Aekta's Whisperings

This is a filler episode. I really wasn't feeling it today. I've sneezed more than I've sneezed in my entire life within 24 hours...less than 24 hours, to be exact. Is that supposed to be good luck? Lol

Use your BEST headphones & put your volume up at FULL BLAST because this one is much softer than the previous 3 Ender's Game episodes. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Feeling softer today I suppose. Hope it helps you relax or fall asleep! This one's most likely to sound like whispered gibberish because of how soft spoken it is compared to the other episodes about Ender's Game. (At least for the 1st half or most of the episode!) 🌬🧠🥰🥱🥱😴😴💤💤✨️✨️✨️🍦

Anyway, Chapters 5 & 6- Games & The Giant's Drink. We begin to see Ender's leadership & friendships develop & both chapters end with showing the reader that Ender's a kind heart no matter how strong he gets. Even when he wins a game or hacks a game (often both) he keeps himself in check & he is constantly questioning his own integrity. At the end of chapter 5, he shows slight hints of compassion & even arguably forgiveness towards the class bully & in the 6th chapter, he finds a way, serendipitously, to begin a friendship with the enemy, or...former "enemy." When he beats a game & gets to "Fairyland," by killing a giant (which apparently no one, at least in his own class but no one in all of Battle School I believe...had done before) he compares himself to his older brother, who he saw as a killer, even though he knows he's not exactly like his brother. He begins to notice himself become more ruthless when he needs to achieve a goal, even if it's just a game & a simulation. He doesn't seem to be pleased with the fact that he beat the giant. Instead of exploring Fairyland, he just shuts off the game & sort of beats himself up over his own victory, rather than celebrating it...before he goes to sleep. Ender's character is developing... We're getting closer to the middle of the story.. I think that the 1st half of chapter 6 is one of my favorites! Learning to "bridge the gap" by befriending "the other side" is something we can all hope to have opportunities for, because it leads to true understanding & hints at possibilities of truces & peace, or at least cooperation...in the long run. I love when 2 "sides" of something converge to create a stronger whole!

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Ender is recruited into Battle School & launches off into space! The social engineering builds up, & yet the humanity still remains. The paradoxes of reality began to become more clear to me here (when I read this as a kid). Stay tuned to listen to the "Games," (simulations) that will follow! Bore you??? Pique your interest in the story as the plot builds up? Either way, this story is anything but boring! Thank you for tuning in☺️ I love sharing one of my favorite stories and re-reading it to you! 🌬🧠😴😴💤💤🥱💭💭💭✨️

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Did I mention that I love Ender's Game because a lot of the story is about living in a simulation? & running simulations in my mind is a natural gift of mine? (& can also be a curse when it turns into anxiety, but recently that hasn't been a problem! Yay for Ashwagandha Pills, living in the present & tuned into my body & breath, & WISE MIND!) All the introverted intuitives will understand. SUPER INTENSE WHISPERS in this episode trying to do justice to the super intense beginning of an amazing story that is Ender's Game. Total fangirl.

