Free Fall

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It’s true.

And I’m a bad boy cause I dont even miss her
I’m a bad boy for breakin her heart

And I’m free,
Free fallin’!
Yeah I’m free
Free fallin’!

All the vampires walkin through the valley
Move west down Ventura Boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts

And I’m free,
Free fallin’!
Yeah I’m free
Free fallin’!

Free fallin, now I’m free fallin, now I’m
Free fallin, now I’m free fallin, now I’m
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
Gonna free fall out into nothin
Gonna leave this world for a while

And I’m free,
Free fallin’!
Yeah I’m free
Free fallin’!

-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Free Fallin”

Why is a free fall so liberating?

-Thirst

2

It’s the idea of unsupported, controlled only by Sir Issac Newton’s equations… it’s the roller coaster effect.

And that song is maybe the best one to sing along to in the car driving home after a tough day EVER.

3

It’s not always. Sometimes it can end up like this:

(Warning: If you are easily upset, DON’T WATCH)

youtube.com/watch?v=MiKLMjSjgqE

Somehow I have the feeling that you know this better than anyone.
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4

KM, that’s not a free fall, that’s the fall.
The free fall is liberating until we hit…
But why?

Aside: you are intuitive aren’t you?

-Thirst

5

Well I think it can be answered on a number of levels so you’ll have to be more specific on what level you’re most concerned with.

Are we talking about the physical free fall – the exhilaration of bungy jumping or parachuting for instance, and the feeling of being free from gravity’s pressure and weight?

Are we talking about the emotional free fall – ending an emotional tug of war in our head between our desires and fears (of the repercussions) and open to anything and everything?

Are we talking about the social free fall – breaking away from the expectations of others and the role we’ve adopted?

Are we talking about existential free fall – the collapse of beliefs and values (hopefully, to reform afresh from a more personal and realistic basis)

Are we talking about a spiritual free fall where the ego (separate identity) dissolves into something larger?
What do you mean exactly? Is it any of these, all of them, or something different? A bit of a description or an example would be helpful :slight_smile:

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6

KM, all of them…
But speak from your own perspective, don’t try to guess my own role in it.
I understand why my free fall is so liberating.
I want to know why others think their free fall is liberating.
Or even if it is liberating at all.

Why do some feel it is liberating and others feel it is impending death?
Are both perspectives right or both wrong?

[insert input here]

-Thirst

7

free fall is not liberating unless you have faith in your rip cord.

-Imp

8

Imp :smiley: If you have a rip cord, you don’t have faith.

Thirst, I might have to come back to this because it’s now coming up to 5:00 am and I’m in my own free fall… (I’m not making any sense :unamused:)

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only if you fear death.