tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post6964557250689875603..comments2024-03-28T12:32:29.797-06:00Comments on Mystic Meandering: Meeting Fear in "The Cave..."Mystic Meanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-10517116593338461662010-11-16T18:02:08.822-07:002010-11-16T18:02:08.822-07:00Thank you too Iona for coming to visit my "ca...Thank you too Iona for coming to visit my "cave" :) Glad it was meaningful, raising some heart memories...<br /><br />And thank you for your wonderful last sentence in your first comment! I take that to Heart. I see exactly what you are saying! We are all artists at life - yes - that resonates and inspires! Humble Bows - ChristineMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-66415198763651795842010-11-16T16:40:59.181-07:002010-11-16T16:40:59.181-07:00both November 12 and November 16 touch my heart de...both November 12 and November 16 touch my heart deeply.<br />thank you.Donna Iona Drozdahttp://donnaionadrozda.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-28861936133759574732010-11-16T16:38:59.691-07:002010-11-16T16:38:59.691-07:00I am so glad that you stopped over to visit follow...I am so glad that you stopped over to visit following the moon so that I made my way here to sit in your cave with you and tap your drum with you and feel how magnificent and far away those memories are for me...I once sat in the cave and tapped the heart beat of my drum for hours...then my drum wore through and I moved away from the cave and didn't remember to create a new space...I do go among trees and sit still however being here and sitting with you has opened a sacred memory and I bow in your direction.<br />You may not say that you are not an artist...a writer, a drummer, a cave sitter these are the works of an artist at life.Donna Iona Drozdahttp://donnaionadrozda.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-85437427013457811042010-11-16T10:13:35.209-07:002010-11-16T10:13:35.209-07:00Hello Akasa! I like your idea of having a "ba...Hello Akasa! I like your idea of having a "basket for fear" - having someplace to put it! :) Pema Chodron - a Buddhist teacher - gives the image of putting things in a cradle - which I also love. It is the place for bringing compassion to those fearful parts of ourselves, to hold them as you would a loving child... I think THN speaks to this as well, although he doesn't use the cradle image. But the idea is to bring loving compassion to our fearful "orphaned" aspects. I need to remember to do this as well - obviously :) <br /><br />Heart Hugs for all our fearful places!<br /><br />Blessings of Peace! ChristineMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-32250698943783103612010-11-16T09:24:42.590-07:002010-11-16T09:24:42.590-07:00Ahhh Christine...what can I say? Everything you&#...Ahhh Christine...what can I say? Everything you've shared is true.<br /><br />One thing I do when I go into my Cave is I look around at what I have stored there in my many baskets, on my altar, near my fire, and in one of those baskets fear sits. Sometimes I have to pick it up to recognize it for what it is and to remind it that it cannot have power and dominion over me? It is as you've shared exhausting to carry it and that is why I made a basket just for it. When I feel it coming up and out I can walk into that Cave at any time and leave it there. The Cave is my safe and sacred place as I'm sure it is for you and that is where I store all of the illusions that don't serve me. I store them because at times I need to remind myself why I've put them there to begin with?<br /><br /> What a wonderful sharing, these Cave writings. This time of year you will find me in the Cave more often than not as it is where I go to listen to my heart, sit by my fire and ponder this crazy thing called Life!<br /> Wishing for you a Fearless Day!<br /> Walking in Beauty with You!AkasaWolfSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128887650617351563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-5711276810073608592010-11-14T09:11:08.240-07:002010-11-14T09:11:08.240-07:00Maria - What can I say... I am humbled... And I th...Maria - What can I say... I am humbled... And I thank you for your friendship on the journey!<br /><br />Heart Hugs - ChristineMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-38367932433070433122010-11-14T08:51:18.299-07:002010-11-14T08:51:18.299-07:00Dear Christine,
You are a shining example of cour...Dear Christine,<br /><br />You are a shining example of courage and truth and strength. Your fear belongs to all of us...and so does your love in the face of it. <br /><br />Much gratitude and hugs!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377339385445814624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-77885217805504609382010-11-13T22:55:32.805-07:002010-11-13T22:55:32.805-07:00Thank you Genju!
It seems there are many of us wh...Thank you Genju!<br /><br />It seems there are many of us who still grapple with fear issues no matter what our "spiritual practice" - facing what we need to face in order to *recognize* our wholeness.<br /><br />I definitely don't see you as "play acting" at the edge of the cave! - with all that you've been through and all that you deal with now. I see you as honest and real about your practice, being true to who you are. That is courage too.<br /><br />The "courage" here is really just wanting to see the Truth more than wanting to live in the shadow of fear everyday. Even though I know that those fear shadows on the cave walls are just mental projections,the boogie man still lurks :) CMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-5305228860301460132010-11-13T20:28:11.308-07:002010-11-13T20:28:11.308-07:00At the risk of being repetitious here: WoW!
I lie...At the risk of being repetitious here: WoW!<br /><br />I lie down each night filled with the fear of what I cannot get done in this lifetime. For me anyway, that fear is really about my greed and my need to become "real" through my accomplishments. Sometimes, I think I will only learn how to be truly real when I've lost everything - or when I am willing to lose everything. Until then, I'm just play-acting at the edge of the Blue Dragon's cave.<br /><br />You have so much courage. Amazing!Genjuhttp://www.108zenbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-41145491147548470642010-11-12T23:05:10.991-07:002010-11-12T23:05:10.991-07:00Thank you Leslie :)Thank you Leslie :)Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-61627154598667257392010-11-12T20:56:18.872-07:002010-11-12T20:56:18.872-07:00Hello Dear Christine,
Thank you for this beautiful...Hello Dear Christine,<br />Thank you for this beautiful post...what you, Genju and Ameeta so beautifully write goes deep in to this heart. I pray I will be able to follow the feeling and meaning deeply.<br />With deep gratitude.<br />XOXO<br />-LeslieLeslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-7399745865272724782010-11-12T11:28:51.481-07:002010-11-12T11:28:51.481-07:00Well thank you ZDS ~ :)
Yes, "fear" et ...Well thank you ZDS ~ :)<br /><br />Yes, "fear" et al never really "go away" - I know this to be true - and yet, I want to get to a place where I don't become fearful when it arises!<br /><br />In a way this "fearing" is like lucid dreaming. I realize I am dreaming the fear, but I can't wake up from the dream... Until I do.Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-82493492978318210392010-11-12T10:04:36.359-07:002010-11-12T10:04:36.359-07:00lovely post. not much to say as it all is so true,...lovely post. not much to say as it all is so true, what you write. and it seems fear continues to arise as long as we are alive, it's just somehow we know how to meet it. Thanks for sharing this deep exploration so lucidly.zendotstudiohttp://www.zendotstudio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com