Instructions.txt

Joseph Matick
“Sundays” Journal
3 min readSep 7, 2020

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SIT WITH YOUR MIND WIDE OPEN AND SEE IF YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY DROP IN

COMMIT TO YOURSELF TO DROP ALL EFFORT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SESSION

YOU CAN ATTEND TO YOUR DAILY OBLIGATIONS AFTER WE ARE DONE HERE

BRING TO MIND SOMEONE WITH WHICH YOU HAVE AN EFFORTLESS RELATIONSHIP

SOMEONE WHO IS SPECIAL TO YOU

IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE ENJOYING THIS PERSON’S BEING

REPEAT THE PHRASE “I WILL NOT TAKE (INSERT NAME) FOR GRANTED SO LONG AS I LIVE”

IMAGINE THEIR FACE WITH AN UNADULTERATED SMILE, ROSY CHEEKS AND AN OPEN MOUTH

STRETCHED WIDE WITH A STILLNESS
AND A MILE-AND-A-HALF LONG INHALE
SUSPENDED IN THE PRESENT

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MORE OF THAT THING

THIS THING

THE PRESENT

REPEAT “LIFE IS THE LIVING YOU DO

DEATH IS THE LIVING YOU DON’T DO”

NOTHING EVER STOPS

YOU DO NOT END

THERE IS SWEAT EQUITY IN BUYING DOMAIN IN THE PAST AND FUTURE TENSE

GO AHEAD

SWEAT IT OUT

AND WORK UNTIL IT IS WORKING OUT

BY WHICH WE MEAN: DO NO WORK ON FIXING AND DO MORE WORK ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NOTHING YOU HAVE IN ABUNDANCE

IF YOU FEEL YOUR ATTENTION START TO WANE

SIMPLY FOLLOW THE THOUGHT UNTIL IT BEGINS TO UNRAVEL

WHAT IS THE ENERGETIC FINGERPRINT OF THE THOUGHT?

ONCE YOU FOCUS ENOUGH ATTENTION ON THIS THOUGHT IT WILL BECOME POWERLESS

VOID OF ITS MEANING

NOW GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO FEEL GRATITUDE

FOR SIMPLY SHOWING UP TODAY

TODAY IS SACRED

TODAY IS A HOLY DAY

A HOLIDAY

AND YOU FIGHT FOR A BETTER “NEW YEARS” FOR YEARS TO COME

EVERY YEAR

DECEMBER 31ST IN THE SAME PLACE

VISUALIZE

PLUCKED AND DROPPED IN THE DARK WOOD

WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED

YOUR FINEST WORK IS JUST AHEAD AND RIGHT BEHIND

NOW

GET AMONGST IT

DANCE AS IF EVERYBODY IS IN THE FOREST

ALSO DANCING

ROOTING FOR YOU

CHEERING YOU ON

AS IF A TREE FALLS IN THE WOODS

AND IS THE SHOT HEARD WORLDWIDE

THESE DAYS

BELIEVE

EXHALE FOREVER ONCE MORE

REPEAT

UNTIL THE REAPER SOWS

THE FINEST BLOSSOM THIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIOTS

AND ALL DIVIDING LINES

LATITUDES

LONGITUDES

HEMISPHERES

DISSOLVE

CROSS THE FINISH LINE

LAY INSIDE THE WOODEN CASKET

PAINT IT ALL GOLD WHILE THE OTHERS WEEP FROM SIX FEET ABOVE

LISTEN TO THEIR WORDS

CLIMB OUT AND KISS ALL OF YOUR LOVED ONES

WIPE THEIR EYES

FOR THE LAST MINUTE OF THE SESSION RESOLVE THE NOTION THAT YOU ARE HERE AT ALL

READING A POEM

WHICH TOLD YOU ONLY WHAT YOU ALLOWED FOR IT

AND REVEALED ONLY WHAT YOU SOUGHT TO SEE

BY THE DAWNS EARLY LIGHT, RETURN TO YOUR BODY

EXHALE THE REMAINING MUCK

AND REPEAT THE PHRASE “I AM HOME AT LAST”

UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE

YOU ARE HOME

AT LAST

NOW GET BACK TO THE DISHES

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Joseph Matick
“Sundays” Journal

Performer studying language and its parameters. Creator of and host to the “SUNDAYS” events collective.