INB4 "that sounds exhausting."
Now that that's out of the way, do you Dudes have any daily practices to cultivate a Dude nature or perhaps get yourself centered? I have been digging the Taoist breathing from the Dudespaper. Downloaded an old video on Beginning Tai Chi. Swiss fucking watch man. Going to combine the two with my daily prayers. Figure it should go a long way to setting each day right.
So how about you Dudes?
Quote from: Laughing Dude on September 01, 2014, 11:14:18 PM
INB4 "that sounds exhausting."
Now that that's out of the way, do you Dudes have any daily practices to cultivate a Dude nature or perhaps get yourself centered? I have been digging the Taoist breathing from the Dudespaper. Downloaded an old video on Beginning Tai Chi. Swiss fucking watch man. Going to combine the two with my daily prayers. Figure it should go a long way to setting each day right.
So how about you Dudes?
I slack off a lot; anything beyond that sounds exhausting. ;D(http://dudeism.com/smf/Themes/default/images/post/thumbup.gif)
Quote from: Laughing Dude on September 01, 2014, 11:14:18 PM
INB4 "that sounds exhausting."
Now that that's out of the way, do you Dudes have any daily practices to cultivate a Dude nature or perhaps get yourself centered? I have been digging the Taoist breathing from the Dudespaper. Downloaded an old video on Beginning Tai Chi. Swiss fucking watch man. Going to combine the two with my daily prayers. Figure it should go a long way to setting each day right.
So how about you Dudes?
Haha. Made me laugh you begin with INB4 that sounds exhausting... Seems like a lot of earnest conversations get deflected with that, or fuck it let's go bowling... (I'm guessing it's either an analog of a modern day zen master trying to impart a no mind attitude, or the response in a can for outside someone's comfort zone - just my opinion).
Really, I think it's like Great Dude Keb' Mo said "There's more than one way home. Ain't no right way, ain't no wrong".
(For reference, I've been a Taoist for about 20 years, a dudeist about a month, and they seem close enough to be the same as far as I'm concerned- again just my opinion).
18 or 19 years or ago I was practicing mediation a few days a week. I found it balancing, and a perfect way for me to feel more in touch with the Universe. A couple years after that, I injured my back and that kind of thing was off the table for me; I couldn't calm my mind or disconnect from the pain. That doesn't sound very Dude, but that's the way it was.
I've experimented with Tai Chi here and there over the years (I would consider myself at whatever the level is that's right before "beginner"). Similar problem there, on bad back days, the range of motions are literally impossible.
Gradually I've returned to meditation on "good" days, when I feel it. I guess when there's that need to reset; pick up some crap so you can truly put it down. It's more prana tradition (my resources were limited when I began, and those were the materials I had available to me, so that's what I practiced). Again, there's more than one way home, ya know? Most days I just try to abide. Editing knee jerk reactions, or at the very least examining them as they come along.
I am glad you pointed out the breathing exercises, I played a bit with them after reading The Abide Guide, I've been trying em out, testing to see if they are a good fit for me. They don't seem wrong, so far, so it's forward (and just for the record? Not at all exhausting ;) )
Some dudes are going to take er easy from an all natural, no editing point of abiding. Some of us are going to try breathing, or tai chi, or jays, or Caucasians. It's whatever works for each of us. These kind of threads to maybe give someone else an idea what might work for them (if they are looking, either actively or not knowing it til they step it in) seem less exhausting and more "Some new shit has come to light" to me. Again, that's just like, my opinion, man.
Routines? Oh, the usual. Bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. 8)
But seriously, no, not really. Life on it's own can become pretty routine and make you feel like you're stuck in the proverbial rut, so I don't feel the need to add to that by self-applying some sort of daily ritual. I just do the best I can to be more Dude than Walter but, admittedly, I often find myself somewhere in between. *shrug* Life goes on, man.
I tried meditation but couldn't really get into it.
I don't really have any Dudeist routines, per se. I just slack off regularly and that does the job.
Puff puff pass.
Is that a routine?
8) Don't Bogart That Joint...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0IjBgyFoE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0IjBgyFoE)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Puhf7WWsP-Y/SyEh099Jn5I/AAAAAAAAABA/lJmw7l2G3NY/s400/The+Dude+gets+his+car+back+copy.jpg)
Mellowwwwwwwwwwwwwww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9ZJR7CK1g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9ZJR7CK1g)
There. You better now man?
No routine 8)
Quote from: Laughing Dude on September 01, 2014, 11:14:18 PM
do you Dudes have any daily practices to cultivate a Dude nature or perhaps get yourself centered? I have been digging the Taoist breathing from the Dudespaper. Downloaded an old video on Beginning Tai Chi. Swiss fucking watch man. Going to combine the two with my daily prayers. Figure it should go a long way to setting each day right.
So how about you Dudes?
I wouldn't say I exactly have a routine. Not in any kind of rigid progression of things to do over a set period. I try to go with what the day requires. Some days demand that you get the fuck out there and engage them with speed. Other days lend themselves to luxurious home-cooked breakfasts, a little ganja and general lazing about.
I suppose music is my only routine really. I listen to a lot of it and I usually like to pop the headphones on when I get up and mooch about in search of caffeine/nicotine/sausages/ganja as the day demands. Actually one of my go-to morning playlists starts with "Tumbling Tumbleweeds". With some good tunes I can usually find my centre pretty quickly.
I meditate, sometimes. Other times I don't. I know I can, and I used to be quite rigid about my fucking schedule but it doesn't always feel like something I need. I always remember the techniques for times when I'm feeling less than mellow, but if everything's fine and abiding I don't really feel the need.
