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Mrs T
Thanks. I am.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 25, 2006 at 5:07 AM
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Sweet darling Avant.... hope you feel much better and brighter soon!
Mrs T
posted by
Tanga
on November 23, 2006 at 12:55 AM
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Troosha
You are absolutely right. I have felt much better today.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:09 PM
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blanche
Cynicism is highly destructive. I have struggled to overcome my negativity and for the most part, I have won.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:08 PM
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bel
You are right about that.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:08 PM
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Bhaskar
The pain returns every now and again. I usually just let it flow and teach its sublteties, rather than resist it any more.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:07 PM
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Avant
Maybe you should view this heavy-hearted period a sign that emergence is just around the corner (darkness before light - that sort of thing). When I slip into darkness I always know there is change in the air.
posted by
Troosha
on November 21, 2006 at 9:53 AM
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Avant-Garde, don't fall prey to too much cynicism.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 21, 2006 at 7:21 AM
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It is hard to give up the familiar and safe
posted by
bel_1965
on November 21, 2006 at 7:19 AM
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Avant
There is inevitably a phase in difficulty, struggle, revolt, anger. that a seeker of truth has to undergo. But the path has to be, of necessity, tread. Probably the reason,to my way of thinking is, that the mind is mostly heartless and the heart is mostly mindless, and the conflict stems from the two opposites to come to a union. But it does, finally. And it is called communion.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on November 21, 2006 at 5:44 AM
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Tanga
You're right. Thanks so much for reading and graciously commenting.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:43 AM
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Chrylann
Yes, what you write about love is very true. I have had many life lessons concerning this one thing. Thank you for the kind regard.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:43 AM
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faholo
I have always suspected this out of Jesus, too. His withdrawals into solitude were a chance at renewal of his faith and strength. It is necessary to isolate and withdraw from time to time. Thanks for the encouragement.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:42 AM
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Bright Irish
I believe you are right. The older I get, the less I want to participate and the more I want to heal.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:41 AM
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Blanche
True. All the rhetoric in the world is no substitute for application.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:40 AM
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sannhet
You're right. It would be presumptuous to think that there is a stopping point. Such a thing would dampen the spirit.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:39 AM
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OFFBEATS
How you interpret it is how I meant it. That's the great thing about philosophical writing.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 21, 2006 at 3:38 AM
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Very good
Can the sunrise also not indicate the break of a new day. To try and forget the previous days mistakes or wrong doings and try and be a little different and more appreciative during the day to come
posted by
Tanga
on November 21, 2006 at 2:44 AM
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"The dawn breaks for those who set aside all preconceptions of what they
already know." The dawn breaks every morning....every morning is a new start, a new begining, a new adventure, a new chance, a new insight, a new enlightenment, a new person, a new smile, a new reflection, a new memory, a new you.
"I looked on the outside to find love, but never really new, the love I was searching for was inside of me, I found that love, when I found you."
This is just a line from a poem I wrote regarding learning to love oneself first by seeing oneself through the eyes of the creator, in order to understand the true meaning of love. Love begets love.
posted by
roadscross
on November 21, 2006 at 12:20 AM
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Avant, SweetIrish has I believe identified the goodness
that lies within you. Your comments remind of Saint John of the Cross when he spoke of the dark night of the soul. It also reminds me of Jesus in Garden of Gethsemini. Only solitude can bring healing at these times; alone with God we take the time to listen, hear and be healed. I find the more time I spend with people the less a person I feel I am and I have to withdraw for awhile and be alone with God! Blessings, Avant my prayers are with you!
faholo
posted by
faholo
on November 20, 2006 at 7:32 PM
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avant-garde
You have said so much in this post. Perhaps you are what is referred to as ' a old soul'. I believe that ' old souls have learned many life lessons before others due to the paths they were led down before they reached adulthood and instead of hostility and dealing in judgement they show compassion and understanding for the faults of others. Believe me when I tell you that nomatter how deep and dark things are for you .. You ~ my friend~ have a light that will shine though and return you to its brilliance.
posted by
BrightIrish
on November 20, 2006 at 5:54 PM
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The true treasures of the spirit are immutable, no one can take that away
and then everything else falls into true perspective. The world has nothing better to offer than the immutable pleasures of the spirit. I may lose my anchor at times, but I always come back to that when I'm alone. It's when I'm around other people I get drawn in and forget. The trick I'm working on now, is to hold onto it and be equanimous no matter what is happening around me. I am striving for inner discipline and balance.
The trick for me is in knowing when and how to fight for what I believe is a just cause, without unnecessarily wounding those whom I believe hold erroneous beliefs. That I hold erroneous beliefs myself goes without saying, but I hold to moral precepts, core convictions that I refuse to give up.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 20, 2006 at 4:33 PM
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When one finally grasps that and holds onto it, not in fleeting moments, AG
in between the waking and sleeping and falling back into the unconsciousness of the world's temptations, everything falls into place. I'm glad you explained, we are on the same page then.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 20, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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Avant -
I think the challenge lay in trying to figure out how to speak Truth in new ways so that one may finally understand the Truth and finally experience the dawn breaking.
posted by
sannhet
on November 20, 2006 at 4:02 PM
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avant
I like this post..guess your saying we should try to have what we can while we can?
posted by
Offy
on November 20, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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Appleworks
Thanks, my friend. Yes, dreams are a great way to access the subconscious. The mind is a strange and fascinating land.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 20, 2006 at 3:42 PM
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Blanche
I meant the word in the context of striving for what you can never really own to begin with. How many of us work so hard to have things, only to watch it slip away either in old age, death, or misfortune? It seems that what is ineluctable is the acceptance of higher laws than the ones we ourselves enact.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 20, 2006 at 3:41 PM
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avant
good post. in a dream this afternoon i was explaining how hate feeds on itself, i remember hearing this from you a way back.
posted by
appleworks7
on November 20, 2006 at 3:04 PM
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I should, though, look up more words, Avant, it dispels the preconceptions
Definition of ineluctable (adjective)
irresistible; not to be escaped
Examples of ineluctable
He felt that his fate was ineluctable and refused to make any attempt to improve his
Fate is not "ineluctable". I hope that your time in the woods is very redemptive and cleansing. Don't despair, the light in the East always rises, and someday, I'm sure it will rise on a new dawn for you, as it has for me.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 20, 2006 at 3:01 PM
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i will have to look up "ineluctable", Avant-Garde, that's what I like about
you. I don't often have to look up words.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 20, 2006 at 2:59 PM
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