{"id":1253,"date":"2014-11-20T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2016-01-30T16:06:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T16:06:55","slug":"self-realization-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1253","title":{"rendered":"self-realization begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>suspended aimlessly<br \/>\ndeep within<br \/>\na pool of despair<br \/>\ndrunk as an alcoholic<br \/>\nlongingly dependent<br \/>\nupon that drink<br \/>\ndespite the ill effect<br \/>\ncalled hangover<br \/>\nso knowingly<br \/>\nfilled with melancholy \u00a0 ~<br \/>\ndespairingly trapped<br \/>\nwithin a cycle<br \/>\nhabitual in behavior<br \/>\nthrough time<br \/>\nirrational and emotional<br \/>\nmind paralysis<br \/>\ndestructive in mood<br \/>\nhelplessly awaiting<br \/>\nwanting release<br \/>\na break in the pattern<br \/>\nfrom this recurrent<br \/>\ndismal quandary<br \/>\nbent on achieving<br \/>\na self-disapproval \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nrepressed perilously<br \/>\nsuppressed within<br \/>\nfrom a hell-bound guilt<br \/>\nkindled subconsciously<br \/>\non a fa\u00e7ade<br \/>\nthat reinforces<br \/>\nself-replicating doubt<br \/>\nfostered endlessly<br \/>\nduring the throws<br \/>\nof collective influence<br \/>\nwith its derivative<br \/>\nsocially embedded<br \/>\nconditioning<br \/>\npostulating deviation<br \/>\nas an abnormality \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nbombastically flogged<br \/>\nwithin passivity<br \/>\nbewildered<br \/>\nperplexed<br \/>\nas to the complex<br \/>\nprocess of chaotic mind<br \/>\nfeeling downtrodden<br \/>\nat rock bottom<br \/>\nself-realization begins<br \/>\nfrom undergoing<br \/>\nthe lived experience<br \/>\nthe mental<br \/>\nthe emotional<br \/>\nthe spiritual<br \/>\nand the physical<br \/>\ndegradation of it all<br \/>\nself-disillusion<br \/>\ncleanses by purging<br \/>\noneself of its guilt<br \/>\nleaving nothing else<br \/>\nbut self-acceptance \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nfreeing self-inhibitions<br \/>\novertime within<br \/>\nthe tutorship<br \/>\nof self-acceptance<br \/>\nenhancing willpower<br \/>\nto rise above the fray<br \/>\nusing self-empathy<br \/>\nby learning<br \/>\nthrough knowing<br \/>\nself-acknowledgment<br \/>\nself-understanding<br \/>\nand self-compassion<br \/>\ncoming to self-realize<br \/>\nthat a jacked-up mind<br \/>\nalways thinking<br \/>\nnever wanting to rest<br \/>\ncyclically undergoing<br \/>\nhighs and lows<br \/>\nups and downs<br \/>\neventually<br \/>\nspiraling down<br \/>\ncrash landing<br \/>\nfrom exhaustion<br \/>\nsplashing<br \/>\nsinking into<br \/>\nsuffering for awhile<br \/>\na depressive slump<br \/>\na certain moodiness<br \/>\nafter a relentless<br \/>\nfiring of circuitry<br \/>\nduring your own<br \/>\nprocess of mind<br \/>\ninside your brain<br \/>\nis nothing other than<br \/>\na progressively<br \/>\nintelligent<br \/>\nself-evolution<br \/>\nself-accepted for now<br \/>\nas one\u2019s very special<br \/>\nyet somewhat different<br \/>\nabnormalities normality<\/p>\n<p>peace out<\/p>\n<p>Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>suspended aimlessly deep within a pool of despair drunk as an alcoholic longingly dependent upon that drink despite the ill effect called hangover so knowingly filled with melancholy \u00a0 ~ despairingly trapped within a cycle habitual in behavior through time irrational and emotional mind paralysis destructive in mood helplessly awaiting wanting release a break in &hellip; 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