tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post4684783528960636674..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: Challenges in Real-TimeMiki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-77514706256912816282011-10-04T12:03:43.840-07:002011-10-04T12:03:43.840-07:00Thank you Miki, for sharing yourself with honesty....Thank you Miki, for sharing yourself with honesty. <br /><br />While there is no "remedy/quick fix", opening and feeling and knowing what you are feeling created a door of its own. It's a door into you. <br /><br />. . .and that has been, in my experience, the doorway to compassion and humble living--as one of the many who do not know much and certainly do not know enough to changeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-48430407882370861262011-09-21T11:04:20.567-07:002011-09-21T11:04:20.567-07:00Miki -
You are such a blessing to those who strug...Miki - <br />You are such a blessing to those who struggle.<br />You are a blessing to me.<br />You are a blessing to those who do not even know you are!<br /><br />Thanks be!!just wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610970476024206921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-32905833236821329872011-09-12T18:31:41.915-07:002011-09-12T18:31:41.915-07:00Nathaniel Branden has written extensively on this,...Nathaniel Branden has written extensively on this, in books such as Honoring the Self or The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem.<br /><br />Feeling fundamentally unfit for life, along with having trouble identifying what we want, are consequences of growing up in an environment where we had little choice but to silence our own feelings and wants, out of fear of being rejected by our parents if we didn&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-76208707296115886602011-09-10T06:23:40.403-07:002011-09-10T06:23:40.403-07:00I am moved to share two inspirations that come to ...I am moved to share two inspirations that come to mind when reading the post and comments:<br /><br />1) This week I was hiking in Watkins Glen, NY, and witnessed the loudest and most determined waterfall I've ever seen. Having been pounding against the rock walls for centuries, it has now carved out for itself a vast and beautiful gorge that twists and turns through the valley. I see the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-72913148801162076952011-09-06T16:23:28.474-07:002011-09-06T16:23:28.474-07:00Miki, in this post I hear you describing an inner ...Miki, in this post I hear you describing an inner state that sounds like a lack of fulfillment, “inefficacy,” and a possible moving between depression and restlessness. Your message could, also, be suggesting, as I hear it, a disappointment in the “results” of your “path of vulnerability,” hence, your considering creating “a new core practice for me: learning to identify what I want and make my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-47490647069744031752011-09-03T16:38:04.028-07:002011-09-03T16:38:04.028-07:00Hi Miki :)
I somehow hear how you long to "b...Hi Miki :)<br /><br />I somehow hear how you long to "be" as you are rather than "do" things. <br /><br />Or long to be-long?<br /><br />How you struggle to find balance of "fully being you" with "us" and experience it as connection/flow?<br /><br />Wondering if you long for more models to inspire you to nurture your dreams? Maybe yearning to experience Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-90659001941772223272011-09-03T13:24:47.322-07:002011-09-03T13:24:47.322-07:00Hi Miki
My experience as I read this is that you a...Hi Miki<br />My experience as I read this is that you are demonstrating creating room/space for yourself in all your authenticity and uniqueness. I ask myself, "does she not see this or am I missing something?" You are putting out so much of yourself right here. I see so much courage here. And the more I see, the more I just fall in love with everything about you. <br /><br />For Sarah Proechelhttp://sarahproechel.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-76796613626531641182011-09-03T11:53:36.528-07:002011-09-03T11:53:36.528-07:00I want to sit in your lap Miki... Please read my i...I want to sit in your lap Miki... Please read my inspiration below. <br /><br />Author & lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.<br /><br />The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boyTaylor Duvallhttp://www.cnvc.org/blog/taylorduvall3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-2983792044118462422011-09-03T11:50:21.634-07:002011-09-03T11:50:21.634-07:00There is a lot that resonates in me from this post...There is a lot that resonates in me from this post, as i have been struggling to figure out how i can make a dent in this culture that, in my observation, creates so much suffering. It often feels so overwhelming, so hopeless. <br /><br />There are a few things i am struggling to understand. I don't quite get the paragraph about there not being any room for you in the world. What i am Rachel ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341583708711388417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-22010491452339322792011-09-03T09:23:18.103-07:002011-09-03T09:23:18.103-07:00Like Andy, above, I seek to be a loving witness to...Like Andy, above, I seek to be a loving witness to the whole of you, of your sharing. I have of late been yearning for Miki time, largely because there is a sharedness to that longing to the experience of the gap between vision and what I can make happen. <br />I also share the pattern of operating beyond capacity, and I love that you are willing to take on the practice of wasting time. kristin mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227576322216599028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-1940206265483911502011-09-03T09:15:34.745-07:002011-09-03T09:15:34.745-07:00Deep gratitude and resonance for what you have wri...Deep gratitude and resonance for what you have written. I am once again reminded of the power of vulnerability - especially in the moment that it is happening. A huge challenge for most of us, and the more so for those of us who teach and lead! Such an enormous gift to validate the unknowing we all (I believe) so often swim in. With you in my heart.<br />CatCathttp://www.revcat.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-80683386068893828892011-09-03T08:38:11.045-07:002011-09-03T08:38:11.045-07:00Miki,
I just wanted you to know that I'm here....Miki,<br />I just wanted you to know that I'm here. I went through a myriad of emotions as I read your latest post, and normally, when I'm video-chatting with my empathy buddy, much of what is needed is just a knowing or a loving glance, when the other person is sharing their vulnerability... clearly, without the ability to share the glance, I wanted you to know that I have that look on Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400247185987175044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-36372460270203412052011-09-03T06:36:18.259-07:002011-09-03T06:36:18.259-07:00Miki, Julie, and Elkie,
Your words and thoughts h...Miki, Julie, and Elkie,<br /><br />Your words and thoughts here are so penetrating that I hesitate to add to them; they resonate so deeply just as they are. I'll just add that this "personal sense of inefficacy" rears its head in my life too. Yesterday, after receiving another rejection of my (admittedly flawed) book proposal, I wondered whether I was devoting a large part of my John Backmanhttp://www.dialogueventure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-69822790915318894952011-09-03T00:09:08.640-07:002011-09-03T00:09:08.640-07:00This blog has touched me deeply.
I'd love t...This blog has touched me deeply. <br /><br />I'd love to share what it stirs up in me:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Openness...transparency..<br /><br />The 'ruthlessness' of walking the talk...the courage it takes.<br /><br />The joy and the deep deep exhaustion that that walking of talking can lead too.<br /><br />And the relief and hope that can be found in just doing 'Elkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04347308179135288793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-26487576345120282302011-09-02T16:28:37.535-07:002011-09-02T16:28:37.535-07:00Oh wow. That really spoke to me. It reminded me of...Oh wow. That really spoke to me. It reminded me of how much more I want connection than answers. I connect with your confusion and pain here, and in that connection, I can start to find my own answers. Had you waited until you'd resolved something, then posted the "answer", I'd not have had that opportunity. Thank you. I really want to remember this lesson: that I don't haveJulie Lawrencenoreply@blogger.com