That I can use this found joy I lost so long ago, and hold it for the rest of my life.


So I'm not the only one huh?

I've thought about posting a thread "has anyone noticed any changes in themselves?"


I've noticed that the synchronicities in life, having grown used to them over the years, are suddenly presenting themselves more quickly and often since we began. By that I mean, the time it takes between thinking of something and it presenting itself within my reality.


What I would suggest is that for this thread we assume that this is not just a game. Or at the least, a game that affects us on some level.

We have one person's creativity coming back alive and seeming generally happy. Another finding an increased level of synchronicity and also has been generally content.

Has anyone else noticed anything? Anyone notice that they have just generally been in a good mood?

Wittgenstein wrote:


In terms of synchronicity: that's the way it works. Or supposed to work. Neurologically corroborated. I blogged about it a couple weeks ago. Only about 10% of the stuff we see we actually perceive. When we're on the lookout for something it is perceived more frequently than if we aren't.


This is true, our subconscious filters out the majority of things it deems irrelevant. This applies significantly to things like seeing 11:11 on clocks all the time, as I'm sure people have experienced. It's on the brain, so anytime it shows up, we notice. What is the more intruiging aspect is when you think of something and it shows up. For example, I really want a rare book and am having a hard time finding it. While on the way to dinner, my wife wants to stop at a garage sale. Well, lo and behold! They have said book on sale here for $2.00! How convenient!


but conversely, if you hadn't initially thought that you wanted said rare book, would you have necessarily noticed it at the garage sale?
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 		I've definitely become more artistic, more understanding of other people, and so on. I just kind of feel like a better person and I handle my anger better.

Also... I don't really have a lot of friends who treat me well. In fact, the only friend I have that treats me well is my fiance. I kind of always expected that's how my life was going to be. But you guys all treat me with some sort of respect, you're almost always the nicest people I've ever met, and you don't expect me to do everything for you. And I really, really appreciate it. It's made me assess the other friendships, and I'm already seeing which ones I have to cut off and which ones I should try and fix.

Basically, I kind of am a bit more optimistic about life in general. It's sunny sometimes, you know? And it used to be rainy all the time.

I absolutely love you guys.

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Metabolic
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 		Re: Personal Changes
It's not the destination, it's the journey
Wittgenstein wrote:


but conversely, if you hadn't initially thought that you wanted said rare book, would you have necessarily noticed it at the garage sale?


No. But a better question might be, would I have even been at the garage sale?

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Wittgenstein
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 		Re: Personal Changes
It's not the destination, it's the journey
Metabolic wrote:
Wittgenstein wrote:


but conversely, if you hadn't initially thought that you wanted said rare book, would you have necessarily noticed it at the garage sale?


No. But a better question might be, would I have even been at the garage sale?


ehh, can you really draw causal relationships between them? i don't think that's founded in anything. because if you were to make a valid inference you would think, what the heck, i'll go to the garage sale and poke around. just because you're thinking, why not take a chance here? i don't think means that it has anything to do with a direct causal relationship. the more obvious relationship is that, of all the things at the garage sale, you happened to notice the book. say, if a week before you hadn't been looking and gone to the garage sale, you probably wouldn't have taken note that the book was there, let alone bought it. but you still would probably have ended up there.

that said, the propensity to be in the right place and the right time DOES seem to be a big part of synchronicity. i just think confirmation bias is a more reasonable explanation for synchronous events.

an open mind, on the other hand, may have led you there. and an open mind will lead you to all sorts of treasures. :}
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 		I think I'm changing too. I'm still awfully shy, here and in real life. I always feel nervous or stupid when I bring something up that hasn't been mentioned. But, I'm learning to move past that, even though it scares me.

I'm making an effort to spend time with my friends, rather than hiding away in my room with a book. I'm playing board games with them, and improv games. I'm going to the coffeeshop late at night for no reason other than I want to talk to them, or even just sit around a table in silence and study with them.

I'm noticing just how beautiful this campus is, for the first time. I can't believe I never saw it before. How could I not notice the trees, when they cover the campus, and are too large for me to wrap my arms around? How could I miss trees that three people couldn't wrap their arms around? I'm actually looking at the world now.

I'm trying to live my life just a little more fully, I suppose. I don't ever want to say that I had the chance to be part of something great, but was too scared or nervous. I'm going to be a part of whatever happens.

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onceuponanever wrote:
I think I'm changing too. I'm still awfully shy, here and in real life. I always feel nervous or stupid when I bring something up that hasn't been mentioned. But, I'm learning to move past that, even though it scares me.

I'm making an effort to spend time with my friends, rather than hiding away in my room with a book. I'm playing board games with them, and improv games. I'm going to the coffeeshop late at night for no reason other than I want to talk to them, or even just sit around a table in silence and study with them.

I'm noticing just how beautiful this campus is, for the first time. I can't believe I never saw it before. How could I not notice the trees, when they cover the campus, and are too large for me to wrap my arms around? How could I miss trees that three people couldn't wrap their arms around? I'm actually looking at the world now.

I'm trying to live my life just a little more fully, I suppose. I don't ever want to say that I had the chance to be part of something great, but was too scared or nervous. I'm going to be a part of whatever happens.

It's always great to be able to notice things for the first time.

But OMG MORE SYNCHRONICITY AS YOU POSTED THIS AT 11:11 AND I MADE A POST YESTERDAY AT 11:11 OMG SYNCHRONICITY!!!111ONE

god, i love you guys. XD
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 		I hadn't linked it at all before, but recently I've been more creative.

Not much more but a little more. About 2 years ago I was so creative. Continually writing songs and lyrics, and having music in my head all the time... but then it gradually all seemed to stop. I've hardly written anything for ages... but over the past few weeks I've tried to write a little more. I don't think much of it is any good, but at least it's a start.

On Friday I was very geared up to do some recording, but in the end I didn't.

I hope my creativity carries on growing.

I've also perhaps been out and done things a bit more. It's not easy though... I'm not sure if I'm lazy or daunted by it or what. Hmm.

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Line Ghost wrote:
I hadn't linked it at all before, but recently I've been more creative.

Not much more but a little more. About 2 years ago I was so creative. Continually writing songs and lyrics, and having music in my head all the time... but then it gradually all seemed to stop. I've hardly written anything for ages... but over the past few weeks I've tried to write a little more. I don't think much of it is any good, but at least it's a start.

On Friday I was very geared up to do some recording, but in the end I didn't.

I hope my creativity carries on growing.

I've also perhaps been out and done things a bit more. It's not easy though... I'm not sure if I'm lazy or daunted by it or what. Hmm.


actually, to be honest, i've started writing some really great tunes lately...
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 		Another thing.
I like to read... So that's nothing new. but the last time I could look around and see the beauty in "everything" was when I read through Tuesdays With Morrie". that book helps you to appreciate life a little more than what you might now.

But I feel like I have that heightened observation and emotion that comes from a euphoric high, without the drugs. I guess it would be on a cerebral level.
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