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Sannhet and Ciel, interesting topic.
I've been in a situation where compromising myself was the ulitmate worst thing I ever did. I realized at that point that if I wasn't true to myself and my own beliefs...no one else could, would, should. For me, I found compromising my true values to be a form of rapid death.
posted by
Oceandancer
on May 18, 2005 at 8:06 PM
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Sannhet, that's exactly why I try to remember not to be judgemental
and to keep my advice to myself unless asked for it... And always try to remember and remind that what works for me may well not be right at all for someone else! It was always frustrating to me that teachers seemed to be telling me they knew better than I did which trees I needed to be barking up... but ultimately, I realized they were wrong, and I had been on my own right track all the time...
posted by
Ciel
on May 16, 2005 at 7:53 PM
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Ciel -
I think that sometimes we have to make choices that seem to others as wrong because it is what we need to learn - even if we make that same choice over and over again.
posted by
sannhet
on May 16, 2005 at 4:20 PM
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the choice that is derived from our own experiences and more importantly, our hearts.
posted by
Julia.
on May 14, 2005 at 8:14 PM
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Very true, life is about choice and how we choose is often dictated by the way we are brought up. However, sometimes the way we have been brought up leaves us with questions and the answers we find often lead us to different choices.
posted by
Ca88andra
on May 14, 2005 at 6:28 PM
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O-Dancer, that's a lovely compliment!
I also really enjoy hearing what you have come up with in your own explorations of energy and spirit. Your personal techniques as you've described them validate that what I believe is true, is true for other people, too.
posted by
Ciel
on May 14, 2005 at 10:43 AM
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Metta, thanks!
You are letting your kids have flight feathers, where many kids are not even permitted wings!
posted by
Ciel
on May 14, 2005 at 10:40 AM
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I really love your blogs, Ciel.
They topple the common thought over so I can see what I've been pondering all these many years. Those ingrained beliefs are very hard to see around aren't they?! Thanks.
As a kid, I could see and feel. I also realized the other kids around me couldn't. I kept quiet pretty quick. I still have the ability to see and feel, so I didn't lose it, though I have at times tried to shut it down because there's just so much to worry about anyway!
posted by
Oceandancer
on May 14, 2005 at 7:11 AM
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I enjoyed this post... as I age I am finding that all the things I believed in as a child were true... things that because they had been scoffed at by adults I put away as fantasy... but it isn't... and it is All more than I could have ever believed or imagined (still)
My daughters are not scoffed at - but encouraged... I don't want them to forget, even for a minute...
posted by
Metta
on May 14, 2005 at 7:08 AM
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