Comments on: Time for Timeless-ness http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/ not an oxymoron Sat, 17 May 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Susan http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-66 Susan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:40:38 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-66 Bought things to not offend the salesperson? How about keeping friends I don't really enjoy because I do not want to offend them and then not having time for the friends I do enjoy. How nutty is that? Bought things to not offend the salesperson? How about keeping friends I don’t really enjoy because I do not want to offend them and then not having time for the friends I do enjoy. How nutty is that?

]]> By: Dunya http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-40 Dunya Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:01:45 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-40 Yes, the monster! (Funny what you said about the recession...more on that another time becasue I agree it can spark useful adjustments.) I was saying to a friend we used to live in cycles of abundance and scarcity. Now our world is endlessly abundant, necessitating continuous resistance––not the best dynamic, and certainly not a natural condition. There is, as well, a cultural imperative to consume while experiencing this accumulating consumption as morally virtuous–-an assault on inner balance. Yes, the monster! (Funny what you said about the recession…more on that another time becasue I agree it can spark useful adjustments.) I was saying to a friend we used to live in cycles of abundance and scarcity. Now our world is endlessly abundant, necessitating continuous resistance––not the best dynamic, and certainly not a natural condition. There is, as well, a cultural imperative to consume while experiencing this accumulating consumption as morally virtuous–-an assault on inner balance.

]]> By: Christyne http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-39 Christyne Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:19:30 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-39 Recently I've been observing the actions of ego in myself, environment and others, and see how many ways ego finds to reinforce itself. The constant white noise of modern life, draining as it may be to our physical/mental/emotional/spiritual selves, is quite reinforcing to the ego. The more we feed the monster, the larger it grows. Do we really need all of these things, be they activities, tech, travel, objects? We know that we do not, and we know that they don't fulfill us, but we pour so much of our money (energy) into them. I think that the possible recession is a really good time for us to learn how to put the ego on a diet....maybe abandon it altogether. I'm so glad you sent an email about your blog, Dunya...I've missed you! Recently I’ve been observing the actions of ego in myself, environment and others, and see how many ways ego finds to reinforce itself. The constant white noise of modern life, draining as it may be to our physical/mental/emotional/spiritual selves, is quite reinforcing to the ego. The more we feed the monster, the larger it grows. Do we really need all of these things, be they activities, tech, travel, objects? We know that we do not, and we know that they don’t fulfill us, but we pour so much of our money (energy) into them. I think that the possible recession is a really good time for us to learn how to put the ego on a diet….maybe abandon it altogether.

I’m so glad you sent an email about your blog, Dunya…I’ve missed you!

]]> By: Dunya http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-36 Dunya Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:43:02 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-36 It really does help to set aside a physical space. Sanctuary. I find myself continuously weeding my dance room. Stuff tries to takes root. Stuff is deep. Stuff is a sign. For each person perhaps not the same sign. Lately my encroaching clutter is things requiring my attention: mail, papers to file, and clothing I no longer wear but haven't yet jettisoned. I feel I must respond to all these little things. It brings to mind that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi" rel="nofollow">Rumi</a> quote about phenomena reaching into the deep well inside, filling their buckets and walking away... But no matter how stuff got there, it has deep layer. Perhaps aquisition is a notion of importance for some, but for others it might mean trying not to offend someone/something by saying no. I mean, have you ever bought something because you didn't want to offend the salesperson? It really does help to set aside a physical space. Sanctuary. I find myself continuously weeding my dance room. Stuff tries to takes root. Stuff is deep. Stuff is a sign. For each person perhaps not the same sign.
Lately my encroaching clutter is things requiring my attention: mail, papers to file, and clothing I no longer wear but haven’t yet jettisoned. I feel I must respond to all these little things. It brings to mind that Rumi quote about phenomena reaching into the deep well inside, filling their buckets and walking away…
But no matter how stuff got there, it has deep layer. Perhaps aquisition is a notion of importance for some, but for others it might mean trying not to offend someone/something by saying no. I mean, have you ever bought something because you didn’t want to offend the salesperson?

]]> By: Shamsi http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-35 Shamsi Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:38:38 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/03/03/time-for-timeless-ness/#comment-35 I have some inclinations to agree with Cliff - I remembered before I had a cell phone how I would scoff at people wanting to 'Look important' by talking on their cell phones. I feel that way now when I tell people how much I have going on...the look at me with a bit of amazment and awe like, "how can one person possibly be doing all of that?" My immediate internal response is "oh my god, I can't believe I've gotten myself *into* all of this." I also agree with the contrasting idea of my practice time versus my every day life. I am very blessed to have access to a studio in which the physical space actually feels like 'Space out of Time'. I believe that we were fortunate enough in our inital intentions for the space to have created that very much needed respite from reality. Once I enter the studio, time falls away. Whatever is created within the studio space is truly sacred and exists out of time as we typically perceive it....mini-vacations for my brain and spirit. I have some inclinations to agree with Cliff - I remembered before I had a cell phone how I would scoff at people wanting to ‘Look important’ by talking on their cell phones. I feel that way now when I tell people how much I have going on…the look at me with a bit of amazment and awe like, “how can one person possibly be doing all of that?” My immediate internal response is “oh my god, I can’t believe I’ve gotten myself *into* all of this.”

I also agree with the contrasting idea of my practice time versus my every day life. I am very blessed to have access to a studio in which the physical space actually feels like ‘Space out of Time’. I believe that we were fortunate enough in our inital intentions for the space to have created that very much needed respite from reality. Once I enter the studio, time falls away. Whatever is created within the studio space is truly sacred and exists out of time as we typically perceive it….mini-vacations for my brain and spirit.

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