tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post5620608260176086560..comments2023-11-02T09:34:05.941-04:00Comments on The Seated View: SurrenderLene Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-33819979056548003142010-07-10T13:47:35.000-04:002010-07-10T13:47:35.000-04:00There's a Zen-ness to it, finding the center t...There's a Zen-ness to it, finding the center through pain. Pain as meditative/centering process? We sit zazen all the time, Lene. :)fridawritesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-9133169097471324992010-07-10T01:13:42.000-04:002010-07-10T01:13:42.000-04:00Giving up/giving in does carry a bit of a negative...Giving up/giving in does carry a bit of a negative note, doesn't it? You're not really doing either, you are giving yourself the time to heal, which is more of a gift, not only to you, but for the rest of us. Can you use a recorder of some kind to leave notes to yourself for when you're ready to write again? Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-60647088342798423082010-07-09T23:49:41.000-04:002010-07-09T23:49:41.000-04:00At the risk of everything I write sounding trite, ...At the risk of everything I write sounding trite, especially from someone who doesn't have an intimate relationship with pain like you do, I'll just say...<br /><br />...it's about damn time. (And now I shall enter witness protection.)Carrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-3280662969137575142010-07-09T15:28:10.000-04:002010-07-09T15:28:10.000-04:00I don't want to distract from the insights tha...I don't want to distract from the insights that you're working on right now, but I've found it useful to consider that, in addition to "giving in" and "giving up", there's "giving over". In the battles that we each fight, there can be such a feeling of dishonour and/or defeat when we stop fighting. (Even though choosing to continue to breathe is fighting.) Sometimes stopping is the best strategy, not from some cool analytical stance (as if), but because the stopping, the giving up/in/over is the only thing we've got that works.<br />I hope this makes some sense. You are in my thoughts.<br />Nairn<br />in HamiltonNairn Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-11916816219837619312010-07-09T14:19:34.000-04:002010-07-09T14:19:34.000-04:00What I wouldn't give to be able to make it all...What I wouldn't give to be able to make it all better! To come over and bring you company and conversation in person.AlisonHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-69815365570533209852010-07-09T13:51:11.000-04:002010-07-09T13:51:11.000-04:00Giving up what you don't want and don't li...Giving up what you don't want and don't like is always easy. Giving up what you enjoy, like and love is hard no matter what. And it sounds like you are temporarily giving up a lot of the things you need most from the computer: entertainment, social life, work.... Have I missed something? No small stuff for an active mind.<br /><br />I'll be thinking of you as I get through Shiver, anticipating the Linger review when you're better.LynnMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-25426846313836450332010-07-09T11:30:48.000-04:002010-07-09T11:30:48.000-04:00Rest. If you haven't already read it, I recom...Rest. If you haven't already read it, I recommend reading Sue Bender's Everyday Sacred. She's written three books (that I know of), and this is my favorite. It seems like something you might enjoy as well.Bonnienoreply@blogger.com