More time?

[on_fuego]

Hi all,

I have been reading for a few years now the Wave series, Secret History, articles in Sott.net and Cassiopaea.org, the Cassiopaea forum, and I have come to realize a huge factor in my life that affects me in a huge way and it's that there is so, so much material I still haven't read and want to continue reading but so little time to do it. I know it depends on each individual's lifestyle but I am curious of how many people struggle with this. I go back and forth between trying to find more time or just not fussing about it so much and just let my learning process take it's course at whatever pace it needs to be. I think what I need to go with is the latter, but it's still pretty annoying. I would just love take a whole week, a month, or more, and just dive in to all of this material.

Any thoughts? :(

 

[Alana]

Any thoughts? :(

Not much other than do as much as you can in as much time as you have.

I've been on the forum for years, and I have the same problem. I can't keep up with ALL the information. Which is a great thing, because it means it is constantly renewed with more information, and if I can't read it today, I will be able to read it on a day I have more time. Sometimes a member would update a thread from 5 years ago, only to realize that I missed it then, but it is so useful to me at this point in time, and I am glad I had a chance to read it now.

So do the best you can. Do spent time with your loved ones, and take care of yourself, but if you have the choice to read the forum or watch a movie, choose the forum. Most movies nowadays are not that good anyway. And maybe, as I do, keep track on the subjects on the forum that interest you the most or you feel you need to learn more about, and when you have the time, expand to other topics too. I am still making it through my tall piles of ever-growing recommended reading. If I panic and feel overwhelmed that there's no time to read all that before I die :O I end up reading less than when I feel relaxed and look at my piles thinking, "oh, cool, all those great books waiting for me!" Then I am more likely to grab a book and open it and let it guide me to new reals of knowledge. Same with the forum threads.

I don't know if the above helps, but I am pretty sure that we are not alone in feeling overwhelmed sometimes by the volume of info around here ;)

 

[riclapaz]

Hi on_fuego, I agree with Alada, the information here in the forum is huge and does not stop, it's a blessing, might be useful to see the current issues, and then continue reading other threads, this will allow continuous learning, without losing what is currently happening, it works to me, another thing to keep in mind is that everyone progresses at their own pace, try to think that you can not run without learning to walk, when I enter the state you described, I try to set priorities, a small agenda for all things I have to do to day, so now I have in mind that, I have time to do my own research, on any subject I am interested, and that seems to calm the mind I think the important thing is to continue learning and sharing their observations here. ;)

 

[Meg]

Hi on_fuego,

It can be pretty daunting keeping up with everything. I agree with Alana's suggestions on how to think about it and manage your time.

Another thing to consider is that "when the student is ready, the teacher appears". That teacher can be also be knowledge and information that you assimilate when you are ready for it. These things can take their own course as you mention, so, keep calm and learn on! :)

 

[Goemon_]

I would say that the more knowledge you have the more you save some time.

For example when you have learn the basis of a good diet, you save time because you aren't as often ill, and/or you recover faster from illness.
Then you can use this saved time to learn more which will lead you to save more time, etc.

 

[loreta]

Me too I am lost with so many,many,many things to learn, it is incredible. I see also this learning as a labyrinthine road, without end. I feel sometimes desperation. What I do is concentrate on certain subjects, that are priority, like health, diet, psychopathy, international situation, war, and I try to read as much as I can in the forum. But in a day you have so much to do... and too many books to read, the list is long, long and serpentine... What I like in this situation is that there is always something new to learn every day. Then at night, in my bed, in the obscurity of the night, my mind is processing, like a computer. With time we can see more clearly. Learning is really a continuous process, eternal. While reading about my favorite subjects, subjects that I consider vital, I am reading again the Wave. The Wave is for me is a base, like my bible. So I think it is important to have some "vital" subjects and then these subjects or themes will give you other subjects, and these ones others. And infinitum.

Sometimes also I feel, maybe others too, that I have an indigestion of information in me. How to deal with so much information? Like a a nausea of information. Feel sick of information. It last little. The curiosity and challenge to learn more and more comes back very soon!

I hope that can help you a little bit. And I agree with the comments of the others also.

 

[Nielow]

I agree on_fuego, I am also struggling. I would like to add that after a normal day of work I often feel like my battery is empty and it is difficult to comprehend complicated topics in this state. Often times I feel like I have to reread some things to get everything. If possible I try to sneak in some reading in the train, during breakfast, lunch break and also idle time at work (which is kind of risky) - in fact I do most of my reading during these time frames.

