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Comment on Ecopsychology by Alan

Alan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:13:39 +0000

I walked through a city centre early evening. Neon lights flashing, every ethnicity, class, gender, thronging the streets. As we passed a huge brilliantly lit hotel, my companion said to me, beneath that hotel there lies a well, a pure source of water, which at one time served the whole community, that community to which she was referring to were mainly immigrants into England in cramped living conditions in the 50s and 60s. Anyway the welliscovered over now as business goes on above. We turned the corner from the hotel and was accosted by an apparent homeless man selling the big issue, although my daughter reckons he wasn’t kosha as he was not wearing a Big Issue identificaton badge, he was was quite aggressive. And on our return journey across the city we saw a very young girl sitting in a shop doorway in a sleeping bag with a rucksack next to her. Very vulnerable. A world gone mad.

Comment on The Body of Language by treegod

treegod — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:43:51 +0000

Right, we need to feel safe in our expression, I absolutely agree.
There are some words that, though they may hold the same concept (dog and canine, for example), we’d use them differently because they contain different energies.
I think when we’re very young we learn words by the energies they contain more than the concepts. The intellectual part comes later.

Comment on The Body of Language by ewafornal

ewafornal — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:41:35 +0000

some people are emotionally blocked they hardly say something and never go back to their roots by the mean of screams murmurs laugh..To be able to speak one need to feel safe in their expression. Why people can’t talk in certain circumstances and can do it in other. Is it all about relaxation state or lack of it? In the spoken language I avoid using words that I know exist I don’t know why maybe I’m not sure about pronounciation besides the words taste strange in my mouth. It’s easier to write them on the sheet of paper than say it out loud. Two completely different things what I’ve learned while writing and what I’ve learned when speaking different language. I need to reapeat words and phrases several times due to assure myself they feel “correct”.

Comment on The Body of Language by The Body of Language « Druid in Training

The Body of Language « Druid in Training — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:27:00 +0000

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Comment on Trust Yourself by treegod

treegod — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:22:56 +0000

I didn’t think you were, but it made me clarify an important point.

Your two extremes, very true! And Life continues on. It’s a process and I haven’t finished with it yet

Comment on Trust Yourself by PineRaven

PineRaven — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:59:23 +0000

Yeah I wasn’t suggesting you were seeking to rest
I was following that generalising habit of speaking on behalf of all humanity as though I think I know something about us all – Zen slap for me!
I agree with what you say.
The process of discovery seems to have at least two extremes that may hold it back for a while. One is thinking one knows the final answer, the other is not caring to know the final answer. Life continues on.

Comment on Trust Yourself by treegod

treegod — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:20:08 +0000

As long as there is life there will be no resting. I’ve found my “anchor” or, better said, orientation in life, my centre and my bearings, but apart from that I’m enjoying the process of change and discovery. I’m just not interested in finding a philosophical, or otherwise, resting point! lol

I read a book on philosophy and philosohpers, which is where this blog came from.

Comment on Trust Yourself by PineRaven

PineRaven — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:47:04 +0000

A good dose of philosophy!
There’s a lot of interesting perspectives on it all – identity, ethics, reality etc. from various cultures and times, and so much available now due to the Internet.
One thing that I like to acknowledge is the process of it all, the yearning and searching and churning for an answer. We often seek some final resting point, where we can be at peace with whatever it is we need to understand… but life goes on, a living transformation. Maybe that resting point is death, but I’d doubt and question that too.
To find peace with the natural process is something I am gradually working on.

Comment on Anatta and the Importance of Personhood by The Grove of Quotes

The Grove of Quotes — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:54:35 +0000

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Comment on Psychology Doesn’t Work by Jill

Jill — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:14:52 +0000

Couldn’t agree more – well articulated