Comments on: A poem from another place http://www.ewav.com/2005/10/02/a-poem-from-another-place/ We put the naked pontificating in clog dancing. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:02:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott Christensen http://www.ewav.com/2005/10/02/a-poem-from-another-place/#comment-95 Scott Christensen Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:41:14 +0000 http://www.ewav.com/ncd/2005/10/02/a-poem-from-another-place/#comment-95 They aren't bad responses to the questions but they just don't feel right to me, Maybe it's because I'm making this all more comlicated than it needs to be. That's what I usually do and it screws me up most of the time. The problem I have with those kinds of answers which seem to abound in all the mystical traditions (yours neglect the notion of "oneness" and "the All" and God-ness but they're about what all the traditions I've encountered say) is that after you have those answers to the questions fully realized and understood then you're still left with a kind of intentionality, of choosing, that they don't seem to address. I don't know...obviously if I knew anything my life would flow a lot more easily. Speaking of flow, the Sufi stuff I've been reading lately talks about life as a kind of music with a rythym and harmony. This makes sense to me since, for the most part, I've always felt a bit out of the flow, the beat, the harmony, and have used that analogy in the past. Maybe just seeing my own thoughts echoed in a book makes them seem more right. Just don't know. However, if your answers work for you then you're in a much better place than I am to be thinking about these things. They aren’t bad responses to the questions but they just don’t feel right to me, Maybe it’s because I’m making this all more comlicated than it needs to be. That’s what I usually do and it screws me up most of the time.

The problem I have with those kinds of answers which seem to abound in all the mystical traditions (yours neglect the notion of “oneness” and “the All” and God-ness but they’re about what all the traditions I’ve encountered say) is that after you have those answers to the questions fully realized and understood then you’re still left with a kind of intentionality, of choosing, that they don’t seem to address.

I don’t know…obviously if I knew anything my life would flow a lot more easily.

Speaking of flow, the Sufi stuff I’ve been reading lately talks about life as a kind of music with a rythym and harmony. This makes sense to me since, for the most part, I’ve always felt a bit out of the flow, the beat, the harmony, and have used that analogy in the past.

Maybe just seeing my own thoughts echoed in a book makes them seem more right. Just don’t know.

However, if your answers work for you then you’re in a much better place than I am to be thinking about these things.

]]> By: Alex http://www.ewav.com/2005/10/02/a-poem-from-another-place/#comment-94 Alex Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:24:45 +0000 http://www.ewav.com/ncd/2005/10/02/a-poem-from-another-place/#comment-94 Hey Scott, i have been reading your posts for a long time but never figured to leave a comment til now. I was reading one of your earlier posts, "Mirror Mirror and the Shillaly of Life" and it had 3 questions near the end. Instantly i came up with a answer to those questions, or what i think to be answers and decided to share them with you. Q1: Who are you? A: I am who i make myself to be Q2: What do you want? A: I want nothing, i go with what i have Q3: Why are you here? A: I am here becuase i choose to be. Tell me what you think, i would appreciate your feedback. Thanks Hey Scott, i have been reading your posts for a long time but never figured to leave a comment til now. I was reading one of your earlier posts, “Mirror Mirror and the Shillaly of Life” and it had 3 questions near the end. Instantly i came up with a answer to those questions, or what i think to be answers and decided to share them with you. Q1: Who are you? A: I am who i make myself to be Q2: What do you want? A: I want nothing, i go with what i have Q3: Why are you here? A: I am here becuase i choose to be. Tell me what you think, i would appreciate your feedback. Thanks

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