Also there are some books in my shelf which I have not dared to touch such as The Sufi Path of Knowledge and ISOTM, etc. I feel like I need to free my mind for this kind of literature and maybe even take time of from work. I am even making plans to take a year off, leave the city and go to a secluded place to focus, not sure when this will happen though.

In any case never give up!

 

[T.C.]

Hi all,

I have been reading for a few years now the Wave series, Secret History, articles in Sott.net and Cassiopaea.org, the Cassiopaea forum, and I have come to realize a huge factor in my life that affects me in a huge way and it's that there is so, so much material I still haven't read and want to continue reading but so little time to do it. I know it depends on each individual's lifestyle but I am curious of how many people struggle with this.

Hi on_fuego

Yep, I hear you on this.

I go back and forth between trying to find more time or just not fussing about it so much and just let my learning process take it's course at whatever pace it needs to be. I think what I need to go with is the latter, but it's still pretty annoying.

I agree. And based on what riclapaz wrote...

when I enter the state you described, I try to set priorities, a small agenda for all things I have to do to day

I do exactly this. My way of looking at it is, my priority is being a good obyvatel - surviving, being healthy, always making lists of all the things I need to do in order to earn my money, pay my bills, read what I need to, buy what I need, and keep all my affairs in order. Making these lists my "God" and doing each thing on them consistently keeps me grounded and prevents the feeling of a build-up of weight on my shoulders. This is now my Work. And by doing this Work, I really am Working on myself and DOing what the Universe is asking of me each day. Or, at least, I'm identifying things that I definitely need to do and then I assume these are the things I'm supposed to be doing.

I always make time to catch up on threads I need to read. One of the things that also 'gets to me' in a way is having recently taken the importance of sleep very seriously. This in itself was a difficult regime to implement because of this very subject of time, but blacking out my room as best as I can and going to bed earlier comes from a place you describe as "the latter"; i.e. " just not fussing about it so much and just let my learning process take it's course at whatever pace it needs to be." Sleep is as big a priority now as anything else on my lists.

I would just love take a whole week, a month, or more, and just dive in to all of this material.

I know. I have an underlying fantasy about simply getting away to a little holiday home, even for just a few DAYS at some point this year and taking a book with me and doing nothing but read, but then I'd be fretting about all the other stuff I need to do that I'm not doing

Any thoughts? :(

Yes, something related to what Menrva said:

Another thing to consider is that "when the student is ready, the teacher appears". That teacher can be also be knowledge and information that you assimilate when you are ready for it. These things can take their own course as you mention, so, keep calm and learn on! :)

I think about Laura. How much she reads. How much of her life has been and is spent reading in order to figure out what the heck's going on. And how I'd love to have the time to assimilate more info like that.

But I'm not Laura, I'm T.C.. And reading so much and figuring out what the heck's going on is Laura's job. I'd love it to be mine, too. But I don't have Laura's brain, so I don't have Laura's job. I have my job, which right now is being a good obyvatel. And taking in whatever information I can to help me achieve my goals.

The final thing I can say helps me, is the C's recent message to all of us:

For all forum members: Do not lose heart. Just remember that if you do all you can, yourselves in the future will bridge the gap. You are all potential transducers of information into chaos. Let that information be love/truth.

Hope this helps in some way.

 

[MusicMan]

Hello on_fuego, I do have the same problem as you and everybody else here, but I look at it this way: If we all knew the same things and were at the same point in our learning process, then how could we put someone on the step behind us?
There would not be much to network about either.
So step on up, and have fun.

"No man is an island"

 

[Darek]

Any thoughts? :(

Remembering Ark's words:

“If you need five lives to accomplish what you WANT, let this be the first of those five…. [snip] ...And ENJOY it. And LOVE yourself - take care of yourself. This is the only thing that the Universe (God?) wants from you, I think.”

and

"(L) So it's best to pay attention to reality and deal with reality that is here and now in a most effective and efficient way and let the universe take care of itself".

I WISH I could read all the recommended books and all articles on sott and follow all the forum threads and... BUT here and now I need to focus on my family, job and home. And what's wrong with that? This is the right thing to do for me at this moment even if it absorbs all my free time. When there's a good book in store I buy it and I'm very happy to have it in my library. When I have a few minutes for myself I try to find out what is going on around the world (sott), what is up on the forum and I share some links on facebook/tweeter. Stay aware and try to be a good obyvatel on_fuego.