The Journey of Elzina
Boredom breeds witches.
Elzina was bored.
She wished to be entertained.
So, choosing an avatar to unite with on Earth, she dropped in to have adventure.
On Earth one could emerge from the neutral universe into sensing.
Once in control of her avatar, she piloted it on adventures with the explicit purpose of experiencing as much sensation and as much fun as possible.
In order to do this she chose to experience contradiction in herself and opposition with the other players on Earth.
She savored the sensations this all created. That She created.
She created stories about the sensations to add to the fun.
She created everything strictly for her own enjoyment.
Every treasure, every moment was attracted to her in order to fulfill her desire for the highest sensation. This dualistic nature was unavailable where she was used to being.
Even boredom here created a sensation. What bliss.
What if you were so powerful that everything that happened reflected your desire to experience that which you reacted to most strongly and gave you the most sensation?
Sensation is how our psyche is linked to our bodies.
Our identities are tied up in the stories we like to believe.
I’d like to take you on a journey of experiencing sensations - all sensations - through the lens of pleasure.
We will expand your capacity for feeling, seek out our inner identities that lie below the stories and often in opposition to our minds, and discover the pleasure in every experience.
This will happen over weekly prompts for paid subscribers, starting now below this line. I hope you enjoy this week’s coaching prompt.
This is the same work I have been doing but pushed over a new edge by the work of Carolyn Elliott. You can buy her positively excellent book here. I recommend the audio version.
10 Minute Journaling Exercise For Evening
Light a candle to note the beginning of the 10-minute experimental container. I like these.
Set a timer for 10 minutes.
Write (by hand) 5 moments or events that happened throughout your day, whatever the first 5 are that you remember. Include positive and negative experiences. Leave space between them for you to expand on each event. Things like, “I touched the cashier’s hand by accident when I took my bags.” “I sat on the hill and watched the butterflies today.”
Under each one, write:
Three sensations in your body you feel when you think of the event. Things like tightening, tingling, heaviness, expanding, or contracting, and the location of the sensation. “I feel a tightening in my throat and upper right chest.” “My left big toe is tingling a little.”
Write one sentence about the story or stories you add when you think of it. Things like judgments, or details about why or how things happened that you’re dying to add on. “It was horrible!” “She is terrible!” “I always stub my toe. I’m so clumsy.” “We were so lucky to get there.”
Write down the opposite of the story you wrote. If you wrote, “It’s because he’s a jerk,” you might write, “It’s because he’s amazing.” If you wrote, “I love the way that happened,” you would try, “I hate the way that happened.”
Write the sensations in your body you feel when you say or think the opposite story from (4c). If you don’t feel anything, write “neutral.”
Welcome all of the sensations as warmly as you can.
When the timer goes off, put your pen or pencil down.
Blow out the candle to mark the end of the experiment and close the container.
Repeat each evening until next Monday’s prompt which will build on this.