I went out in the morning and only just got home. So right away, here I am, getting to writing my weekly article! Yay! ๐
So basically, the word, moonbathing. This word is kinda an original, and inspired by this creative exercise in theatre class yesterday when we were shown an image and asked what we individually took away from it. Sure, yours truly entered quirky mode and all that and generated a new random thing heh.
Anyways, hear me out. There’s actually much that can be gleaned from this word…
Basically, moonbathing. Consider the sensory concept or ๆๅข of it! Basically, after much contemplation and self-reflection, this is what I concluded. It’s basically a kind of romance where you just soak in and enjoy the moment right now, purely for its own sake. As for how it was specifically for me, well… you might be able to tell from the name alone.
Yeah, everyone will have their own interpretation of it because everyone’s idea of relaxing is different. However, for me, what came up was sort of like being under the moon by or in a pool at night soaking in pleasure within the water. I play with the water, watching it trickle as I let it run through my fingers. I casually do some simple backstroke for fun, just! carefreely lying down on my back and staring at the sky while doing it!!
Yesterday night while lying on my bed, I tried to do some sort of visualisation so to speak regarding this and how it would feel, for it truly seemed to result in a very admirable state of being. Another thing I got really was that well, it could totally be chilling with friends in a function room in the evening as well at peace having no agenda and just being.
But it wasn’t until today that really, greater insights on said activity including even an actual experience of it came to me. Man! Whew.
So basically, what I did was go to a food fair at the Singapore Expo and enjoy eating various different kinds of food. Just a bit of this and a bit of that… ah! I stuck to what they call ๅ ซๅ้ฅฑ or ใฏใใฏใกใถ, which means, well, only eating to 80% full! They do it in healthy Okinawa and stuff too. So basically, towards the end I thought ah! This is the life! How romantic!
And so I decided that yeah, maybe we should do something like this every now and then. The relish, the joy!
For see, I had realised this – moonbathing was precisely what I had done!!! Basically that’s just a peak experience of luxuriating in being! The romance of such is real!
So yep, I refined my definition and ultimately came up with that; obviously I had been gifted with a fortuitous happening today that oh so perfectly! corroborated and supplemented the phrase I came up with yesterday hurrah!
Basically, this reminds me of one phrase I’ve heard before – to be in romance with life. Now obviously, this does not necessarily mean that you have to be involved with a romantic partner! In fact, you can totally be alone too. Though of course, family, friends and loved ones work just fine.
See, there’s this thing I must say about independence and authenticity. Many people just cannot enjoy their own company! They need someone to be with them because they cannot feel all whole and fine on their own. Some people for instance can’t even eat meals at a restaurant alone. Aw.
Well, maybe I was somewhat like that too once; however now totally not so – fully transcended it! I just want to quickly mention that when you are with other people, you tend to acquiesce too easily. You do things because it’s the common consensus and you just go along with it. It’s not because you truly wanna do or truly like it. Well! …Ideally, it should be the other way round.
You do things because you truly want to do them. That’s authenticity. Perhaps this group of friends can’t do that with you. It just isn’t them. Well! That’s perfectly fine; you can even go meet a group of strangers sharing the same interest, and because of that common thread, you’ll prosper nevertheless!
For the truth ultimately comes from within. As they say, the highest frequency is authenticity. That’s where you truly live for yourself. As compared to sigh, simply going along with everyone else trying to be accepted and liked… no my friend! That’s actually a pit, a traphole! It’s unhealthy! It indicates that you do not! love yourself, you do not! see and validate yourself. You are not whole in and of yourself. You self-preserve with these lack beliefs much like a gaping chasm that can never be filled.
For example, what if they don’t like me? Well! There is no cure!! to this other than uprooting the problem in and of itself till it comes to be that you like you, and if someone doesn’t like you, it doesn’t matter, because!! You like you.
Idk why I’m even talking about all this actually; this article is not supposed to be about this. But well, it came up, and so I’ll let it sit. ๐
Back to the main topic.
Anyway! Stuff happened, and eventually earlier I got the realisation that oops! I was actually kinda already doing it! This romance with life thing.
Basically, I’d all those things here and there that I’d integrated into my life. Just earlier today, see. Writing a post, writing an article, listening to a Japanese podcast episode, playing some piano with the scores…
Hey! I realised that perhaps there was some romance to that after all.
Basically, it all lies with the word enjoyment, or even passion. For these activities that were chosen by me greatly bolster my state of being, bring this ravishing order to my life. In itself, me engaging with these activities!! are me being engaged in a romance with life!
Now, just a side note kay. They say that when an actual romance comes, it’ll not be a co-dependent relationship where either side feels incomplete without the other and need them to feel whole. Rather! No, ideally, we should already be complete in ourselves. The other side merely adds on nicely, like the cherry on top of a cake. And you just complement!!! each other and do not have to be inauthentic or lose yourself. That’s mistaken.
Okay so back to the topic. Anyways! I must say this. Just as the life you’ve created is kinda your romance with life like fr, it’s also super duper important that you don’t force but flow!! Keep it in mind!
