The goal is to feast on the seedless grapes of a life without ever having to think about it. To do this you need to let go of being conscious of the fact that you are conscious. Stop thinking about thinking.  Get out of your mind. When we think too much about thinking we become trapped in a nutshell, confined by the limitations of our thoughts and by our own volition we are under house arrest.  All exits are guarded and blocked by fear and the limits of our imaginations. That being said, anti-intellectualism is not the answer to living in the moment or living well in Costa Rica.  In fact dumbing things down results in neo-populism and we know that is a rough and rocky road. We are living in paradise in the here and now, and we want to have fun and be happy, right now.  So what’s key, the clue to the password to get out of our own minds? What we need is to be aware of what is around us, the things right in front. We need to be in tune with the information or things that are made of information to keep us rooted in the present.  Listen to the information being transmitted to you by words.  The highest form of words being poetry and the highest form of poetry, let’s say haiku. What else is made of information? Software.  The Waze app on your phone. It’s the thing that gets you from here to there, and in fact it is the thing that gives you an idea of physically where you are, but that’s not the problem.  What we want to do is experience the journey in the now. Change your focus from the destination at some other point, your experience is in the NOW.  Eckhart Tolle admonishes us to be aware of the Power of Now.  Live in the moment.  If you are depressed it’s because you are thinking about the past.  If you are choking on an anxiety attack, your focus is on the future.  Now is now, so let’s have some fun.

 

 

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