I can intellectually understand that reality at any moment
is infinitely complex and I can also feel my own experience is continually
different and changing. I imagine it to be a fractal which is continuously
morphing. But yet, my day to day experience of reality seems so enduring,
persistent, repeatable, stable, very slow changing. That is where I feel stuck
and the element of boredom or dissatisfaction kicks in.
It’s like how we have rock like structures in nature. The
rock is microscopically changing at every moment, but to my eyes it looks,
well, like a rock. It would appear as the same rock to me throughout my 100
year lifetime. Another example would be looking at ourselves in the mirror
everyday, the changes would be imperceptible right?
My experience of reality is mostly changing so gradually,
that if I sample a day or two, there are moment to moment differences but overall
it feels almost the same (low novelty). Extreme, shocking, exciting, rapturous,
novel, moving experiences are quite rare. Their frequency is decreasing as I am
getting older. The only direct way for me to get a powerful experience is by
trying out new drugs and increasing the dose once I understand its effects. In
such a case, I may enjoy life much more, but firstly society would gun me down,
Coolidge effect would kick in and lastly I might get addicted to those
pleasures and fall into a trap.
What elements control the experience of rate of change or rate
of fluidity in my perception? My conceptual knowledge accumulated from my past is
making everything more and more predictable with fixed patterns (mundane). What
area of perception do I need to improve OR what do I need to examine to
increase my enjoyment and fulfillment in everyday life? Do I need to simply
work of increasing the fire of my observation and awareness from moment to
moment?
I have read that some enlightened beings lead a super
ordinary life as perceived by most people, but they are utterly fulfilled and
happy by that. How is that possible? Is it that their sensitivity is 10 times
of mine? What do they do differently?
All value is from comparison: like if you only date one
girl, you only know one fractal, but if you have dated 10, then you’ll have 10
times the perspective etc. The perspective, interpretation, rating and ranking
gets better, the more number of experiences you have.
Knowledge is riches because it opens up so many more life
experiences accessible through memory and choose between perspectives at the
present moment. Also, the joy of comparison and deep understanding through
connections.
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