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My favorite book! At least in the science fiction genre & an all time favorite in general. I've been feeling inspired to re-read this...maybe cuz I'm drafting my own sci-fi & fantasy book with a few sections of chapters already written? I am revisiting my classic favorites (not actual "classics," but my "personal classics,") & reflecting on the books that have made a lot of impact in my life & made me appreciate the depth and capacity of the human mind & our ability to empathize. Ender's Game is very special, because I could relate to Valentine, Ender's sister a lot, & also understand Ender through the amazing job Orson Scott Card does in describing Ender's reality to the reader. I admired how Ender's mind worked & how his intelligence went beyond just strategy & the games he played. Without giving away spoilers for those who haven't read the story or seen the movie, the real "juice" in the story (aside from the intensity & page turning nature of the entire thing) is really at the end of the book! The ending really struck a cord in me, & made me appreciate our connection to the galaxies and the nature of BEING, to a kind of sentience among ALL beings, human or not, to such a depth that I think I cried (while simultaneously being very intrigued by the paradoxical nature of mind & mental capacities, especially in our connections to others & the concept of hive mind or a "we.") It had me reflecting on the innocence of children & the bittersweet truth about our minds being so easy to mold & be a tool for creation, love, & harmony, or destruction & a false sense of "us vs them," or other-ness & separation mentality. I always enjoy stories about children as the main characters & the heroes and heroines, because it reminds me of the wisdom of children & their innate capacity to relate to, learn & get really good at anything, given the right environment & enough support towards any particular focus, & how both powerful & vulnerable a thing it is to "get conditioned." The moment of awakening & truth lies in children's (& adults' as the "conditioned children's") recognition of their conditioning & the choices we can make to unlearn what we've learned, or simply let ourselves trust ourselves, disregarding all conditioning. What what happens when we allow ourselves to live this way...Of course, all this is easier said than done, especially when our lives are set up to soldier us as if we must always be prepared for war, & in some fear (for many drilled into us like it should be a constant fear) of the "other," rather than focusing on what we could do to evolve into a more harmonious, empathetic & cooperative society. All of this conditioning inadvertently leads us to creating our own battles where there were none before we marched in without doubt as our greatest weapon, & the illusory divisions we create by focusing on these fears of the unknown rather than approach it aith a keen & friendly curiosity which could arguably even "embrace" the unknown. These are just some of my own thoughts & reflections on what Ender's Game catalyzed in me...In this episode though, I simply whisper read to you the beginning of the Introduction section of Ender's Game, & I hope it helps you sleep, get some tingles, or help you appreciate some of the background behind the making of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card! Who I am grateful for writing this book. Relax, & enjoy! More to come... 🌬🧠🥰✨️✨️✨️🍦❄️❄️❄️

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I whisper about the personal significance of squirrels in my life while I sit at the park (some dog, people, plane & white, pink, & brown noises in the background) & then I read some Wikipedia about squirrels. Squirrels are curious creatures that always remind me of some important people in my life, beginning with my grandma. ☺️😌🐿 I hope this helps your own brain squirrels & brain monekeys calm down so you can relax &/or sleep ☺️🥱😴😴💤💤💤🌬🧠🍦🥰🥰🥰✨️✨️✨️Random laughing breakdown. Cover picture is the song cover for Ichika Nito's song, I'm not ready to say goodbye to autumn, which has beautiful strings on it! I thought that squirrel looked like it was holding a guitar lol very cute!

This episode was actually quite therapeutic to record, even though to you, it may just be a boring & quiet voice rambling about feelings & helping you sleep lol With some additional random background noises that one would hear at a park. Peaceful birds, wind, leaves rustling, crickets, random dog training jabber, & other park noises about 17 min in to the episode. If you listen intently, & my initial flat voice doesn't put you to sleep first, I hope my vulnerability about relating to emotions helps you feel more comfortable with your own emotions & show up to them in a more compassionate & non-judgmental way. The latter half of the episode is me reading & reflecting on the Yoga Sutras more, which is increasingly fascinating! I understand instincts & intuition in a whole new way! (& how it all relates to reincarnation😮). Hope this helps you relax & sink into sleep 😴 💤 💤💤Make it to the end for some tingly tingles (last 7ish minutes). I promise its for real😉🌬🧠🥰🍦✨️✨️✨️

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It felt so nice to record this & share my thoughts, & I hope the thoughts are something for you all to reflect on as well. I apologize for the interference noise with the microphone (I did not realize it was happening while I recorded!) I couldn't possibly share my thoughts in the same organic way without doing a whole another episode so excuse the interference in this one as best you can & I promise I will take a bit more technical consideration the next time I record in the morning! (I don't usually record in the morning so I didn't set up my phone the same way I set it up at night! My excitement totally took over my technical mind! Oops!) Thanks for listening anyway 😁✨️

I guide you through 3 promts for strengthening non-judgmental self acceptance & gratitude & 1 simple transformative idea that can help you find your voice & connect with your inner wisdom. 🌬🧠🥰✨️🍦

Whispering about my esoteric life cycle up to this point in time, where I have landed as a type 5, feeling at home in this energy. Talking about my awakening experience & last year's dark night of the soul as well as the years before that shaped my relationship with the numbers of the Enneagram that come before 5. Touching on my relationship with point 6 on the Enneagram, which is what I am moving towards, & feeling grateful for the entire universe & my chance at being human here. Just a human trying to express how wonderful it is to be human & sometimes struggling to find the right words for it, but let's call it love. I hope this either bores you, helps you sleep, gives you some brain tingles, or does a little bit of all of it. 🌬🧠🥰🍦✨️✨️✨️🌌