And how many have those then forget them the next morning? I DO!!! Sometimes. Has anyone journaled their thoughts? I have a partial hardcopy of mine, but nothing totally encompassing. This makes me want to experiment with more sativas so I don't get knocked on my butt by the heavy indicas I use for my fibro. So, if the ideas are not *proprietary*, or if you just want to speak your mind, then speak out. My latest idea I consider proprietary, how about you?
Epiphanies or sudden enlightenments are like walking up a stairway One at a time Trying to remember them is walking back down that staircase
I get them pretty frequently and yes I make sure to write down all my epiphanies. They are things I don't want to forget.
I have a word formatting app on my phone and when I get blowed, I just bust that out and keep track of any epiphanies I have. Then, I read back through them when I'm sober. I'd say about 25% of the stuff I delete once I'm sober, 50% of it is just song lyrics that I really like, another 15% is more suited for a to-do list (which I also keep on my phone), and then the cream of the crop, 10% of it is revelations and deep thinking. I'd recommend it to anyone who, like me, enjoys a nice cerebral high and enjoys the free thinking it gives you. Don't get me wrong, I like taking certain psychoactives and melting into oblivion just as much as the next guy, but I try and balance that with these enlightening highs.
For me, enlightenment is a goal to continually reach for. I like your sense of balance Saucier. I've been thinking about hooking up a wireless mike and just mumbling my thoughts so I can multi-task. Then again, I would have to seriously protect those recordings!
I keep an mp3 recorder with me. After a meditation session, usually in the early morning, if an idea comes to me, I turn it on and just start talking. Got some pretty interesting stuff doing this.
I have a little notebook I carry with me everywhere I go. If i get an idea or have some interesting toughts I write them down. Its great! But I must keep the book safe, because if someone read in it, they would think I'm mad. Epiphanies comes often now adays, and I like it. Finally I'm seeing the world for what it is, not what people tell me it is.
meh, would much rather forget everything that runs through my mind tbh, most things are better off forgotten about, i've learned, works best for me anyways. but, who's to say what..? : D
I had an epiphany a few years ago, and am still sorting out the resulting implications. The first major one that I remember is the one that set me towards atheism, then the next one was after pondering something on ethics.
I figure, if I have an epiphany and it's important, I will remember it. If it's not important, it doesn't matter if I remember or not. I like to think whenever I have one, it becomes a part of my being, and it will surface when appropriate.
when i'm high and philosophizing about conciousness/physics/spirituality/mental conditions/ shit like thaat if i think long enough my ideas relate to eachother and bam it's like i'm hit with a language less understanding of something it's like an understanding of something just hits me and i put it in words, some sort of communication of intent, these ideas aren't made by me though i'm just the antenna
This too. I don't even want to know the evaluation a psychiatrist would give if they were handed my "manifesto", but I can't imagine it would be good. I'm pretty sure that I'm half-crazy, yet fully capable of hiding it.