When you’re feeling depleted, don’t force it. Don’t do it if you’re not really feeling able to enter the state of being where you truly engage in and enjoy it! And very obviously, don’t be performative! That’s just plain sad. For you are only putting on a show for others and not truly living for yourself. That is actually kind of a dysfunctional relationship with yourself! The opposite of self-love! No seriously, remember you’re your lifelong partner y’know.
Seriously, just imagine this. You do things and get exhausted out of them thoroughly based on the premise that you enjoy them! They make you happy! How awesome is that! Sure, sometimes life may have some… shouganai can’t be helped things. For example a sucky job that you’ve got no choice but to stick with now for survival… but on top of that in your own time you’re still living to the fullest! And that’s the keyword right there…
Living to the fullest. What comes alongside that is your state of being. You’re enjoying yourself and having a whale of a time as well yoohoo!
Of course, I must say that some things add to you, yes, but only for a season. After that their work is more or less done in your life as you honestly aren’t much prospered by still having them in your life! I certainly!! think you should take note of that too as a segment of being aware and cognisant of whether something is for you. For it’s much easier!! to know when something’s not for you because it just doesn’t feel right… It differs, though, when it was right before but no longer is.
For you see, you might well have formed an emotional attachment to it already! Thus you go on even when it’s no longer right for you! Beware, beware of this you must. Perhaps you can consider it from an alternative perspective?
Consider yourself as a main character in a movie. That’s kind of a cool way to think of yourself as being in romance with life! Can you see why that element was definitely super! essential in your life then? K. Can you understand why it sort of isn’t so important now though! Hmm. Theoretically… can you see how you can take some part of it with you?!! Forming a better version of you that walks away at the end?!! Well, if so! You’ve so nicely and perfectly elucidated why!! that was so necessary for you for a season.
Thank you thing. Bye thing. You’ve served your purpose! My utmost gratitude. I am now a higher version of me. All the best to you in your future endeavours. Perhaps we can still reminisce every now and then? I love y’all! ๐
Aw this is just kinda me being sentimental and all in writing random examples lol. Haha.
So where am I in this article? Hmm. Well I guess I can just wrap it up.
So basically again, moonbathing. Be in a romance with life. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta luxuriate beneath its glow for its own sake in perfect relaxation and calmness. Pure peak being. I suppose this can also in actuality relate to activities like massages, onsens/hot springs and such. And food definitely. However! The main takeaway. Love life. ๐ Like ya know, be commited to experimenting and finding those perfect states.
Those states of being that are truly chef’s kiss! Like ah! It’s a-glorious. Wondrous. Sure, I concede that much of the time, we’ve got to spend effort on more so-called doing activities. We’ve got goals we wanna be able!! to hit. But at other times? Ah! We can so truly, tantalisingly! make living so worth it.
Like you know past spirituality? The old generation of it? That was more like removing yourself from like. Not wanting worldly pleasures. Go become a monk. Spend all your free time in meditation and all.
Yes, indeed, you should truly devote yourself to meaning and the greater good and helping others and all through whatever method most aligns w ya. I mean for myself I like this writing thing so huh. But still! We are still of this world even as we seek to transcend this world. We do not seek to remove ourselves of it; rather, we seek to blossom, flourish amidst!!! it.
And that’s all for my weekly article. Thanks for reading if ya did y’all! ๐
Love you guys? Aww I don’t wanna be too… whatever it is now. Cheesy sentimental or whatever. Heh. So not how I usually present to the world aw!
But regardless, all the best. Finally I also want to mention one final thing!! here before I end, and that is that in approximately 15 days, it seems that I will be committing myself to a new cause. Basically that’s a community development and social services role. Now I don’t wanna overshare or whatever… but I don’t really care – hey, I only share things that I’m willing to yo. And meh, I just feel like it so heh. But anyways with the new role…
I might have to adjust overall around it kinda, but still I hereby declare!! that writing articles and posts is such is what I’ve already well and truly determined to be authentic for me as one way I express in this world, serve!! even, and so I absolutely see this as still one of the high, top priorities in my life. So I will still write for fun and be creative. I affirmatively declare that my weekly composing will not stop too yay. ๐
And with that, I give myself permission to be deeply proud of myself at having shown up and completed the article for the week. And I hereby declare that I WILL thereon ensure this loving relationship with life to THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES!! There’s really nothing! at all more important than this in life really! And sure, I need only embody this… truly!! Only good things will be added to me thanks to my vibration!!
Kinda high yeah? LOL. ๐
Finally, I want to add one last note. Please own and don’t be ashamed whatever your likes might be? It’s what makes you truly you after all. I mean, the ideal is where you do truly embody your highest states of being through engaging in the relevant acts that draw out and induce them in ya!
Thus I end my article. Daimon out. Cya ningen-tomo! Yoreobun sarangh… hm whatever lolz.
Meh not care how yeh see meh? Meh, meh just be meh? Meh so mehny things to enjoy and go from meh to happy? Meh is mehgnificent meh is thinking bout meh? Meh goes heh.
Alright, let’s just continue that for one or two posts lolz! Maybe it’ll stick. Hahahah. Phew. Leggo bye.