I heard about Mental Health Awareness Month from another Youtuber “Ben Gravey” a surfer who was an alcoholic who changed his life through surfing. I had a life-changing experience myself and I thought it would be a good idea to share it.
In 2017 I had a brain hemorrhage. The doctor said it was brought on by out-of-control blood pressure. To be fair, my blood was high pressure back then so they may have been right.
...moreThe sun is a friend to me. It lights up the way to myself, filling me with gratitude and wellbeing. Even when it shines in my face while I’m trying to write. I cannot become too annoyed. I know that to become annoyed is to invite a breakdown. Being a man requires calmness and patience. For myself, my world, and my life.
Every day I get up when the sun rises, and go to sleep when the sun sets. I didn’t decide to do this, it just happened. There is a healing power in the activity of revolving my life around the sun. Being awake at the crack of dawn gives me a certain earthly perspective on life. When I was revolving my life around the night, my life revolved around the dark sun of unearthly tendencies. I had this need to indirectly harm myself, and others through thoughts and speech. It wasn’t until my awakening that I realized that I disconnected myself from the life of the planet.
...moreA story of transformation from selfishness to selflessness.
“Most Improved” is a meditation on the process of personal transformation. I experienced a transformation from a “self-centered” worldly view on life, to a “universe-connected” consciousness, where all life has meaning. In August of 2017, I suffered a Cerebral Hemorrhage. While at work, I collapsed, was taken to the hospital, and diagnosed with high blood pressure. My recovery was a miracle, I suffer only minor damage to my body’s sensory systems, that improved over time. While recovering in the ICU, and realizing that I was not going to die, I got in touch with a deep feeling of apathy, and sadness about my life. I realized that previously, I was covering up these feelings with day-to-day distractions. I decided that if I was going to survive, I was going to live differently this time. This determination brought me to place where I developed an understanding on how to really live. I learned from many people including: Mark Passio, James Allen, and David K. Reynolds. I combine Hermetic principles with the Constructive Living practices of David K. Reynolds, and I filter all of that though the ethical teachings of James Allen. In this book I expose how aligning oneself to Cosmic Law brings true happiness. If you want to experience a fellow “life-traveler’s” view on overcoming depression, or just want to learn about the state of the world from a modern, self-learned philosopher, then this book is for you.
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