tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7018156730331543031..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: A Short Meditation on GriefNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-26831281523426617142010-11-12T08:47:54.482-08:002010-11-12T08:47:54.482-08:00Thanks for the autumn koan Carol! Best wishes on t...Thanks for the autumn koan Carol! Best wishes on this time of upheaval to you.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-19579379285219539452010-11-12T00:01:22.745-08:002010-11-12T00:01:22.745-08:00Dear Nathan,
Your post really touched a chord in m...Dear Nathan,<br />Your post really touched a chord in me. I've had a similar year. Left my old teacher & sangha and joined a new one, other changes, losses, griefs, and now immersed in the fire/lotus of family and professional upheaval as well.<br /><br />I'm finding it a rich time, really. There is an autumn koan that accompanies me through this ... you might like it, too.<br /><Carol Spoonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133114331437786430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-89478736362999040012010-11-11T07:46:47.210-08:002010-11-11T07:46:47.210-08:00Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the comments.
Robyn: We...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Thanks for the comments. <br /><br />Robyn: We do have a two week intensive practice period coming up in January at the zen center. It's not full retreat, but I think where I am would respond better to something a little more ventilated than a full retreat. <br /><br />What Algernon writes about depression is mostly what I have experienced. There's a certain Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-15537754858793203952010-11-11T04:13:07.413-08:002010-11-11T04:13:07.413-08:00Nathan,
I find that silence or re-treaving can be...Nathan,<br /><br />I find that silence or re-treaving can be very restorative and also give me a chance to meet the feelings you described without trying to analyse them first. I try not to make that call to a friend but face the feelings.<br /><br />"Depression" is used in many different contexts but the type I can relate to (not being a clinical depression) is the psycho-dynamic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-29193989376929889252010-11-10T21:36:50.324-08:002010-11-10T21:36:50.324-08:00I've had a small taste of walking around witho...I've had a small taste of walking around without my skin too. It was scary, and I'm sorta glad I grew a new one, although it might have been more fruitful not to.<br /><br />Good luck, Nathan. It's rare to have people chronicling this kind of stuff so honestly and immediately. Thank you.Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-17427846788757358672010-11-10T19:50:19.545-08:002010-11-10T19:50:19.545-08:00Sounds like the opposite of depression: sounds lik...Sounds like the opposite of depression: sounds like you've got your channels mostly open, taking things in, and feeling your responses to them. <br /><br />My experience of depression is a flattening, of cutting off the flow of information (i.e. "negative" or challenging feelings), perhaps because there is too much coming in and I'm overwhelmed. (Thus, I depress.)<br /><br />Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-46715310532799428202010-11-10T16:50:08.456-08:002010-11-10T16:50:08.456-08:00Hi - I'm new to your post. I like where you...Hi - I'm new to your post. I like where you're going - it's down and deep and you are renting apart the cozy cocoon to do it. I wish you well on this journey.<br />I find myself chanting many of the protector chants especially 'Ekajati'. They rouse this dark and bright feeling in me and I let it come. It is all good.Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-36099849906443620772010-11-10T15:22:41.521-08:002010-11-10T15:22:41.521-08:00Hey Nathan, sorry to hear things have been dark fo...Hey Nathan, sorry to hear things have been dark for you lately. I know money is tight but I wonder if there is some room available within your budget for a intensive retreat with a teacher? I know you said you are feeling like you don't need that so much anymore, but maybe....<br /><br />I must add that I am impressed with your fearlessness to put your poetry out there. I thought about Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-20428725062360353722010-11-10T15:02:17.976-08:002010-11-10T15:02:17.976-08:00I can tell you guys that I've been depressed b...I can tell you guys that I've been depressed before - that's a place who's territory I know well. <br /><br />This stuff I'm experiencing now isn't depression. <br /><br />But thanks for the well wishes all the same. Even when I'm totally joyous, I appreciate kind words.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-61026718287061873112010-11-10T12:50:53.397-08:002010-11-10T12:50:53.397-08:00yo nathan youve been a bit "dark" with y...yo nathan youve been a bit "dark" with your posts lately.. just hope things turn around..Daniel @ Campinashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305405382223076803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-85787076172819584442010-11-10T11:51:04.356-08:002010-11-10T11:51:04.356-08:00dear nathan, sadness and grieving may or may not b...dear nathan, sadness and grieving may or may not be 'depression,' maybe it's the other way round, or none of the above. who knows? <br /><br />your words touched a spot inside my heart, bringing tears of connectedness. <br /><br />it hurts to sit these days (due to hernia op), so i'll chant standing up: OM KA KA KABI SAN MA E SOWA KA, the jizo chant, "wishing happiness on daishinhttp://kissing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com