tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post4315028804566276719..comments2024-02-21T08:09:35.889-08:00Comments on ZenDotStudio: Dharma Porridge, Ingredients: Hurt, Rejection & Self DoubtZenDotStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-68435103538811323562011-04-20T21:46:37.537-07:002011-04-20T21:46:37.537-07:00spirit - it feels pretty naked out there sometimes...spirit - it feels pretty naked out there sometimes! such a good place to practice, though.<br /><br />Marguerite - I like that, "we may not be able to choose our guests, but at least we can decide how we entertain them" Nice!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-6568034847791725752011-04-20T13:00:43.817-07:002011-04-20T13:00:43.817-07:00Beautiful Carol! As usual, whatever you wrote here...Beautiful Carol! As usual, whatever you wrote here resonates deeply. We may not be able to choose our guests, but at least we can decide on how to entertain them . . . I am a big fan of investigation :)Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-61971734505716396882011-04-19T15:43:07.970-07:002011-04-19T15:43:07.970-07:00Lovely post, and I am very familiar with the old f...Lovely post, and I am very familiar with the old friend "self doubt". <br /><br />I really admire your courage. As an artist, you put yourself out there again and again in such a personal way. Being "okay" with whatever reaction you get back is such a beautiful place to be - so generous to yourself and the people around you. I really value hearing about these challenges as I the spirit that moves mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163312615436628661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-61240042375092160952011-04-19T07:23:23.839-07:002011-04-19T07:23:23.839-07:00Leslie - cookies ARE good! I think we only ask ou...Leslie - cookies ARE good! I think we only ask ourselves why we have emotions when they're difficult, don't you think?? Or perhaps there is the slightly bittersweetness of joy and love??<br /><br />Jann - It's true, we think we know other people's reality and then we hear a little something and find our wrong our assumptions were!<br /><br />merci 33- it was, is a journey, and ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-27710265632649501062011-04-19T07:07:08.761-07:002011-04-19T07:07:08.761-07:00thanks for telling your story. yes, so easy to go...thanks for telling your story. yes, so easy to go into stories around what happens. you so beautifully describe both choices, creating more suffering by the reaction, or just feeling the pain and moving on and not creating more suffering for yourself. <br /><br />The pond will speak.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-23927142253774874662011-04-18T22:33:18.663-07:002011-04-18T22:33:18.663-07:00Wonderful experience - watching it all unfold as y...Wonderful experience - watching it all unfold as you still did your little dance - all with a sense of awareness :) All your insights are quite helpful for me as well, as I'm trying to be more of a passenger to my experience, and not get so invested in it, as you describe here. Loved hearing you describe your process. Wonderful picture too! Kudos to you! :)Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-9801960868250271172011-04-18T21:51:34.575-07:002011-04-18T21:51:34.575-07:00Great thoughtful journey 'there and back'....Great thoughtful journey 'there and back'...you did it!! So well...witnessing and observing and allowing and honoring...and a little cookie is a good thing too!<br /><br />This is Ph.D work with those ol' afflicted emotions.merci33https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059537354941356062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-60714849644025258642011-04-18T18:53:58.104-07:002011-04-18T18:53:58.104-07:00Wonderful sharing . . and inspiring . . and it tak...Wonderful sharing . . and inspiring . . and it takes courage. There are not many who really do this kind of self-searching. We often forget how brave we are . . to question our hurt. Thank you for posting this.<br /><br />I often think I'm making headway with not creating stories in my mind about "such-and-such" or "so-and-so". Then something "comes up", I createJann Gougeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732581136492605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-82883735888219060502011-04-18T18:08:02.481-07:002011-04-18T18:08:02.481-07:00Well, ta da! Good for you! To make a change like t...Well, ta da! Good for you! To make a change like that is really powerful. For one thing you remained thoughtful enough to be "at choice". Myself, that cookie usually is the first balm I try and apply to the wound...<br /><br />I have recently been wondering why humans have emotions.....not that I wouldn't want to, but why are we so quiescently sensitive?Leslie Avon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235003342775117469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-1714333363792579422011-04-18T16:07:10.285-07:002011-04-18T16:07:10.285-07:00As an after thought this is an example of the suff...As an after thought this is an example of the suffering that leads to the end of suffering as opposed to former responses I might have had which are simply suffering that leads to more suffering!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.com