Re: An example of a quickie Matrix agent inserted in for distraction...
.....Actually, what I've tried to do, and it seems to work, is to just act as if I'm driving around in a video game. Somebody does something stupid on the road, I just try to adopt the video game mentality. You've played video racing games, I'm sure.......well, when you're playing those games, you don't get mad when other cars and obstacles get in your way as you drive through the game....cause you know it's a game. It's supposed to have obstacles. ! So that's the mentality I try to adopt with idiot drivers who cut me off, veer over into my lane without checking their blind spot first, jump out in front of me instead of waiting 2 more seconds until I pass, slam on their brakes because they think they want to turn but then change their mind, etc. etc. etc. It's all a game! It usually works about 3/4 of the time too. I try to assume that half those people probably aren't real anyway...or else, aren't fully conscious of what they're doing......so in that regard, it really and truly is no different from a video game if you think about it.
Iyra~
This is exactly how I aim to see ALL OF LIFE....like your video game analogy! I want so much to see the world as a computer program-virtual reality or something. Sometimes this works while I am driving, too. If I could just remember to practice this more. What I have done is pretend that I am stationary and that the scene is moving all around **me** and this can be so relaxing when I am doing it effectively. Your video game perspective is one I will try as that one might work better for me while in the car. A minor difference but contributing to a major shift in how all is seen, even when I just imagine it from where I am stationed at my computer.
If we are really experiencing life via "God's dreaming" and/or it is simply a 3-D hologram then these ideas could very well be stepping stones to a greater awarenss of this way of experiencing.
The most challenging moments to accomplish, this, I find, are during chemical upsets/imbalances in the body, emotional stresses with my boyfriend when they occur, family challenges and the like. So I guess basically, when dealing with people that matter the most to me and when my physiology is off kilter. At times this is happening all at once. How I feel while I am navigating the world is such a huge part of it. Cutting out or decreasing caffeine and sugar helps. The rest of the answer will come, I pray. Anyway, these kinds of moments are when I most need to adopt a video game/holographic prespective, I know........Iriana