90 Days of ILP

The 1-minute module offered by the kit for the Framework Module is something called "Get a Feel for AQAL", which is basically a guided meditation around the quadrants. The problem is, the importance of doing this doesn't really present itself until you are feeling stuck, pissed-off, downtrodden, or otherwise hung out to dry. Anyone can half-hazardly think about their subjectivity and their interobjectivity, but it takes a real "issue" to demonstrate why you'll get screwed if you don't take as many perspectives into account as possible.

Case in point: me (natch!). I am flipping out with stress right now, as usual. A quick tour around the AQAL matrix reveals why:

UR: Hot, heated, too many layers, back pains, neck cramps, desk chair too lumpy, lingering effects of flu still present.
UL: Unsure of my current priorities, wanting to do something other than my work today.
LL: Certain relational entanglements have been left unresolved, a loved one is sick, another one is too far away, a third is having problems.
LR: It's spring! Birds, bees, mud, and buds: why the hell would I want to coop up with a laptop on a day like this?

The trick to this whole thing is recognizing when you are having a problem in the first place. It doesn't do to just perform this routine during your alloted "practice time," otherwise it becomes only a little less meangingless than bedtime prayers or Hail Marys. No, you do it when you're in a jam, to show you why it needn't be so.