Comments on: There and Back Again, Part One http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/ Zen-Inspired Self Development Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: sof theo http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13574 sof theo Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:41:54 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13574 I'm all ears, Kenton! :-) I’m all ears, Kenton! :-)

]]> By: sof theo http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13575 sof theo Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:45:26 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13575 Oops, make that "I'm all eyes and ears", instead. :-) Oops, make that “I’m all eyes and ears”, instead. :-)

]]> By: CG Walters http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13629 CG Walters Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:49:47 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13629 Thank you, Kenton. Nature is my teacher, my path, my sanctuary, my inspiration..... An excellent article. Peace and wonder, CG Thank you, Kenton. Nature is my teacher, my path, my sanctuary, my inspiration…..
An excellent article.
Peace and wonder,
CG

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13634 Kenton Whitman Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:03:29 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13634 Dear sof theo, That made me laugh! Thanks for the smiles. Kenton Dear sof theo,

That made me laugh! Thanks for the smiles.

Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13635 Kenton Whitman Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:04:47 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13635 Greetings CG Walters, I saw a book the other day talking about our children's 'Nature Deficit Disorder'. That goes for most adults, too. Glad to hear that nature plays such an important role in your life. =) Sweetwater, Kenton Greetings CG Walters,

I saw a book the other day talking about our children’s ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’. That goes for most adults, too. Glad to hear that nature plays such an important role in your life. =)

Sweetwater,
Kenton

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13644 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:49:46 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13644 Nature has always been my biggest connection to God. I told my husband when he graduated from college and started looking for jobs that I would go anywhere with him as long as there were trees. Nature has always been my biggest connection to God. I told my husband when he graduated from college and started looking for jobs that I would go anywhere with him as long as there were trees.

]]> By: Rahul http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13659 Rahul Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:15:13 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13659 I've always identified with your style of writing. You always make it seem much more clearer. I can't wait to start the journey. Rock on! :) ps: I will keep you updated on my progress as well. I’ve always identified with your style of writing. You always make it seem much more clearer. I can’t wait to start the journey.

Rock on! :)

ps: I will keep you updated on my progress as well.

]]> By: Jerry http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13686 Jerry Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:46:19 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13686 Back in the 70's I read BE HERE NOW by Baba Ram Dass. I did not really comprehend the meaning of being here now back then. I understood it on a rudimentary level but nothing like what I have come to realize since my 20's. Little did I know then that I would go through many wanderings in the search of "truth" before coming full circle to being here NOW. This is my awakening. Ever turn the word NOW around? It is WON. That's how I feel about having made a definitive connection or awakeing to the practice of being here now. I feel I have won. Having said all this, I wonder if even the essence of the NOW is also a vehicle which allows us to penetrate into even deeper and more sublime meaning of what our place in the universe is really all about. Is it just to experiece and be aware of time as it passes? Or, is it to step out of time altogether into the eternal NOW? Only time will tell. Thanks as always, Kenton, for your light and energy. I am looking forward to the series on Awakening. Jerry Back in the 70’s I read BE HERE NOW by Baba Ram Dass. I did not really comprehend the meaning of being here now back then. I understood it on a rudimentary level but nothing like what I have come to realize since my 20’s. Little did I know then that I would go through many wanderings in the search of “truth” before coming full circle to being here NOW. This is my awakening.

Ever turn the word NOW around? It is WON. That’s how I feel about having made a definitive connection or awakeing to the practice of being here now. I feel I have won.

Having said all this, I wonder if even the essence of the NOW is also a vehicle which allows us to penetrate into even deeper and more sublime meaning of what our place in the universe is really all about. Is it just to experiece and be aware of time as it passes? Or, is it to step out of time altogether into the eternal NOW? Only time will tell.

Thanks as always, Kenton, for your light and energy. I am looking forward to the series on Awakening.

Jerry

]]> By: K-L http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13733 K-L Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:28:28 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13733 I'm excited! I've always loved your site Kenton, and it's one of the few I continue to read. The more time I spend accessing the now, the more I understand what it is to surrender, to be... and the more I watch how we all create these endless dramas about 'getting' - whether it's power, money or love... Instead of knowing that all we need do is give... And all is given to us. Much love, KL can I highly recommend two brilliant movies? Paradise now - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445620/ and As it is in Heaven - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382330/ One highlights the folly of the fight... And the other highlights the Oneness of All. Both are entertaining I’m excited! I’ve always loved your site Kenton, and it’s one of the few I continue to read.

