Love your description of settling into the inner calm - while I may struggle a bit with whether I'm sticking my head in the sand, I'm increasingly aware that if I live with news headlines defining the goodness of my life, I am in no 'state' to be a change agent in the world. And even that last line -being a change agent - seems egotistical these days. I'm just me, and when I show up in life from my depths, that seems to be enough.
Also appreciate how Plotkin showed up in your world - the solo space continues to speak to me years after the 'event'.
Thanks Gord. "I'm just me, and when I show up in life from my depths, that seems to be enough." Well said my friend.
Plotkin is offering Maria and I some good meal time discussion fodder. Some ideas diverge from the understanding of 'self' that we have been wrestling with from Buddhist perspective, but there is so much useful stuff I'm gleaning.
Is it ordinary, or is it extraordinary to return, to ‘be returned’? Is ordinary a form of calm? Feeling the change in energy in having your thoughts to ponder.
Thanks for the comment Karen. Maybe the ordinary - extraordinary tension is a bit like the (un)common sense thing. Sometimes it feels odd, weird or 'extraordinary' to be in touch with what is natural or 'ordinary' in a world that feels fragmented and disconnected???
It reminds me of a recognition I had when studying Japanese many years ago. In the Chinese characters that have been co-opted into Japanese, the base elements are called 'radicals'. In that context I came to understand that the meaning of 'radical' is actually about connecting back to what is basic and fundamental, rather than the meaning commonly used which is of marginal.
Love your description of settling into the inner calm - while I may struggle a bit with whether I'm sticking my head in the sand, I'm increasingly aware that if I live with news headlines defining the goodness of my life, I am in no 'state' to be a change agent in the world. And even that last line -being a change agent - seems egotistical these days. I'm just me, and when I show up in life from my depths, that seems to be enough.
Also appreciate how Plotkin showed up in your world - the solo space continues to speak to me years after the 'event'.
Thanks Gord. "I'm just me, and when I show up in life from my depths, that seems to be enough." Well said my friend.
Plotkin is offering Maria and I some good meal time discussion fodder. Some ideas diverge from the understanding of 'self' that we have been wrestling with from Buddhist perspective, but there is so much useful stuff I'm gleaning.
Love to you and Grace
Is it ordinary, or is it extraordinary to return, to ‘be returned’? Is ordinary a form of calm? Feeling the change in energy in having your thoughts to ponder.
Thanks for the comment Karen. Maybe the ordinary - extraordinary tension is a bit like the (un)common sense thing. Sometimes it feels odd, weird or 'extraordinary' to be in touch with what is natural or 'ordinary' in a world that feels fragmented and disconnected???
It reminds me of a recognition I had when studying Japanese many years ago. In the Chinese characters that have been co-opted into Japanese, the base elements are called 'radicals'. In that context I came to understand that the meaning of 'radical' is actually about connecting back to what is basic and fundamental, rather than the meaning commonly used which is of marginal.