Just once in a while, sit on your back and stare at the ceiling, or stand on your head. I'm not going to extoll here the therapeutic virtues of doing this - a yoga course might explain it for you. I just want to talk about the impact of sitting the wrong side up and of inverting your perspective on things.
Does this sound like a bad or dangerous thing to do? Perhaps it is, because as with all such things, it is unsettling. You may see, for instance, that what we call up or down is a matter of opinion, not absolute. You may see the ceiling is much larger, and more important than it seems every day. You may see that we don't always need to sit on a bed or on a sofa - the carpet is a place to be just as well.
What is the point of such an exercise? I should say that on one level there is no point at all, and doing pointless things is the privilege of being human. On another level, it may let you recall that nothing is as solid as it seems - not even in the comfort of your room. You may reply - why put myself in a position where I may remember that nothing really stays? I'd say, because change is not that bad. Without change, we'd never meet someone, never promote on our job, never take a pleasant trip. Without change, we would not be living.
Sitting on your back is far from a shattering life-changing experience. All the better. Change usually comes in subtle ways, and switching your perspective for one minute a day may turn you into something better. There's no telling - that's the magic of change.
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