The State of Mind of Play
I have been convinced to write this through the encouragement of my niece Adrienne Dawn Gillis and my husband. Also for my grandson Shane Jaynes who I took under my wing and showed him different states of mind at an early age so if he applied them, he could use those states to grow. The main one was what I called “Play” as a child. Which is the mind's eye tuning and reflecting quietly upon itself, not being pulled in one direction or another, but quietly resting in, that in which is the same. An impartial viewer, quietly standing alone, giving itself up now, to the seer, instead of what is seen, becoming - what it is. Because once achieved any number of experiences are at your finger tips. When I was about four something unthinkable happened to me. My mind kept going back to the incident. I did not want it to happen again so I didn’t want to forget what had happened, so I kept it close in my thoughts but then again my mind kept going back to it. It w...