Morrissey got pretty beat up on the boards today. In the midst of all that, I carry bits of a better time with him through my life. A little bit of that came up tonight.
We have visiting family with us so we have been going nonstop the last couple of days. Tonight I went into my daughters room for talk time and it was 1030pm. This is late for us and I can tell the kids were tired. She said she was so tired that her brain was racing from the days activities. She pondered how doctors know how the brain shuts off to go to sleep. She asked me how I go to sleep. I told her I just let my mind relax, soon randomness starts happening with the images and visualizations that are in my mind. I told her if I try to direct them, then I am thinking and the randomness goes away and I stay awake. If I slowly allow and follow the randomness of what's in my mind, I just find myself going to sleep even though I don't know when it exactly happens. My daughter laughed and said she just wants to go to sleep and just wants a switch. I laughed and said maybe it's just a practice thing.
Just then, I said, "The journey from consciousness to unconsciousness is a magical one" and explained many people desire the wonder that goes on in your mind during that journey. Anything can be seen, anything can happen, just let your mind guide you. I told her to go have a wonderful journey and I kissed her goodnight.
As I sit here in bed with my wife, winding down from the day, I thought about my daughters journey. My daughter is a very smart and technical person, everything is broken up into understood compartments. She is not the free flow type so I wonder what her journey is like. I am a easy sleeper and can nap at will, so I welcome the journey.
Back in 1991, I bought a Morrissey tour shirt. On the shirt, it had questions and Morrissey was asked what his favorite journey was. His response - from consciousness to unconsciousness. I think my take on this journey may be different than his though. But he made me think of it back then and I thought of that question tonight while I was talking to my daughter. Morrissey gave me the words of a concept, that I could convey to my daughter. I have to at least give him credit for that. I am a long time from those days, but I remember them like they were yesterday.
Excuse me, but it's late and I have to go on a journey now.
We have visiting family with us so we have been going nonstop the last couple of days. Tonight I went into my daughters room for talk time and it was 1030pm. This is late for us and I can tell the kids were tired. She said she was so tired that her brain was racing from the days activities. She pondered how doctors know how the brain shuts off to go to sleep. She asked me how I go to sleep. I told her I just let my mind relax, soon randomness starts happening with the images and visualizations that are in my mind. I told her if I try to direct them, then I am thinking and the randomness goes away and I stay awake. If I slowly allow and follow the randomness of what's in my mind, I just find myself going to sleep even though I don't know when it exactly happens. My daughter laughed and said she just wants to go to sleep and just wants a switch. I laughed and said maybe it's just a practice thing.
Just then, I said, "The journey from consciousness to unconsciousness is a magical one" and explained many people desire the wonder that goes on in your mind during that journey. Anything can be seen, anything can happen, just let your mind guide you. I told her to go have a wonderful journey and I kissed her goodnight.
As I sit here in bed with my wife, winding down from the day, I thought about my daughters journey. My daughter is a very smart and technical person, everything is broken up into understood compartments. She is not the free flow type so I wonder what her journey is like. I am a easy sleeper and can nap at will, so I welcome the journey.
Back in 1991, I bought a Morrissey tour shirt. On the shirt, it had questions and Morrissey was asked what his favorite journey was. His response - from consciousness to unconsciousness. I think my take on this journey may be different than his though. But he made me think of it back then and I thought of that question tonight while I was talking to my daughter. Morrissey gave me the words of a concept, that I could convey to my daughter. I have to at least give him credit for that. I am a long time from those days, but I remember them like they were yesterday.
Excuse me, but it's late and I have to go on a journey now.