I take the time to appreciate the little things, like the seriously little things (water fountains, carpets, cardboard boxes, etc.). It's amazing to think that there was a point in time where these things didn't exist, and someone had to invent them, and I am lucky enough to live in a time and a place where these things are commonplace.
Surf, slack, sip and smoke. Not necessarily in that order, but whatever.
Quote from: Wumbologist on November 23, 2014, 01:51:50 AM
I take the time to appreciate the little things, like the seriously little things (water fountains, carpets, cardboard boxes, etc.). It's amazing to think that there was a point in time where these things didn't exist, and someone had to invent them, and I am lucky enough to live in a time and a place where these things are commonplace.
Mark it eight, Dudes. A lot of people spend so much time looking for the "big things" in life that they fail to realize life is mostly not much more than a continuous series of small moments. Learn to appreciate those small moments more, and you'll enjoy life more.
I try to go back to the basics which is breathing. I couple it with 2 question Why? and What? every time I get an answer that is unacceptable to me I ask the questions over again to myself and to google by the end all is usually calm, and if I still can't find any resolution then I say F$ck it side step and move on. If the problem returns I repeat the process until I have the answer I need to resolve it whether the answer is acceptance or resolution of the situation. I also find little adages like "Even your darkest hour only last 60 minutes." helps me to de-stress.
Routine? Meh.
I try to watch The Big Lebowski on Sunday nights before the work week starts. Kind of like a refreshing church service to keep my mind limber. But sometimes I watch it on Saturday..... or sometimes during the week. Shit, man. I watch it whenever I please.
I have been using a great app called Headspace. I'd been trying to get into a meditation routine to help be a little more dude and a little less Walter around my family and job. It's been really helpful. I also try to get about 20 minutes of exercise each day to keep fit in case I ever get invited to a garden party.
Meh, life in itself has enough "routines" from getting up everyday to go to work to feed the monkey, to simply taking a shit every day.
So I try to relax by using whatever means I see fit for the time and setting. If I'm at work and need to relax, I do this during my breaks in which I prepare a good meal and sit and enjoy it.
When home I like to have a few beers, fire up my smoker and smoke some tasty BBQ. I find watching the smoke wisp out my smoker's chimney quite relaxing while taking in the outdoors. I also like to walk in the woods down to the creek and listen to the water rushing by. I oartake in the occasional target shooting in my back forty as well and find that a great release. Or I'll pop in TBL and have a Caucasian or two while laying on the rug...
Again, whatever suits the time and place for what this dude needs at that time.
All of the above are seldom scheduled though. I just wing it.
On and off. Did Yoga for a while. Not the Chakra 'namaste' sorta Yoga, but that DDP Yoga that turns the thing inside out and upside down and makes it a cardiovascular workout. The weight around my center kinda tells me I should get back on that. It was easy and it worked.
Past that... not much. Nothing that would be considered enough of a thing to be in a routine.
I don't have scheduled routines, but there are things I do when I feel the need to center myself. Sometimes I'll take a hot bath or take a trip to the bowling alley. I find that Bob Dylan's "The Man In Me" is an excellent song for just getting my mind limber when life starts to get too complicated.
(Edited as to not offend)
I try and read some Dudist writings most all the time, been reading (again) "Letters from the Earth" and "Monkey".
(Clements and Wu Cheng'en) :P
I like to play Killing Floor (A British zombie game) after school sometimes, and defiantly on the weekends. I get to let my innermost Walter out, without actually hurting anyone. I love listening to CCR. I also burn lots of incense. Helps to keep the mind limber. :D
Beer ;D
Quote from: Bubba_Ho_Tep98 on February 22, 2015, 10:54:30 PM
I like to play Killing Floor (A British zombie game) after school sometimes, and defiantly on the weekends. I get to let my innermost Walter out, without actually hurting anyone. I love listening to CCR. I also burn lots of incense. Helps to keep the mind limber. :D
Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands the presequel for me. The way AI characters heads blow off and they die is very satisfying and therapeutic.
I try to take some time at the end of every day to write something, anything, even if it's just how my day was or some deep thoughts. It's cathartic.
I also listen to some good music. Lately I like The Lone Bellow.
I totally love music also! One of my favorite activities is making and listening to playlists of music that I find particularly abiding. Doing this while partaking of a tasty Oat Soda or White Russian only enhances the experience!
I try to make the everyday household things sacred. Playing with my children, doing the dishes, sitting on the porch. When I was single I had a lot more flexibility to craft my own routines. Now getting everyone's needs met means learning to abide with whatever is going on in the moment.
1st Post. Well ive been a dudeist for about a year now, but my only "routine" as it were is to just listen to the Big Lebowski as I prepare for the day job, sometimes even while doing my job. I have it on my Ipod for this very use.
Its just a reminder to me to let things go. "I could just be home with pee stains on my rug!" Is a great message to be reminded when one feels slighted over insignificant shit.
What's up Dudes. Just signed up to this here forum. Been a ordained Dudeist for about a year but been a Dude since I can remember.
I have rituals but they're not in stone. I like to make and listen to music. My music project "The Black Penguins" has many references to The Big Lebowski. I try to just take it easy in all that I do.
I don't roll any j's anymore but I do take some trips down the rabbit hole now and then. Weed just doesn't seem to effect me anymore. But I like the ritual so when I couldn't smoke anymore I tried vaping. I love it. It's a hobby of mine. Vaping, music, Star Trek, and of course The Dude are what makes my day.
Anyways I'm rambling. Good to be here. If you're interested in hearing my music http://theblackpenguins.com
or http://music.theblackpenguins.com
I think that autogenic training may be such a thing. I practice it in my bed before I fall asleep. Some would call it meditation but it is a more 'medical' thing I would say. Relaxing your muscles and making them feel heavy.