@songoftheheart - the adventure of minimalism is as profound as a good bungyjump
@longshadow618 - You will never see me bungy jump! And my life is fairly simple, yet there is still a desire to see beautiful places, to meet and talk to interesting people, to learn and experience. I know that things are not important, that people are. I know I should be happy no matter what I am doing, where I am living, no matter what the work I choose to do is. It is up to me to find my happiness wherever I am. Still…something burns inside. Do I quench that?
@songoftheheart - in our simplicity we can bring calm to others and in this a happiness follows. to see thru the complexity of others, we see ourselves. these are the things i hunger for. im selfish that way. have you seen the beauty of the place you are now thru the unscaled eyes?
The beauty of where I live, yes. The beauty of where I work, no. Do I bring calm and peace to those I work with? No. So much work to do on myself there, to let go of all emotions, and see with unscaled eyes, as you put it. The path is only as hard as I make it, and I make it hard by hanging on to emotions, in work and in other areas of my life. There are times when I think it is easier being alone, for I can do the work I need to do. But there are times when I wish there was a hand to hold, because the strength of two hearts makes some things a lot easier to bear. So. Keep sharing the Tao, keep sharing your thoughts, keep pointing me to things to read, keep showing me other ways to see. I was being nosy on Facebook, went to InnerLight BioEnergy page, scrolled down to the Einstein quote with the pic…that is what I want my life to be, that moment that is captured in that pic, that feeling that all of this life experience, that being alone, will bring me to that moment where it is all worth it, where the quote and pic merge and my heart is truly free of everything that holds it down. And I suppose in reality, I won’t experience that until death. But that is what I strive for in life, if I can learn to let go of everything and follow the path that seems to have been ingrained in me, even though at times I don’t admit it.
@songoftheheart - i went to try to find the quote of Einsteins. no luck, help!?
@songoftheheart - thank you. have you read any ‘eckhart tolle’ hes all about living in the now and following your own path. i found a bit of bliss reading him.
@longshadow618 - I read Tolle’s A New Earth, and you know what? I thought a book on Zen said everything he said, only much better. LOL! All we can do is find our own way, listen to our own heat and find those who can teach us in a way we can understand and embrace. If I trust in myself more, and truly listen to my heart, I’ll be ok. I hope you’re keeping busy at work today. I still haven’t found the perfect tattoo that would make me say, this is me. I may just have to create my own! LOL!
@songoftheheart - its been slow on the money front here, ive been keeping busy playing manager. puppy herder and nose wiper.
@longshadow618 - What makes it different on the money end? Too many other artists? Or is the economy affecting your line of work, too? Do you keep a sketch pad handy, so you can still be creative if work is slow?
@songoftheheart - referring back to the Einstein quote. as followers we tend to stick to the tracts of our leaders and in a way lose our selves in the process. now to be guided we are left to our own interpretation and the truth of that interpretation, as it loses its glow we tend to move on to the next step in our journey. now you may have found that the material on zen to be clearer,more concise view of the subject. it was given to you. and you only moved as far as you followed. now in eckharts work many have said hes just repeating others teachings, while this is true, he followed his own evolution with it.
like a tour of a great mountain range you can follow your guide to the first vista that inspires the guide and stand there and admire the view, now it might be an extraordinary view, you might have seen it before or you might spend your time trying to understand what about it moves the guide to feel that it is important to you. and in doing so miss the whole of the lesson. eckhart has found a path and method that worked for him, a free-form approach to enlightenment/awareness. the guide who is secure in his understanding of the path that its ok for the tour to run off ahead for the next vista. while a dogma may give you all the truths, it is still a dogma. unless you earn your truth it is just so much regurgitated pap. when i offered up joseph campbell some time back, it was given in this same manner. to teach you how to think,not what to think.
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”
@songoftheheart - regarding the money thing. it is the economy. regarding my sketch pad, i feel very fortunate in that my interests are all over the place, i feel that my creativity is like water, if i pour myself into words it seems to work, clay becomes form, graphite becomes light and shadow,paint become….etc.
@longshadow618 - Yep, you are one creative dude! Have you done sculpture before? I’m always amazed by the creativity of others. Even Carrie..she gives free reign to hers. I hold so much back, and I don’t know why. I put so many limits on myself…it’s a hard habit to break.
Have a good day, Ed. I am truly grateful for all that you share. Hope to meet you one day to say thanks in person. My Xanga roadtrip….always on my mind! LOL!
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ah. nice one.
But I long for an adventure! LOL!
