Dance Dance Revolution - Jedi Meditation Training

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. -Friedrich Nietzche

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin - more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. -Bertrand Russell

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet. --William Shakespeare

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. - Lord Alfred Tennyson

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form. --Albert Einstein

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
--Jiddu Krishnamurti

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. --Goethe

Like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. I drew with a stick on the sand the diagrams of my motor. A thousand secrets of nature which I might have stumbled upon accidentally I would have given for that one which I had wrestled from her against all odds and at the peril of my existence.--Nikolai Tesla

Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. --Epicurus

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. --Anais Nin

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one’s energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.--Aleister Crowley

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. --Thomas Alva Edison

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
--Pablo Picasso

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. --Ayn Rand

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.--Steven Hawking

Dance Dance Revolution - Jedi Meditation Training

Jun 25 |21:32 PM

DDR on the wii - great for magickal training Dance Dance Revolution on my Wii. Who knew it would be an excellent magical training device?

It is absolutely perfect for dropping me and keeping me in alpha. I immediately know when I hop up to beta state as well - it happens when a thought crosses my mind.

I notice something on the wall and it takes my brain out of the zone. Just like in meditation, thoughts are to be let go of, so it is in DDR. Then I start missing steps and losing my flow. I know it immediately, too - Immediate feedback.

It's really true with any video game, but with DDR, the entire body is engaged, so my entire body has to stay in the fluidness and spontenaiety of alpha state. I move and flow with the rhythm, and I do well. If I am constantly getting tired or sore, my mind is getting distracted because my body is in pain.

It trains the body and mind nicely. Typically, choosing songs with a bpm of around 120-140 is best, something that definitely keeps my heart rate up, but is not so vigorous that it is hard to physically and mentally keep up with the notes. The idea is something that is invigorating, yet sustainable.

Most importantly, though, it trains the body and mind in tandem. It takes a momentary pulse across the synapses to send the signal - which direction the arrow is pointing - to the rest of the body, to reorient itself for the next step. This game trains an entire mind-body connection.

Training the body, too, is so essential for magic. Our bodies are the vessels through which our energy flows, and when the body works better, the mind works better. When we are physically feeling well, we are more mentally clear and alert.