Brain (thought) as a tool

 Between sunrise and sunset one has opportunity to grow things in the mind. One may grow new things and continue growing things started previously. One has opportunity to discard things previously grown. That's harder to do once they've become semi-hardwired in the brain, but possible. One may deliberately choose to semi-hardwire something in the brain. Will Bason on Facebook writes; "Who is this gardener who grows and tends this body? Who is the gardener who cultivates this mind?"
The brain is an organ that *you* use. A tool.
*You* are "that that watches." You are that that judges, most often based on not understanding. (Note the 2 types of y-o-u).
We are free to CREATE anything we want to between sunrise and sunset (day), and throughout the time the planet is turned away from the star (night).

Lesson 3 Posted on May 11th, 2008 by A Course In Miracles Workbook and Forum in Workbook Part 1 | 
I do not understand anything I see. I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. Apply this idea in the same way as the previous ones, without making distinctions of any kind. Whatever you see becomes a proper subject for applying the idea. Be sure that you do not question the suitability of anything for application of the idea. These are not exercises in judgment. Anything is suitable if you see it. Some of the things you see may have emotionally charged meaning for you. Try to lay such feelings aside, and merely use these things exactly as you would anything else. The point of the exercises is to help you clear your mind of all past associations, to see things exactly as they appear to you now, and to realize how little you really understand about them. It is therefore essential that you keep a perfectly open mind, unhampered by judgment, in selecting the things to which the idea for the day is to be applied. For this purpose one thing is like another; equally suitable and therefore equally useful.

i apply this idea now to what the purpose of this blog is. i do not understand anything that i write. (Note the i)

baumgartner's view

Looking out through Felix Baumgartner's capsule.

A space rock, which was shed from a comet heading either to or from the sun, is traveling at tens of thousands of miles an hour. The rock gets caught in the planet's atmosphere. The planet is spinning at 1040 miles an hour. The friction of this encounter causes the rock to flame up (a meteor or shooting star).

Felix wasn't going that fast.

Sunset

The planet turns away from the star. The air cools.

Sunrise

The planet turns. The closest star warms the air.  

A word about words

I would like you to read this. Then I would like you to read this. After reading the second example did you find like I did that you felt a "connection" to this blog writer? He seemed so friendly and nice. I felt it even though I knew he would be able to use words to elicit an emotional response. We're kind of like Pavlov's dog aren't we.
We could indulge in mental masturbation about why we have emotional responses to words but personally I've no time for such indulgence. My point is that humans have emotional responses to trigger words. It's the nature of the beasts.
I am aware of some of my trigger words but there are others I'm not aware of. How do I know my trigger words? The easiest ones to know is they're the ones that elicit anger; Catholic. Christian. Westboro Baptist. Family Values.
It is helpful to know our own trigger words. The best way I've found to know trigger words is to pay attention to the body. When does it get tense? When do your shoulders start to droop? When do you suddenly get tired, or angry? When do you feel suddenly happy or light? When are you able to take a deep cleansing breath? When do you hold your breath? Connect your body's response to words or phrases heard in conversation, or when reading, or watching video or listening to audio. All these reactions of the body are clues.
Knowing your trigger words is a way to become more aware of your true nature. The emotional response caused by trigger words cover up your true nature.

Trying this from here while not all there

We have a physical body. Mammal classification. The physical body has organs with which to keep it alive. The physical body is dependent upon air, water, food, & shelter.
The physical body is also dependent upon coherent organization of thought in order to accomplish obtaining that which the body needs.
If there is not sufficient air, water, food, shelter the body is in distress. The mind may not understand why there is distress. The body on its most basic level does understand; Breath is quickened, water and energy is taken from cells, and shivering or slowing of movement is initiated by the body in order to maintain status quo (homeostasis). This happens on its own without a conscious decision (thought). In other words, the body has a mind of its own.
You may make a conscious decision to "lay down and die" but unless you take action the body will not die until it can no longer maintain homeostasis.
Humans have a physical body and a spiritual body.  The physical body is adopted by the spirit.
Some of us adopt dog bodies, cat bodies, snail bodies, tree bodies, rock bodies, etc.

And then there was a blog

And then there was a blog. WTF?

Let me show you the details about this jpg. Click on this link. It's okay. It takes you to the University of Texas website to a pdf of the image. As you magnify it the words come into focus.
You are here.
Actually you are right there reading this.
There is no time.
Say hello to your breath.