Huge Crystals
The Point of the Sole…The sole reason for doing what we do. It is the same reason why we exist. Something is driving us. As I try and figure out what this thing called, “life” is all about, I am faced with one question, “What is my purpose?” And when I figure out this question, will it bring me closer to happiness, closer to completion? Part of me thinks the quest for more information and interaction is part of the puzzle. For getting more knowledge seems to increase the size of the box, but I’m still working with a box. There is something to say about not backsliding, not going back on what I want to do. That’s part of what keeping vows are all about. As I look at huge crystal formations, I see vows that minerals and water have made with the earth. In exchange for a place to grow, the crystals record information in their highly organized structures. Can we learn from crystals? People can record information quite well. We have technology and memories. And every day the internet grows to store even more information. Just look at Wikipedia. It has grown to hold literally millions of articles so far. I’ve always had an inclination to store information. I like collecting good books and writing articles and writing in journals. There is a permanence to recording information, an immortality to it. I guess having kids must be kind of like this. Storing your genetic code in a new human being. Pretty cool stuff. People are little tablets of information. I bet there is a lot more inside our subconscious minds that is good information, but it’s just encoded differently from our conscious minds. This is probably like when you take your computer in to repair/regain information from lost sectors on your hard drive. Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m sedating myself. I’m not really that tired. I just loving sleeping. I guess that’s sloth. I need to cut that out. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? There’s this point when you’re falling asleep that you feel soooo good. It’s pleasurable. And it’s free pleasure. Well, not really. I pay for it in time spent on sleeping. I guess I could be blogging or working on math with that time. Maybe I’ll make that vow to myself. Yeah, I’ll try and get a max of 7 or 8 hours of sleep per day. I think blogging my vows to myself is a good idea. It’s kind of a positive way of using the internet. Publishing for a reason.
OK, so now that I’m here I’m going to write down some vows so I don’t forget them or discard them.
1. Sleep only when I need to. Not sleep for pleasure. And especially don’t sleep out of sloth.
2. Blog everyday. I’m doing a pretty good job of that now. But I can do better. More content would be good.
That’s a good start.