I was doing some thinking last night. I've decided to write a book and call it "In a Manic State of MInd." I was going to write about my experiences with bi-polar disorder. I'm going to need some books to read, so I can see other writers perspective on things too. I've thought about including things like how drugs affect to the disorder, how your morals can change when you're in a manic state, and creativity when you're in a manic or depressed state. Shit that's all I can think of right now to write about. I have a few books in mind to read. Can anyone recommend me some books to read? I'd like to know what people think of the idea. If you like some of my idea's about writing this book tell me what's good about them and if you don't like any of the idea's tell me what's bad about them and what you think needs fixing.
i think it sounds brilliant...stuff to read... i think.. the book of living and dying. or a buddhist book on death. they are posiitive that reincrnation exiss an that whwn you die.. you go into this transition state, where youre formless ,but your mind is carrying on... and what they say about death, is your mind keeps going. i was just thinking how imagintaion is a curse and a blessing. it can help you out of a bad siituation, or it can magnify and make ne terribble... state of mind... ery very intersting idea. i think you should really go for it. what atask. definately write about how drugs aeffect.. and why they do. i mean i know its b a brain chemical thing but beyond that. you freak out when high, sometimes becuase your brain is so alilive that you think..or relaisethat oneday its going to die.. so you start acting out all your wildest dreasm.. ina frenzy.. becuase theres stuff you want to do before you die. and.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh good idea pal. please do some and post it as you go.... and yeah.. read the buddhists idea of death.. it's a mad view of the human mind.
I think that's a great idea. So many people are affected by bipolar. I'm not familiar with books on the subject but I doubt many have been written from an alternative perspective...such as dealing with drugs and bipolar. I don't have the disorder but I would love to read a book describing the mind,with the disorder and how drugs can affect the state you are in,how your imagination and morals come into play during your manic episodes. That would really be an interesting read. I also like that title idea. So yeah,I think it's a great idea. Writing it would not only benefit you,but it would also benefit people with the disorder and people trying to understand the disorder.
The Bardo States Central to the Tibetan concept of after-life existence is the Bardo. The word means literally "intermediate state". According to Tibetan esotericists, steeped as they are in Buddhist learning, all existence is nothing but a series of alternating transitional states, or "bardos". Waking, sleeping, meditating, dying, wandering in the spirt world, reincarnating; all these are bardos. Generally however, the term is used to designate the period from physical death to physical rebirth. And, just as waking existence can be divided into bardos (such as waking and sleeping), so can the afterlife existence. Basically then, the Bardo Thodel describes a distinct sequence of states (bardos) through which the individual passes through between death and rebirth. There are three distinct stages, which are as follows: 1. The Chikai Bardo (or hChi-kha Bar-do – a number of Tibetan letters are silent) or Intermediate period of the moment of death. This includes the process of dying; and the dissolution of the ele-ments (earth, water, fire, and air) that make up the physical body. During this period one experiences the "Clear Light", one's own innate Buddha-nature. This is therefore a very favourable moment for the attainment of Enlightenment and liberation from the wheel of rebirth. The Tibetan account of the Chikai Bardo shows striking parallels with the so-called "Near Death Experience" of people who have died, ex-perienced themselves floating out of their bodies, and so on, and then been revived. 2. The Chonyid Bardo (or Chos-nidd Bar-do) or Intermediate period of visions of deities. This refers to the state where one experiences visions of deities, Heaven and Hell, Judgment, and so on. Modern writers have been struck by the parallels with the psychedelic and psychotic states, and experiences of "astral travelling" and the "astral plane" 3. The Sidpa Bardo (or Srid-pa'i Bar-do) or Inter-mediate period of rebirth. During this bardo the consciousness descends and chooses a new body to be born into. (Buddhists do not accept the existence of a single continuing entity which "reincarnates", and refer instead to the "rebirth" of the consciousness-stream in a new body). The number of days given in the Tibetan Book of the Dead – 49 – is obviously symbolic, although the Tibetans themselves, like all people (including Westerners) who are immersed in a particular religious tradition, take it in a literal context. ********************* there we go... found it
im in the process of writing a book too. it's about enlightenment and why it is good and bad thing.i should be done soon.
bi-polar helps my creative side A LOT. i get an idea and i fucking RUN with that shit and dont stop till its done. good idea for a book! and it may be very hard to tell exactly how drugs affect bi-polar, cause i wasnt able to notice any difference but others around me have.
sounds great.... wouldnt know of any books to check out since 1) i dont have bi-polar 2) i dont care too much for reading.. i have the attention span the size of a grain of salt
Several years ago I authored a book entitled "It Started With Stinky" (a luv story) for the sole purpose of tormenting my personal enemies upon which it is based. I've read excerpts aloud on several occasions (although not recently) reading a page over and over again (10 times at a sitting) simply for the pleasure of tormenting the persons whom I despise more than any other thing in life. My readings reach an audience of millions by way of an illegal form of government corruption utilizing satellite surveilance technologies.
