tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post8723368927165999333..comments2024-02-21T08:09:35.889-08:00Comments on ZenDotStudio: Meeting My Special PersonZenDotStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-13429886040747086552011-05-29T12:42:24.861-07:002011-05-29T12:42:24.861-07:00I put my whole self in, I take my non self out... ...<i>I put my whole self in, I take my non self out... and shake it all about... </i><br /><br />yes!lynne hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682812765012431260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-19024971545972370452011-05-27T21:01:47.501-07:002011-05-27T21:01:47.501-07:00hummm . . . there is teacher, and there is teacher...hummm . . . there is teacher, and there is teacher . . . which is yours? which is his? this is one I have been a lot of time pondering, and it has not been easy.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-31843014414854471312011-05-27T20:03:12.398-07:002011-05-27T20:03:12.398-07:00I'm hearing that people are having trouble pos...I'm hearing that people are having trouble posting comments. Let me know if you have this problem. You can contact me through my email address on my profile.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-29124409525486970832011-05-26T08:42:26.156-07:002011-05-26T08:42:26.156-07:00Eva - And I thought 4 days was a long time!! Ah ...Eva - And I thought 4 days was a long time!! Ah adversity and opportunity all rolled into one! Often our SP is a family member, that closeness somehow makes ripe stomping grounds.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-3330140834492277062011-05-26T08:18:20.685-07:002011-05-26T08:18:20.685-07:00Excellent post. I feel so much better knowing that...Excellent post. I feel so much better knowing that I am not alone doing the "hokey pokey". My SP is my son who lives with me. Need I say more?Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566258201228886795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-13449331998921094642011-05-26T08:11:35.613-07:002011-05-26T08:11:35.613-07:00Lynne - It is good to have one thing to remember s...Lynne - It is good to have one thing to remember so that when the going gets rough there it is, kind of like a little mantra. Kindness is a good one.<br /><br />108- Ah, a new Zen nursery song!! I love it. <br /><br />MeANderi- Yes, I did some sputtering and muttering too! When it goes well, its all over when our meeting is over but when I fall apart then I hold on to it. And yes in the end,ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-12596537751225253752011-05-26T06:39:09.717-07:002011-05-26T06:39:09.717-07:00I'm usually "okay" around my SP, bei...I'm usually "okay" around my SP, being patient and present, meeting her where she is - abrasive as she is - which is sometimes exhausting. But then I start sputtering and muttering when not in her presence...<br /><br />Sometimes it takes really "stepping back" into what's really seeing through the mask, mine and hers; which takes a *lot* of awareness! And sometimes Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-72215730949326610822011-05-26T06:37:14.337-07:002011-05-26T06:37:14.337-07:00I put my whole self in, I take my non self out... ...I put my whole self in, I take my non self out... and shake it all about...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-41002086568095564552011-05-25T22:13:31.120-07:002011-05-25T22:13:31.120-07:00ha! yes, the hokey pokey!
i was smiling from ear...ha! yes, the hokey pokey!<br /><br />i was smiling from ear to ear by the time i finished reading this. : )<br /><br />well, the one thing i kept reminding myself when i was with my family for the month of april was that if i forgot ALL ELSE, i could just remember to be kind. that seemed so much more effective than remembering any number of other things (i have tried so many!). and then welllynne hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682812765012431260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-20821598975741238232011-05-25T21:17:28.747-07:002011-05-25T21:17:28.747-07:00"I expect to be above it all", that defi..."I expect to be above it all", that definitely sums up where I got into a whole lot of trouble after the fact! A whole quiver load of second darts and arrows!! Yes metta for us all, the pokers and the pokees. Perhaps we could do the hokey pokey??ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-23812719222913574652011-05-25T19:43:03.701-07:002011-05-25T19:43:03.701-07:00Wow! That's deep practice. My "special&...Wow! That's deep practice. My "special" person probably funds the entire sales of incense I need to burn for endly metta meditation done for both of us. You're so on about the expectations. I expect her to see I've "grown and matured". But I also expect me to be "above it all" when she starts in on the hot button topics. Lots of metta for my shame/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com