tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post5742272605982055624..comments2023-11-03T03:14:16.382-07:00Comments on Under A Prairie Sky...: Sap RisingMadcaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557763096456837657noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post-3809633030332502962010-04-02T18:23:14.672-07:002010-04-02T18:23:14.672-07:00Mercutio - I guess that now that I've set the ...Mercutio - I guess that now that I've set the ball in motion, it's all going to go ahead regardless of my shifting inclinations. I'm not sure about my feelings regarding it all. It kind of depends on the day. But forgiveness... I don't really know the value of it, or what it means. Usually forgiveness seems to be called out when there's been a breach of trust, and to me, that's more an issue of wait-and-see, I'll watch your actions for a few years and see if you warrant trusting again. Or if forgiveness is just me not being attached to anger, then why does it have another name? Just things I think about. I hope things are well in your corner of the world.<br /><br />CG - Not so much about you needing defense, and the world needing to hear what's real, and people needing to speak it. <br />I was just reading about a Shiva-legend recently; interesting that you brought his name up! No coincidences...Madcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557763096456837657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post-51273712272340003652010-04-01T14:24:29.488-07:002010-04-01T14:24:29.488-07:00for some reason I'm just now reading this. So...for some reason I'm just now reading this. Sounds familiar, not the depressed part but the part where I think Shiva is going to dance his dance of destruction across me. Even when I know what I am doing/have done is right and good and all. And I am even in a situation now . . . and you know what, I'm at peace with it in a very different way and the reason I think is because there are actually people defending me, I'm not even there -- they are defending me and I don't need defending is how it is in my mind -- I didn't do anything wrong -- and it is good. Maybe for the first time in my adult life I have real friends.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post-327123131346252582010-04-01T07:41:32.229-07:002010-04-01T07:41:32.229-07:00I was unaware that you were going through such a t...I was unaware that you were going through such a thing. I am very sorry for you that this would happen, as I see you to be a darned good person.<br />I've had a bit of trouble with others who would slam me online as well. The claims are fairly ridiculous on their face, but they were hurtful nevertheless. In talking about this, I have found that another that I know had suffered a similar experience. That was like a refreshing wind in a stale and empty room. He understood.<br />But this type of thing is becoming much too common. It's sad, that. But I suppose the technology allows people to release what is already within them to a greater magnitude. It can weigh on one's heart to be confronted with the childishness of adults, and slowly erode our faith in the world and goodwill. Too many times I have seen people injured on account of their goodness, and by those with no useful purpose.<br />I was reading the other day from my own scriptures, and it was talking about how we should extend loving-kindness to everyone, etc. But then it said that there are three types of people that we should never do this to: the tyrant, the liar, and those who steal. It goes on to say that these three are only encouraged to further bad action in receiving loving-kindness.<br />The fact of the matter is that anger is sometimes justified. But to turn it inward results in depression, and that is not a comfortable thing (or healthy).<br />In my experience, forgiveness is a healthier option, though it can be difficult. I'm talking about having compassion and understanding for the one who has hurt you. Sometimes the end result is pity for the one whose development is restricted. But I want to be clear that that is not to imply that the matter should be swept under the rug, or the behaviors allowed to continue. Others might see this as an empty form of forgiveness, but it's really about clarifying intent; to pursue justice rather than hurtfulness for its own sake.<br />The wounds are real, and you are entitled to your own feelings. I don't care so much for confrontation myself, and I can see that you don't either.<br />The fact that you can see the negative effects of this person's harmful behaviors on others inclines me to believe that you will pull through this. But to turn aside from the pursuit of justice would be to give assent to the harm which has been done to you. I would hate to see that happen. Remaining silent about the matter is one thing that allows it to continue.<br />You are a strong spirit. I admire that. I would hate to see that diminished.Mercutiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270898097330918764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post-86651915458171270882010-04-01T06:26:20.890-07:002010-04-01T06:26:20.890-07:00Hmm. Something's a bit wonky with my blog this...Hmm. Something's a bit wonky with my blog this morning - can't get into anything from the page itself, I have to sign in and do it from the dashboard. Weird.<br /><br />Anyway. Yes, there's a lot of arrogance out there, and it's really supported by the dominant culture. It's very embarrassing, all the websites with their "testimonials" and self-proclamations of personal amazingness and utter competence. Good grief. If you're that good, do you really need to advertise? Surely word will get around on its own?<br /><br />It's really fostered within the alternative medicine community too, slightly more subtly (only slightly), impressing on therapists what a responsibility they have for bringing their clients "into the light". Makes me want to spit. As if I have more of an inline to the spirit just because I took a massage course, or an acupuncture course, or whatever.Madcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557763096456837657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380605413166707395.post-18226375050119727682010-03-30T23:24:37.921-07:002010-03-30T23:24:37.921-07:00Hi M,
Your use of the word "hubris" got ...Hi M,<br />Your use of the word "hubris" got me to thinking a bit and reminded me of one thing that I've longed despised--pretension. Behaviors and actions--the spirit that projects from arrogance--is so destructive and dismissive. It has the power to dismantle others at the level of the soul. It's one thing to be calmly confident, to project a centered assurance, even to be appropriately assertive, but hubris...it's so ugly.<br /><br />Here's to Chinese dragons and a bowl of thick, red, clover soup!Constantine https://www.blogger.com/profile/02399573462513951395noreply@blogger.com