Ti Vo

I woke up early and busy with art again. I had lots of idea but not producing. Only just now I finished one collage. I took picture of a collage to mark 100th art post (shown in photo) at blucolage. It’s hard to believe that I have produced that many in 13 weeks. So productive!

I read lots of newspaper from days before. O magz. Did long yoga. Changed blucolage colors (to make the pictures look sharper). Writing poem every three hours (a project). Relaxing. Cocooning.

I found nice article in O magz (September 2005). Very nice, about Why can’t life be like Ti Vo? The writer does believe that life works like digital video recorder / DVR (tracker machine to scan viewing preferences and record them). With just a little instruction, we could be using our Ti Vo-like perceptual faculties to create a much happier viewing preferences.

This is how it works:

1. Check setup. To see how your search-and-record function is already set up, think of an important issue in your life like: happiness, love, death, work, and health.

2. Reset your preferences. Of a list of pessimistic proverbs, our Ti Vo’s search function needs to be adjusted with the touch of gratitude. The act of giving thanks programs your mind-DVR to record moments of grace and good fortune rather than pain and disappointment.

3. Master the replay function. Gratitude and prompting your mind to review happy experiences are merely two of your inner Ti Vo’s replay functions. Your mind-DVR also lines up educational programming. Automatically. Even if you hate it.

To block unpleasant themes from your Now Playing list, you’ll need to identify the lesson, learn it, and act on your new understanding.

4. Push record. When truly wonderful experiences arrive, it’s natural to want to record them at the highest possible quality – we want to remember every last detail. Clutching at joyous experiences, though, prevents us from really living them.

How to make a high-quality recording of a glorious day? Long answer: Be fully present when it happens. Short answer: Breathe.

5. Delete! The natural question is then how to get rid of the nonjoyful moments. Pushing away painful experiences isn’t the way to erase them. Resistance is futile – the memory replays constantly, if only in the back of your mind. Fortunately, you can remove the part you don’t like about these difficult memories: the pain.

You need to use the pain for meaning. And you can do this by channeling it into empathy and service. Picture all the nameless people who may be suffering in a similar way. Is there anything you can do to help them? If you take action, you’ll find that the memory of your awful experience not only stops hurting but gradually becomes one of the most useful and treasured programs in your archives.

6. Fast-forward. When you’re trapped in tedious situations, you may want to fast-forward your inner Ti Vo to a more interesting point later in your life.

To start the fast-forward function, ask yourself: What do I want out of life? (question from mind) Now put it a different way: What do I yearn for? (question from heart and soul). You may want revenge but yearn for peace.

To fully employ the fast-forward command, keep your attention on this yearning while pressing another button labeled “trust”. Believe that whatever you yearn for is precisely what you’re meant to achieve. You may have no idea how this could happen; our mind may tell you it’s ridiculous or impractical. Don’t listen. Trust.

Believe that it’s just a practical method for enjoying previews of your right life, and inviting grand experiences to arrive sooner than they otherwise might. The more you do this, the sooner the fulfillment of your dreams will crop up on your Now Playing list.

Your viewing options – past, present, and future – are waiting for you to set them.