tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post116265563926855702..comments2023-04-22T17:33:19.244-07:00Comments on flower sneezing in the spring air: finding God again through yoga and ineptitudeforresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-1166492574819672492006-12-18T17:42:00.000-08:002006-12-18T17:42:00.000-08:00Forrest, several comments here re your post:1. I ...Forrest, several comments here re your post:<BR/><BR/>1. I get precious few comments, but 91 hits so far this month (not over 10% of them mine.<BR/><BR/>People aren't very outgoing, but they're reading.<BR/><BR/>2. I want to especially affirm what you said about Jesus' statement re the Father. That has been the primary basis of my faith for the past 50 years: He has a personal interest in me; he loves me. Not rational, but it is the basis of my life. (We all have to decide for ourselves what's real.)<BR/><BR/>You are loved. That's the only thing that really counts for any of us.<BR/><BR/>2. Re "I'd enjoyed some back-&-forth with a woman": yes, we get these moments when a relationship is clicking; they come and go. That's okay. Don't regret them; don't regret their end, sometimes not an end, but a postponement.<BR/><BR/>3. "One could be attacked!--One must be careful, not to be misunderstood.": Come on, man. The first 100 attacks are the most painful ones; your skin will get thicker. (I learned that as a Prob. Officer when 180 men hated me cordially and simultaneously. I lost no sleep over that.<BR/><BR/>Well Forrest, I don't mean to set myself up as a shining example, but only to offer you encouragement and want you to think more highly of yourself. You are of great value.<BR/><BR/>Blessings.Larry Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-1163199522836964202006-11-10T14:58:00.000-08:002006-11-10T14:58:00.000-08:00Forrest,Not commenting doesn't mean not reading! ...Forrest,<BR/><BR/>Not commenting doesn't mean not reading! Maybe I'll drop a line in the future just to let you "I was here." <BR/><BR/>Sudoku has got me, lately. I swore I'd never get started -- and then I did. I'm sure it means something, why we're all so fascinated with putting numbers in boxes just now. I'm not sure what, though, or at least I'm too lazy to think about it much. <BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/><BR/>Dave CarlDavid Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232832969784724335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-1162822206188704072006-11-06T06:10:00.000-08:002006-11-06T06:10:00.000-08:00Well, thanks for paying some attention; I need tha...Well, thanks for paying some attention; I need that.<BR/><BR/>But the lesson here is, if you want to have interesting energy running around your bod, be attentive and don't get caught up in "Have I been disciplined enough lately?"<BR/><BR/>Overdoing is a great way to get a preview of what yoga could do, but you want to do it without paralyzing yourself. Guy I'm reading says to stop thinking of the ideal posture you're supposed to accomplish; make it a continual practice of asking God for direction, and that should benefit body and mind. Trying to do it that way is still a struggle with my inner cerebral couch-potato, but it does feel better.<BR/><BR/>Having a good mental fidget like freecell can help dissapate the agitation & broodiness. Civilization is unsuitable because it tends to suck one in, and one wakes up hundreds of years later wondering who one is and where has everybody gone?<BR/><BR/>Go is a long-term game, but you can do it one move at a time, letting go of your game(s) until your opponent signs in again and makes another move. It's only difficult if you want to win. It remains bewildering, but you do learn to cope. And no matter how good you get (or don't) the handicapping system guarantees that you'll win about 1/2 your games. And you can send silly messages with your moves.forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214745625847174676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242988.post-1162739021178084812006-11-05T07:03:00.000-08:002006-11-05T07:03:00.000-08:00so the lesson here -- is if you want to raise the ...so the lesson here -- is if you want to raise the Kuṇḍalinī serpent you gotta risk throwing out yer back. That's why I don't do yoga. :)<BR/><BR/>I used to be heavily into gaming (D&D) way back when. When my friend became Christian he decided Dark Forces were lurking in the dice and walked away. He later returned to it (he had this on-again off-again love affair with both God and Sin and wandered back and forth between his two masters). <BR/><BR/>When I became Christian I felt no such compunctions. But slowly my priorities shifted and I moved on. I reinvested my energies into Quakerism.<BR/><BR/>These days I've been looking for what Pascal called diversions. Freecell is getting a bit long in the tooth. Which is why I asked you about Civilization. <BR/><BR/>Blessings.nathan's shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333649679313721590noreply@blogger.com