The more time I spend accessing the now, the more I understand what it is to surrender, to be… and the more I watch how we all create these endless dramas about ‘getting’ - whether it’s power, money or love…

Instead of knowing that all we need do is give…

And all is given to us.

Much love,
KL

can I highly recommend two brilliant movies?

Paradise now - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445620/

and

As it is in Heaven - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382330/

One highlights the folly of the fight…

And the other highlights the Oneness of All.

Both are entertaining

]]> By: Liara Covert http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13742 Liara Covert Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:05:11 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13742 Hi Kenton. As I read this post, I think to a recent film called "Into the Wild." This intriguing adventure chronicles what happens to a college grad who gives all his money to charity, disavows the materialistic goals of his society, and embarks on a journey that takes him through the wilderness. As an avid reader and purpose-driven traveller, he interacts with different kinds of people, and learns things from each one. He eventually seeks to live and learn from nature as did the writer Thoreau. You can learn more here: http://www.intothewild.com/ Hi Kenton.
As I read this post, I think to a recent film called “Into the Wild.” This intriguing adventure chronicles what happens to a college grad who gives all his money to charity, disavows the materialistic goals of his society, and embarks on a journey that takes him through the wilderness. As an avid reader and purpose-driven traveller, he interacts with different kinds of people, and learns things from each one. He eventually seeks to live and learn from nature as did the writer Thoreau. You can learn more here:
http://www.intothewild.com/

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13829 Kenton Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:17:27 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13829 Hello Patricia, What a beautiful sentiment! I feel quite the same way. May you both always be surrounded by beautiful forests =) Love, Kenton Hello Patricia,

What a beautiful sentiment! I feel quite the same way. May you both always be surrounded by beautiful forests =)

Love,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13830 Kenton Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:18:18 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13830 Hey there Rahul, Glad you're coming along! Do keep me up-to-date. Hugs, Kenton Hey there Rahul,

Glad you’re coming along! Do keep me up-to-date.

Hugs,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13832 Kenton Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:24:19 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13832 Hello Jerry, It is certainly interesting to look back at writings that we didn't seem to 'understand' years ago, but which now seem perfectly clear. I'd suggest that your intuition is correct. Discovering the Now unveils the truth behind one of our most cherished illusions -- that of linear time. But it also opens the doors to perceiving the nature of our other 'foundation' illusions, such as movement, self, and change. Once Now is perceived, these others are quick to follow, for each needs linear time to exist. Thank you again for sharing your words about Now =) Fondly, Kenton Hello Jerry,

It is certainly interesting to look back at writings that we didn’t seem to ‘understand’ years ago, but which now seem perfectly clear. I’d suggest that your intuition is correct. Discovering the Now unveils the truth behind one of our most cherished illusions — that of linear time. But it also opens the doors to perceiving the nature of our other ‘foundation’ illusions, such as movement, self, and change. Once Now is perceived, these others are quick to follow, for each needs linear time to exist.

Thank you again for sharing your words about Now =)

Fondly,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13834 Kenton Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:55:24 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13834 Greetings K-L! Thank you for your words. Most wonderfully put =) And I'm quite excited about the movies. I don't watch a lot, but I'll be sure to check these two out! They look intensely interesting, and I hadn't heard of either of them. I should really crawl out from under my rock once in a while . . . Sweetwater, Kenton Greetings K-L!

Thank you for your words. Most wonderfully put =) And I’m quite excited about the movies. I don’t watch a lot, but I’ll be sure to check these two out! They look intensely interesting, and I hadn’t heard of either of them. I should really crawl out from under my rock once in a while . . .

Sweetwater,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13836 Kenton Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:01:18 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/01/12/there-and-back-again-part-one/#comment-13836 Hello Liara, I actually read that book quite a few years ago, when it first came out, I think. I'm excited to see it on screen, and now that I checked out that link, I'm going to have to get the soundtrack, too . . . =) Thanks for reminding me that this came out -- I think between this and K-L's recommendations, it's time to heat some oil for popcorn! Sweetwater, Kenton Hello Liara,

I actually read that book quite a few years ago, when it first came out, I think. I’m excited to see it on screen, and now that I checked out that link, I’m going to have to get the soundtrack, too . . . =)

Thanks for reminding me that this came out — I think between this and K-L’s recommendations, it’s time to heat some oil for popcorn!

Sweetwater,
Kenton

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