tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678117.post2824902658748141495..comments2020-10-03T00:08:50.162-04:00Comments on Auspicious Jots: EndingsThe Jotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11304231261360979612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678117.post-25997285119467755632013-07-21T20:41:25.600-04:002013-07-21T20:41:25.600-04:00taking the stairs, and not the elevator, nicely ca...taking the stairs, and not the elevator, nicely captures how to put ourselves in better position to be present. It also depicts how easily we allow sense experience to be mediated by technology. (This comment is another instance.) By taking the elevator we tend to be slightly agitated because on a subconscious level we want to make sense of what we have bypassed -- ie, a trace thought looks to construct the experience of pressing the ball of the foot to the third step on the second flight. Or I'll imagine how you'll react to this post or if you'll ever see it.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653467163561663923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678117.post-5781436841335058732012-12-12T16:13:50.665-05:002012-12-12T16:13:50.665-05:00"there is someone a few houses down, a few st..."there is someone a few houses down, a few streets over, a couple of seats away in the labyrinth of life struggling with the same thing but calling it by a different name." Indeed. <br /><br />I am going to be thinking about this post for awhile--thanks for sharing it with us.Raising Faithhttp://raisingfaithdotnet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678117.post-14083864536172466682012-10-16T16:13:42.835-04:002012-10-16T16:13:42.835-04:00Emotional Alchemy: by Tara Bennett-Goleman. It'...Emotional Alchemy: by Tara Bennett-Goleman. It's likely you already have this book, if so, it's worth revisiting. If by chance it's not on your shelf, I believe you would find it a valuable addition.<br /><br />Bennett-Goldman, a psychotherapist and teacher, has done what I would have deemed impossible: this book is an honest-to-goodness DIY psycho-therapeutic text with foreword by the Dalai Lama. The book integrates Buddhist psychology with Western Schema therapy. The schemas here that seem to apply to me are numerous!(I'm doing my best to maintain the delusion that no one else has noticed:-( LOL).<br /><br />There are sections in this book that I believe directly address your hospital experiences, particularly the myriad mind-sets encountered on the third floor and the difficulty of winding down to enjoy a meal with family. Chapter two of the book, seems particularly applicable: A Wise Compassion. Note the concept of Equanimity with a bit of a Western twist:<br /><br />"I wish you happiness and well-being but I cannot make your choices for you or control the way things are". Compassion with an intensity Cap; a good idea I think.<br />irac60https://www.blogger.com/profile/02260307075606355758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21678117.post-33908274756258195432012-10-10T10:38:03.030-04:002012-10-10T10:38:03.030-04:00Whoa. This is such a powerful post. A wake up, a b...Whoa. This is such a powerful post. A wake up, a breath in and breath out and keep reading, a here we are and I have been there kind of post. A I must share this kind of post. <br /><br />Thank you for writing again, at least for writing and sharing again.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375461078977866753noreply@blogger.com