Comments on: Claiming Ownership of Our Internal Dialogue – During Election Season and After

By: jay

jay — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:28:35 +0000

well said. i’ve seen so many comments from people today along the lines that they are “sickened” by the results of last nite. Those are the people who can’t view the future and possibilities. Need to spread the glass half full mentality to bring those people on board over the coming months.

By: Dave W.

Dave W. — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:47:57 +0000

Pace, I look forward to hearing about the time you and Kyeli set aside for non-work activities. It is interesting to think about how the amount of time we spend with others who are important in our lives isn’t the only important factor; it’s also *how* we spend that time (as you note, for you it’s been doing vs. being).
Traci, I’ll know not to look for the world summit of the WPPP anytime soon, but I like your analogy and your recognition that we could all benefit from retaining a kindgarten-like open mindedness to new perspectives.
Mary, the duality idea also reminds me of some of Eckhart Tolle’s thoughts (which I realize are also drawn from many previous sources). It inspires me to consider the importance of focusing on the lives we wish to create so we’re motivated to work toward that, and acknowledging that a gap may exist between that and our current state, but doing so in a way that flows as much as possible from our own conscious choices (i.e., is a part of us), as opposed to seeming a necessity thrust upon us by the external world. Part of this likely stems from acknowledging the components of our desired reality that we may already have.

By: Mary Rosendale

Mary Rosendale — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:11 +0000

Chugyam Trungpa Rinpoche said: “It is the dream of being a rich man that creates poverty”.
How true. When we buy into a poverty mentality, that we don’t have, aren’t enough, need to choose fear, we create an “other” world which we aspire to. We create duality.
When we create duality, we set the stage for never being content with where we are.

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:04:52 +0000

Dave,

I recently made a personal commitment to change my focus.

I caught myself challenging Lily (now five) to focus on the outcome she wants (smiley faces on her daily report from kindergarten) rather than what she’s trying to overcome (flat faces). I gave a simple example…try walking a straight line while looking over your left shoulder…much harder than walking a straight line while looking straight ahead.

Of course, I wasn’t taking my own good advice.

So, to combat the increased ‘air time’ being given to all sorts of negative things right now, I’ve decided I’m giving more personal air time to the good stuff. By turning my attention to the positive and looking to acknowledge the good around me, I know it will shift my focus and my direction and in turn I will influence others. (And no, I’m not naming my movement World Peace through Personal Pollyannaism – wink!)

By: Pace

Pace — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:24:15 +0000

Dave,

This doesn’t have anything to do with elections (honestly, I’m keeping myself sane and happy by largely avoiding news and politics) but yesterday Kyeli and I figured out some very important personal changes that we’ll be putting into practice in the coming month.

We live together, work together, and are married to each other, and we had gotten caught up in our work. Most of what we do is really fun and exciting, but recently we found ourselves getting stressed out and snippy at each other. We realized that we hadn’t been making time for each other or ourselves. We set aside time for date nights, but we spent that time DOING instead of BEING. We weren’t making any time for communication (yes, the irony is noted), personal reflection, self-work, and spirituality. The whole point of our work was to do what we love, but what we loved was becoming stressful instead of nourishing.

In the coming month we intend to make that better.