Have you ever been sick in exactly the right time in exactly the right way?  That happened to me on Thursday.  My cold on Wednesday was a pretty miserable affair, I didn’t move from morning to night and endlessly play the game Civilization: Revolutions on the iPad.  I am now tired of that game.

Thursday I was feeling not as feverish and I’d burned out on my desire to play games or read comics or what have you.  I didn’t know what to do, but I was also enjoying the slightly off-balance / logy feeling I was having.  I was also feeling a little beset by all the thoughts going through my head.  Sometimes my brain is like a ping pong game, with ideas bouncing around willy nilly.  I read a book that made mention of Ramana Maharishi (picture above) and I made note to myself to look him up when I had the chance.  Non-dualism is big part of my philosophical foundation and yet I’ve never deeply researched non-dualistic Vendantic thought.

A little while later I looked him up on Wikipedia and saw the picture here.  I felt really light looking at the picture and went out to the living room.  I realized that life is happening right now and I could simply lay down on the couch and experience enlightenment.

Was it enlightenment or the remnants of the cold medication from the night before?  Who knows, but as I laid for a while, my thoughts slowed down.  My mind wandered less and enjoyed more.  I didn’t need music on.  I didn’t need something next to do.  I didn’t need to write or wonder, I could just watch.  I watched the imagines behind my eyelids as they grew and flew, I watched the pigeons outside the window.  I watched life and lived life and felt really good.

I’ve been riding this wave on and off for the past few days, really enjoying it.  I’ve picked up a few books that help me get back into a little quicker when I fall out.  I’ll probably talk about some of those here.  I also finally got around to reading the Wikipedia entry whose picture inspired the moment.  It’s great!  Look it up after you read this, please!