survivalthroughhate: ([TCW 19] Meditative)
(Darth) Maul ([personal profile] survivalthroughhate) wrote in [community profile] deerfeed2021-01-01 08:23 pm
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Time to meditate and fall asleep; Video

[Maul, in contrast to his last post, looks far calmer. Granted, his resting expression still makes him seem like he wants murder whoever he's talking to, but that's just the way he looks. This video comes towards the end of the day when everyone will likely be getting ready to sleep and he's timed it deliberately that way.]

Several people have asked me to do this, so if you object, take it up with them. With all the horror in this town, it's wonder you haven't all been rendered into a bunch of gibbering buffoons. Although I think in quite a number of cases, it's far too late for that. [Just gonna blithely insult a good portion of the population as he usually does.] But nevermind that. I am here to help keep you all from quietly going insane and to help you sleep better as the old year turns into the new.

[No, he is not going to read the phone book, even if his soothing, low, whisper-soft voice would be perfect for such an activity.]

I am here to give you all a basic lesson in meditation. For those of you unaware, the Force that both Sith and Jedi use isn't magic, it's spiritual energy. [Not that he expects anyone to know the difference, only Vyng out of everyone he's talked to has really understood the distinct line between the two concepts.] So accessing it is found through meditation. Jedi do this by suppressing their emotions and detaching from them. [Obi-Wan would likely disagree with him but he's not the one doing the video, so Maul will say what he wants.] That is not what we shall be doing today. Sith believe in gathering up all your emotions and letting it rise up within you. The end goal for both is the same. To focus your emotions and center them. For those Force-sensitive, this gives us clearer access to the Force, but for everyone else it is still a good method to keep your mind from spilling like an overflowing sink.

Now we shall begin. This will only take ten minutes, so for those of you who would like to put in your usual wiseacre comments, wait until the end. You'll either feel better or be asleep by then. [He folds his gloved, clawed hands together in front of him, staring into the camera for a moment, but his gaze seems a little unfocused, like there's something just beyond the scope of what he's seeing in the physical world that he's focusing on.] Alright. Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. In and out, slowly, so that you can feel all the air enter your lungs and then expel outwards. Take any thoughts that are drifting into your mind and just let them go, moving through but never focused on. [This goes on for about two minutes and then he adds new instructions.] Now take every bit of what you are feeling: Happiness, anger, rage, sadness, anxiety. All of it. Let it rise up within you and feel all of it but do not let it overwhelm you. [There's another long pause as he waits for people to be able to grasp the concept.] Take all that and let it become your strength. Let it bring you focus and center yourself by letting your emotions flow through you.

[The video does indeed go on with repeated instructions like that until about ten minutes have passed, and for those that stuck with it, they likely will feel more centered. For the rest, well, at least you just got a good ASMR-style video to send you off to sleep, and really a good night's sleep is almost as useful as a balanced mind sometimes. Maul will remain up for sometime afterwards to answer any questions and hear from any smartasses in the crowd who want to make some snarky remarks.]
no_reload: (Reaper - This claps for you)

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[personal profile] no_reload 2021-01-02 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Reaper can't help but be deeply amused that Maul had resorted to actually mediating on the public network and teaching some people about the basic principles of it. Honestly, it shouldn't be funny, but he found it hilarious given how much he knew Maul despised some people around these parts.]

You're so helpful. I'm beginning to question how much of your disdain is actually a front to hide how soft and fond you are of people in this place.

Also, I consider your spirituality simply your space wizard powers. You have magical light up wands and everything.
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[personal profile] no_reload 2021-01-02 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
You can accuse me of no such things. I don't make helpful network posts giving away free advice. I'm above such things.

[Lies. Reaper was just more subtle in that he kept his offerings to the comments and also to private conversations. So Maul wasn't entirely wrong, but he had a reputation to uphold!]

If your mother was a witch, doesn't that make you a wizard? You keep swishing your red wand about anyway.

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eudaimonikos: (singular term)

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[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-01-02 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the lesson. I didn't really get meditation, and apparently it's important for those power rocks.


But what do you do if your emotions aren't, like
helpful? Strength-wise


[It's the sort of question Michael tends to ask on anonymous, honestly, but he feels like he can trust Maul with that kind of thing. They talk a lot about...eh, moral, emotional stuff.]
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[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2021-01-02 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's not really something demons do.

[Literally, he did not understand how it was supposed to work. Still not quite sure he does, frankly.]

I don't know
Most of them are fine, it's just that when you make me just sit and think about how I'm feeling, I mostly just
think about everything that happened a few months ago

I talked to you in October, didn't I?
You saw that awful network post I made or something?

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[personal profile] detectivedwloki 2021-01-02 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
That's a pretty good lesson.

[And he had indeed tried it, but he wasn't sleepy. It did center and focus him a bit better. He's always had issues with bottled up emotions overflowing at certain times.]
detectivedwloki: (Hmmmm)

[personal profile] detectivedwloki 2021-01-02 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Why would that help?

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[personal profile] magicalflowers 2021-01-02 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
I had completely forgotten that meditation is always good to relax oneself.

Thank you for reminding me.

[She probably was going to do that later now. After tending to her plants of course.]

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imaglyphwitch: (always in my heart)

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[personal profile] imaglyphwitch 2021-01-02 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, actually. I definitely needed this, after coming here!
Edited 2021-01-02 14:28 (UTC)

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laminae: (stress)

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[personal profile] laminae 2021-01-03 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Fern could really use some meditation right now. The whole cocoon stuff with Varian is stressing him the heck out, and it's only been like two days but he feels like he's been on the verge of breaking down.]

dog does that even work
i'm pretty sure my emotions have always just made me more volatile


[He is an extremely unbalanced pile of grass.]

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[personal profile] ambitiousblond 2021-01-03 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Trying to suppress emotions and ignore them hardly seems like a healthy coping method. Does it really work for those Jedi?

[Though he's not one to talk since he's dealt with his own issues by sedition and attempted murder.

He's going to actually try this though to see if it works for him. Just listening to Maul's voice already made him a bit drowsy, he could use something to help with his insomnia.]


Does this type of meditation make your particular type of spiritual energy stronger? I've never heard of any type of Force before, I assume it's a type of magical ability?

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[personal profile] affection_for_research 2021-01-03 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gansey follows along with the meditation techniques for later use, but Maul mentioned magic and energy, two topics that he can never resist.]

I've never heard of the Jedi and Sith. Are they part of a religious order?

[Then another question since energy and magic...]

If the Force is spiritual energy, does that mean it comes from the user? A personal reservoir that allows people to do things that others consider magic?

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deadboywalking: ([:o] hahah...yikes...)

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[personal profile] deadboywalking 2021-01-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
...huh.

[He was definitely going to say something else, but that's...sort of all he has, because it. Kinda worked??.]

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[personal profile] accelerate 2021-01-06 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ barry really does try his best. he really does. but sitting still for longer than a minute is hard. his mind whirrs and he closes one eye and keeps another open. all he can think about is trying to let go of his thoughts. pictures then, tries to toss them… and finds that they come right back to where they were previously.

he lasts for a total of almost three minutes. but, thankfully and politely, waits until the end. ]


I tried, but I'm not going to lie… I kept fidgeting. Do you need to stay completely still?

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[personal profile] finalrequest 2021-01-10 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Meditation, huh?

I've read a lot about that, done a bit of myself.

[Don't mind him, he's forever chatty. He does sound more subdued than usual, though; maybe even a touch relaxed.]

Yours is different, though.

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