Cracked Pot Meditations – Being Okay

Meditation for February 23rd, 2016
Being Okay
For some of us who grew up in total chaos and in constant fear being just okay is very foreign. After working hard on our own spiritual progress we get to a place of serenity and stability. We find life easier to live, problems easier to solve and we become more balanced rather than agents of chaos.
Don’t ever let being okay stop you from reaching for drama & chaos. If pain is the cornerstone of spiritual growth, then we need to cause ourselves more pain so we can grow even more.
We do this by nitpicking our parents’ shortcomings. While some people’s dads beat them or left them, cry that your dad wasn’t as emotional as you like. Blame all your recent mistakes on that. This a great way to explain dropping out of school, losing a job, being dumped or why you annoy everyone.
We can also exaggerate our involvement with the recently deceased. You were best friends with the departed, you saw that person last, you have known that person the longest – basically you want to set up having more right to grieve than anyone else. React to every death you hear about: famous people were your favorite and saved your life, other people’s relatives dying remind you of your long dead relatives or any way to cry and storm off and hope someone follows you.
Focus on others who are ruining your experience. If someone is slightly different in his or her outlook in life, claim you don’t feel safe with that person around. Be offended easily. Confront if in a crowded situation or make that person the subject of discussion and start a witch hunt with your allies. Being offended is a sure fire way to keep your spiritual awakening to flower wider.
Prayer
Loki,
it’s been a long time since you visited me.
I have been okay.
That means I’m bored.
Cause me chaos.
Give me something to be mad about.
I need to grieve.
Make someone a constant topic to try and analyze and fix in theory.
Someone that will keep our focus.
I can’t stand waking up and just being okay.
It seems impossible that I could just be fine.
I am now living a mediocre life in spiritual mediocrity.
And being okay is not okay.
Amen.
Craft
Emo Deadpool
Make a list of people you know (including each other), relatives (listed as dad, mom, brother, aunt, etc.), and famous people and put your initials by who you think will die this year. Only one person per player. Use a lotto draft to pick who goes first and so forth.
If someone on your dead-pool dies, then you get to act like its the end of the world, you get to act out and blame it on grief, you get to skimp on responsibilities because right now you can’t even and your friends have to put up with it and you have to be the center of attention until the next person dies.
Murder by a player disqualifies the deceased from the pool.
Goal
Being okay is just a sign of being stuck, so flailing around is the best way to continue down the enlightened path. Okay is worse than not okay. To continue growing you should always not be okay. Not being okay means you will get more love and attention from your family and peers. Being okay will bring you only isolation and stunted growth.
Make up pain if you have to.