Looking at the stars...

Monster
Im sure everyone gets that warm/personal feeling occasionally when your looking at stars/going on a hike/playing that awesome song on the guitar/waking up and realizing you can still sleep/flying a kite/walking out of that amazing inspirational movie/whatever.. Where you're just completely satisfied, and you feel like you've figured everything that's important out? How do we lose that feeling? It never lasts more that a few minutes.. What convinces us to go back to our old way of thinking? Does anyone know what i'm talking about?!

succubus
i love that feeling. its like everything fits; just what you always hoped was there bbut couldnt find it. i think the reason it fades away is that whatever it was that inspired us for those few fleeting moments was just a taste of the real thing; some element of ...thingy. enlightenment? whatever you want to call it. there was something there, that touched a nerve, but its too hazy and vague to determine just what that was. with stars, it might be the sheer vastness of space; with a movie, it might be something one of the characters said or a truth revealed somewhere in the course of the plot. I just have trouble pinning down the exact source of that little whisper of .... thingy. And DAMMIT its so annoying.

Imploding~Thoughts
Those feelings are all the more reason to keep on going. As eventually it will complete itself. And yes, the stars are so beautiful. They are one of the few things that we can all share, and none of us have a reason to hate them...nor the feeling we can recieve from them. Maybe that is what the feeling is... is knowing that everything/one around you is happy. As that is when iam truly happy. A smile can spread a million miles. I have met only, and what a beauty it is.

urizen
"WHAT CONVINCES US TO GO BACK TO OUR OLD WAY OF THINKING?" Why is a feeling of completeness necessarily any better than the normal feeling of non-completeness? You are always part of the system, you can't escape it, you can't change it, you can't even attempt to fight it. Remember, emptiness is a vital component of fullness.

this years fool
im glad this topic came about... journal entry:march 17 '01: i havent had a peaceful moment in years. what happened to those fleeting moments that used to barge in on me unexpectingly and let me know everything is as it should be... for moments clarity... for moments i felt the sun shine and the wind blow throug me, and i had no qualms with time...the moment i was comforted by a hundred tiny voices from miles away... the moment enlightenment spoke with its own voice leaving me smiled and recharged...hmmm... or those moments i thanked God and meant it. those moments, they dont come around anymore. now i just sit and watch the sun set sweetly over others from afar, and smile as geniunly as possible, as i watch how noone else notices the hands on the clock as they move. those moments... i long for them.

lumennaturae
sometimes you have to almost die(when you don't listen to the ones that guide you),when those wispers in your ear don't get your attention...sometimes it takes that long walk to the light to say"hey!wait a fucking minute!i haven't done anything yet!what are they going to say at my wake...she had fun sometimes,but mainly she was just a selfish,pain in the ass,with no self respect?"...then,you take notice of all of the beauty in the world,like you did as asmall child.you don't miss the sunsets,your friends/family,and most of all...that blanket of inredible stars that covers you at night,when you can just lie on the roof of your car and find peace...