tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post6970296436774382416..comments2023-07-06T02:36:14.910-07:00Comments on A Window is Where the Wall is Absent: What is here.Colleen Loehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-76539349816920716562010-07-09T11:51:05.058-07:002010-07-09T11:51:05.058-07:00I'm glad you pushed send!! Yes, falling off t...I'm glad you pushed send!! Yes, falling off the bike, wobbling around, trying to stay balanced!<br /><br />:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856476843444049304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-13585556611136555622010-07-07T17:27:37.410-07:002010-07-07T17:27:37.410-07:00Hello my long lost sister! I'm so glad to see ...Hello my long lost sister! I'm so glad to see you that it's a bonus your message posted twice :). Yes- it's good to be honest about our emotions and it's fine and sane not to like painful feelings! I tend to tell myself that I shouldn't have aversion and judgment toward my "yukky" feelings- but hey- it feels bad to feel bad! Not liking painful feelings is not a problem- I think the only "problem" is getting tangled in a whole mess of thoughts about the feelings. Such as "Why am I feeling this? It's so-and-so's fault that I'm feeling this way. I'm never going to get out of these feelings. I'm such a spiritual failure and so unenlightened because I feel depressed and irritated and judgmental." You know what I mean- the ruminations fueled by feelings can spin on and on ad nauseum...So I'm trying to "catch" all this thought-noise tangled up with feelings...and to shift attention from the head-stuff to the pure, raw, energy sensations associated with the feelings. It's kind of like a game, sorta fun, like learning to ride a bike, and I fall off a lot. Okay, I'm gonna press "publish your comment" before I chicken out and lose my nerve...Love you Val!Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-74841876897660912402010-07-07T09:09:59.131-07:002010-07-07T09:09:59.131-07:00Hi Colleen! I am at work and struggling with emot...Hi Colleen! I am at work and struggling with emotions - I "know" not to judge them, etc., but I still don't like them. :) Thanks for reminding me that life is who I am and that my inner angst is just clouds in the sky. Hope your day is good!<br />Love, your long lost sister, ValUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856476843444049304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-27577956069436738042010-07-07T09:09:36.572-07:002010-07-07T09:09:36.572-07:00Hi Colleen! I am at work and struggling with emot...Hi Colleen! I am at work and struggling with emotions - I "know" not to judge them, etc., but I still don't like them. :) Thanks for reminding me that life is who I am and that my inner angst is just clouds in the sky. Hope your day is good!<br />Love, your long lost sister, ValUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856476843444049304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-17226145217418417542010-07-05T08:06:34.384-07:002010-07-05T08:06:34.384-07:00Hi Diane,
My sense is that the yearning to find ...Hi Diane,<br /> My sense is that the yearning to find out who we truly are and the curiosity about the nature of reality both come from the same place. We humans are blessed with an inborn love of a deeper experience of life, and this love draws us into these explorations. <br /><br /> '"What is here" (whatever it is) has always been enough.'...That definitely strikes the chord of truth! Living out of "enough-ness" is radically different than living out of "not enough." Even though I fall back into the old habit of feeling "something missing" and "not enough" (that conditioned pattern of perception is strong), once the clarity of 'whatever is here is always enough' has been realized, it always remains on some level.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your comments Diane.Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840594864819574154.post-18469621699143422462010-07-05T03:39:56.273-07:002010-07-05T03:39:56.273-07:00Hi Colleen, I enjoyed reading about your experienc...Hi Colleen, I enjoyed reading about your experiences. I like your analogy of the clouds in the sky for the thoughts and things that arise in awareness. I don't recall a yearning to find out who I was. It was more like a curiosity of the nature of reality. Maybe it was just so satisfying to realize who I was not (neti neti) then it was clear that "what is here" (whatever it is) has always been enough.Diane AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304549124035767882noreply@blogger.com