@songoftheheart - the adventure of minimalism is as profound as a good bungyjump
@longshadow618 - You will never see me bungy jump! And my life is fairly simple, yet there is still a desire to see beautiful places, to meet and talk to interesting people, to learn and experience. I know that things are not important, that people are. I know I should be happy no matter what I am doing, where I am living, no matter what the work I choose to do is. It is up to me to find my happiness wherever I am. Still…something burns inside. Do I quench that?
@songoftheheart - in our simplicity we can bring calm to others and in this a happiness follows. to see thru the complexity of others, we see ourselves. these are the things i hunger for. im selfish that way. have you seen the beauty of the place you are now thru the unscaled eyes?
The beauty of where I live, yes. The beauty of where I work, no. Do I bring calm and peace to those I work with? No. So much work to do on myself there, to let go of all emotions, and see with unscaled eyes, as you put it. The path is only as hard as I make it, and I make it hard by hanging on to emotions, in work and in other areas of my life. There are times when I think it is easier being alone, for I can do the work I need to do. But there are times when I wish there was a hand to hold, because the strength of two hearts makes some things a lot easier to bear. So. Keep sharing the Tao, keep sharing your thoughts, keep pointing me to things to read, keep showing me other ways to see. I was being nosy on Facebook, went to InnerLight BioEnergy page, scrolled down to the Einstein quote with the pic…that is what I want my life to be, that moment that is captured in that pic, that feeling that all of this life experience, that being alone, will bring me to that moment where it is all worth it, where the quote and pic merge and my heart is truly free of everything that holds it down. And I suppose in reality, I won’t experience that until death. But that is what I strive for in life, if I can learn to let go of everything and follow the path that seems to have been ingrained in me, even though at times I don’t admit it.
@songoftheheart - i went to try to find the quote of Einsteins. no luck, help!?
@longshadow618 - Just copied it to my Facebook page.
@songoftheheart - thank you. have you read any ‘eckhart tolle’ hes all about living in the now and following your own path. i found a bit of bliss reading him.
@longshadow618 - I read Tolle’s A New Earth, and you know what? I thought a book on Zen said everything he said, only much better. LOL! All we can do is find our own way, listen to our own heat and find those who can teach us in a way we can understand and embrace. If I trust in myself more, and truly listen to my heart, I’ll be ok. I hope you’re keeping busy at work today. I still haven’t found the perfect tattoo that would make me say, this is me. I may just have to create my own! LOL!
@songoftheheart - its been slow on the money front here, ive been keeping busy playing manager. puppy herder and nose wiper.
@longshadow618 - What makes it different on the money end? Too many other artists? Or is the economy affecting your line of work, too? Do you keep a sketch pad handy, so you can still be creative if work is slow?
@songoftheheart - referring back to the Einstein quote. as followers we tend to stick to the tracts of our leaders and in a way lose our selves in the process. now to be guided we are left to our own interpretation and the truth of that interpretation, as it loses its glow we tend to move on to the next step in our journey.
now you may have found that the material on zen to be clearer,more concise view of the subject. it was given to you. and you only moved as far as you followed. now in eckharts work many have said hes just repeating others teachings, while this is true, he followed his own evolution with it.
like a tour of a great mountain range you can follow your guide to the first vista that inspires the guide and stand there and admire the view, now it might be an extraordinary view, you might have seen it before or you might spend your time trying to understand what about it moves the guide to feel that it is important to you. and in doing so miss the whole of the lesson.
eckhart has found a path and method that worked for him, a free-form approach to enlightenment/awareness. the guide who is secure in his understanding of the path that its ok for the tour to run off ahead for the next vista.
while a dogma may give you all the truths, it is still a dogma. unless you earn your truth it is just so much regurgitated pap.
when i offered up joseph campbell some time back, it was given in this same manner. to teach you how to think,not what to think.
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”
―
Joseph Campbell
@longshadow618 - You are such a blessing for me these days. Thanks for being here, Ed. The path before me is clear as mud!
@songoftheheart - then it must be the right one.
@songoftheheart - regarding the money thing. it is the economy. regarding my sketch pad, i feel very fortunate in that my interests are all over the place, i feel that my creativity is like water, if i pour myself into words it seems to work, clay becomes form, graphite becomes light and shadow,paint become….etc.
@longshadow618 - Yep, you are one creative dude! Have you done sculpture before? I’m always amazed by the creativity of others. Even Carrie..she gives free reign to hers. I hold so much back, and I don’t know why. I put so many limits on myself…it’s a hard habit to break.
Have a good day, Ed. I am truly grateful for all that you share. Hope to meet you one day to say thanks in person. My Xanga roadtrip….always on my mind! LOL!
@songoftheheart - i look forward to that day.
@songoftheheart - yes i have done some sculptures, ill have to post a pic of the only thing i have left. ‘Orpheus’