Lose-Yourself-Find-Your-Self Quest

In course of my life I have studied many spiritual practices and ways to tap into the great Source. The Great Mystery, God, The Force, Whatever you choose to call it. One way is a prank of sorts that I have developed mostly out of times of pain, crisis, joy or inspiration. It is part of one of my deeper, darker urges to disappear whenever things just get too intense or life just doesn't make sense.

It is inspired in part by an essay by Rob Breszny in his book, Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, in which he talks about how he created the Beauty and Truth Laboratory while at Burning Man festival. (www.freewillastrology.com) He felt the urge to do a walking meditation out in the middle of the Utah desert (where Burning Man is held each year) he found dried out baby wipes and a felt tip pen and proceeded to pen the essay which outlines what pronoia is about and what his guiding principles are. LYFYS Quest is also inspired by a scene in the movie Peaceful Warrior, as well as the book on which it is based, Dan Millman's Way of the Peaceful Warrior, in which Dan's teacher who he calls Socrates, tells him to go sit on an old car in the movie, on a rock in the book, and don't come back until he has something of value some nugget of truth to share.

Here are the rules of LYFYS Quest(sounds like "Life is. . ." Quest):

1. Find a little notebook, notecards, a compostion notebook, something to write on and a writing implement- pen, pencil,

note: You could also use a laptop or tablet PC, however if you are tempted to check your e-mail, your Face or your Space page, or whatever it will distract you from the quest and defeat the purpose.

2. Get in your car, make sure it has enough gas, and drive
OR
Take a bus and ride
OR
Just start walking in any direction

3. Drive, ride, or walk to some place where you can sit and be at peace for a while, it can be a completely new place or a place you've never been before, turn off your cell or put it on vibrate, let people know you will be out of contact for a while(however long it takes) if you know you'll be missed.

4. Wherever you are. Sit. Watch people pass by if in a public place. Or listen to the birds, observer, experience whatever is happening at that moment. Just be in that moment.

Do not think about where you will be tomorrow, next week, or a year from now
Do not think about where you were yesterday, last week, or years ago
Be in the moment Here and Now.

5. When you get the urge: Write. Let whatever you have to say flow from your pen or pencil, do not censor it. If you can't think of anything to write, wait for it, watch, observe, listen.

The result may be 3 or 4 pages long enttry or a single line summing up this moment. If you hear music write down which songs come on the radio and what they mean to you.

6. Share it with someone you love, someone you think would benefit from your words, you may post it on this blog or email it to me at bretth313@gmail.com or just keep it to yourself, save it for someday down the road. You may read what you wrote and find it's the exact words you need to hear or you will see changes in how your thoughts, feelings, ideas have changed or how you reacted to things then as opposed to now.

7. If you find it works for you, do it once a month or as often as you feel you need in order to get the most out of it. You will get out of it exactly what you put into it.