tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post4739318888702818177..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: Why Do We Do What We Do?Miki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-20685940161309307702014-01-12T12:03:29.994-08:002014-01-12T12:03:29.994-08:00Hi Sara,
I'm not sure why there is a problem...Hi Sara, <br /><br />I'm not sure why there is a problem here. Feelings are a source of information, not just to lead one to a need, but to allow one to judge whether an action is in fact in alignment with that need. If you feel hunger, you need food, if you take the action of eating, you will feel pleasure. If you feel anxious, and need comforting physical contact, and take the action of Lorraine Bonnerhttp://www.lorrainebonner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-66842834768858301932014-01-10T17:55:46.206-08:002014-01-10T17:55:46.206-08:00Miki,
I have read this post numerous times - throu...Miki,<br />I have read this post numerous times - throughout the holidays and after. I've been sitting with this, reading it over and over, and considering why I am doing whatever I am doing. This questioning has led me to new discoveries and deeper understanding of needs, strategies, impulses, habits, intuition, etc. I continue to move inward and I am grateful for new awareness and susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600175277714137015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-71667777438985809862013-12-28T04:36:36.989-08:002013-12-28T04:36:36.989-08:00Dear Ariane,
I really appreciated your comment, a...Dear Ariane,<br /><br />I really appreciated your comment, and the distinction between conscious and unconscious habits. I find it rich and satisfying, and have nothing to add to what you wrote. Just wanted to acknowledge and let you and anyone else who is curious about it know that it has supported my thinking.<br /><br />MikiMiki Kashtanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-86378686513439509922013-12-27T07:08:03.116-08:002013-12-27T07:08:03.116-08:00Dear Sarah,
Thank you for inviting me to consider...Dear Sarah,<br /><br />Thank you for inviting me to consider the apparent contradiction. I can only say that I want to continue to think about this. I still have a strong sense that a relaxed, positive feeling is a clue about action. I wish I had something definitive to say about this. I only know that there is something about the expansiveness of certain feelings that is similar to the states I Miki Kashtanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-48859012793955325312013-12-23T07:38:00.482-08:002013-12-23T07:38:00.482-08:00Miki, thanks for another thought provoking essay t...Miki, thanks for another thought provoking essay that inspires facing one's self in order to see the false from the true, the ephemeral from the lasting, the unimportant from the truly important, wants from needs.<br />The following short essay does a good job sorting through habits, impulses, critical reasoning that can help one better understand how the world/mind wags and how it wags us.<Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-35379300112800906582013-12-21T02:31:27.654-08:002013-12-21T02:31:27.654-08:00The way I see it, there are habits that serve me a...The way I see it, there are habits that serve me and habits that don't, and habits that I am aware of and habits I am not aware of. Checking my phone is a habit where I am working on reclaiming choice. Brushing my teeth and writing down things I am grateful for at night are habits I am glad about. And when scientists say that most people make exactly the same movements in the same order everyArianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-55240001319386531712013-12-20T15:20:17.861-08:002013-12-20T15:20:17.861-08:00I am just seeing as I read this that perhaps the s...I am just seeing as I read this that perhaps the story that we live with in our culture--that people cannot be trusted and must be controlled and coerced--comes from the experience we have of the unsavory way people behave when they act from thoughts, feelings, impulse and habits--and being unaware of the needs that motivate them. It's one more layer of the legacy of separation you are sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-48806178541817043882013-12-19T08:12:07.499-08:002013-12-19T08:12:07.499-08:00The lyrics of this song suggest the universal impo...The lyrics of this song suggest the universal importance of listening to that "soft and clear" voice (of the heart) within.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP1ZNK0d5XoRon Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-42105346233112780562013-12-19T08:02:45.688-08:002013-12-19T08:02:45.688-08:00WE HAVE NOT COME TO TAKE PRISONERS
...WE HAVE NOT COME TO TAKE PRISONERS<br /><br /> Daniel Ladinsky<br /><br /><br />We have not come here to take prisoners,<br />But to surrender ever more deeply<br />To freedom and joy.<br /><br />We have not come into this exquisite world<br />To hold ourselves hostage from love.<br /><br />Run my dear,<br />From anything<br />That may not strengthen<br />Your precious Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-70034300891415142202013-12-19T06:29:00.062-08:002013-12-19T06:29:00.062-08:00Dear Miki
I believe the difference between what yo...Dear Miki<br />I believe the difference between what you are calling "impulse and intuition" is that impulse is guided by a feeling that the "self" wants something, and intuition is what will benefit the whole situation, everyone.<br />love to you<br />felicityfelicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15497878969381834338noreply@blogger.com