Comments on: Being alive http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/ ...........................just noticing Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jack http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-76 Mon, 02 May 2005 10:20:31 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-76 Great quote Dave, thanks. A good reminder about the "unexplained happiness." Great quote Dave, thanks. A good reminder about the “unexplained happiness.”

]]> by: Dave M http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-75 Mon, 02 May 2005 07:20:46 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-75 Two things make me feel alive. The first is working with my horse. He got a little out of hand today, and I got REAL present to him on a non-verbal, intuitive, level. (He is such a reminder of being present and bieng nonjudgemental.) The second is playing music in an ensemble. I am a very good player of a powerful instrument, and making music - joyful, semi-improvistory - with friends is another thing. Both of these remind me a Thomas Merton quote that I saw on a A Mindful Life: By being attentive, by learning to listen (or recovering the natural capacity to listen which cannot be learned any more than breathing), we can find ourself engulfed in such happiness that it cannot be explained; the happiness of being at one with everything in that hidden ground of Love for which there can be no explanations. --Thomas Merton Two things make me feel alive. The first is working with my horse. He got a little out of hand today, and I got REAL present to him on a non-verbal, intuitive, level. (He is such a reminder of being present and bieng nonjudgemental.)

The second is playing music in an ensemble. I am a very good player of a powerful instrument, and making music - joyful, semi-improvistory - with friends is another thing.

Both of these remind me a Thomas Merton quote that I saw on a A Mindful Life:

By being attentive, by learning to listen (or recovering the natural capacity to listen which cannot be learned any more than breathing), we can find ourself engulfed in such happiness that it cannot be explained; the happiness of being at one with everything in that hidden ground of Love for which there can be no explanations. –Thomas Merton

]]> by: Lauren http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-74 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:06:36 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-74 Jack, I have taken to awakening daily (physically and spiritually) to your thoughts. Thank you :) I had never taken to reading blogs before reading yours and Lois's (heart@work). Lauren Jack, I have taken to awakening daily (physically and spiritually) to your thoughts. Thank you :) I had never taken to reading blogs before reading yours and Lois’s (heart@work).

Lauren

]]> by: harvey http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-73 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:28:12 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-73 The physical and mental exhaustion after a couple hours fencing, or the physical exhaustion after a night of salsa dancing. Those make me feel alive. Oh, and a big bar of Lindt Dark Chocolate and no one to share it with. :) The physical and mental exhaustion after a couple hours fencing, or the physical exhaustion after a night of salsa dancing. Those make me feel alive.

Oh, and a big bar of Lindt Dark Chocolate and no one to share it with. :)

]]> by: steveg http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-72 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:29:11 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-72 Yet another example of the differentiating of living as a have'r, do'er, and be'er. It is always in the questions: How can I get .... and How do I ... Campbell goes to How am I being ... Yet another example of the differentiating of living as a have’r, do’er, and be’er. It is always in the questions: How can I get …. and How do I …

Campbell goes to How am I being …

]]> by: Kathryn http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-71 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 04:13:23 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-71 And in answer to your question, these things make me feel alive. :) And in answer to your question, these things make me feel alive. :)

]]> by: Kathryn http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-70 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:57:47 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/30/being-alive/#comment-70 Oh, yes! You have touched on a key topic. Thank you for bringing me to attention. Your tidbits are always timely. Oh, yes! You have touched on a key topic. Thank you for bringing me to attention. Your tidbits are always timely.

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