Comments on: There and Back Again, Part Four http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/ Zen-Inspired Self Development Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: rk http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15054 rk Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:38:49 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15054 Very nice series. At the start you said you weren't sure it would workto do a long 4 part series. Well, it worked fine. Thanks. Very nice series. At the start you said you weren’t sure it would workto do a long 4 part series. Well, it worked fine. Thanks.

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15058 Kenton Whitman Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:14:49 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15058 Thanks rk =) Kenton Thanks rk =)

Kenton

]]> By: Mary Jaksch l Goodlifezen.com http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15088 Mary Jaksch l Goodlifezen.com Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:47:56 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15088 This is a very interesting article, Kenton. It's very true, to be natural is not a matter of will. Finding our truel self is about dropping all ideas we might have about who we are. In my experience, meditation is the only way to return to the place of naturalness - which we never left from the beginning. It is while sitting and being present that we slowly strip away thoughts and desires. Then who we are can become radiantly obvious! This is a very interesting article, Kenton.

It’s very true, to be natural is not a matter of will. Finding our truel self is about dropping all ideas we might have about who we are.

In my experience, meditation is the only way to return to the place of naturalness - which we never left from the beginning. It is while sitting and being present that we slowly strip away thoughts and desires. Then who we are can become radiantly obvious!

]]> By: sof theo http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15092 sof theo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:11:54 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15092 You certainly didn't disappoint me, Kenton. Thank you! So really, we just have to let it be and experience every moment. And we might as well enjoy it while we are at it. Stop trying to become someone else because we already are our natural self, if only we'd quit trying not to be. No-effort awareness. Brilliant. Why can't others put it so simply as you have? Now what else is left for you to write about now? :-) Well, as far as I'm concerned, you can just keep sharing your own awareness journey, I won't tire of hearing about it. I just wonder now if you could share with us what you think where all this started? I mean us. How did we all get here in the first place, and is there a purpose other than to have fun? A much bigger picture, at the cosmic level, perhaps? Do you believe in past lives, karmic obligations, and some such? Some quick thoughts on any of these, please? You certainly didn’t disappoint me, Kenton. Thank you!

So really, we just have to let it be and experience every moment. And we might as well enjoy it while we are at it. Stop trying to become someone else because we already are our natural self, if only we’d quit trying not to be. No-effort awareness. Brilliant. Why can’t others put it so simply as you have?

Now what else is left for you to write about now? :-) Well, as far as I’m concerned, you can just keep sharing your own awareness journey, I won’t tire of hearing about it.

I just wonder now if you could share with us what you think where all this started? I mean us. How did we all get here in the first place, and is there a purpose other than to have fun? A much bigger picture, at the cosmic level, perhaps? Do you believe in past lives, karmic obligations, and some such? Some quick thoughts on any of these, please?

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15153 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:27:56 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15153 Sai Baba says, "Life is a game. Play it." Our ego loves to have something to focus on that takes us away from our beingness. You described the process very well. Sai Baba says, “Life is a game. Play it.”

Our ego loves to have something to focus on that takes us away from our beingness. You described the process very well.

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15155 Kenton Whitman Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:10:35 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15155 Hello Mary, Thanks for your observations =) There are so many ideas about how this can be 'found', and it's always valuable when people share the methods which have worked for them. Sweetwater, Kenton Hello Mary,

Thanks for your observations =) There are so many ideas about how this can be ‘found’, and it’s always valuable when people share the methods which have worked for them.

Sweetwater,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15156 Kenton Whitman Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:12:22 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15156 Greetings sof theo, Hmmm. Mayhaps I'll have to write something covering the topics you've presented. I appreciate the suggestion! So glad you found something in this series. Fondly, Kenton Greetings sof theo,

Hmmm. Mayhaps I’ll have to write something covering the topics you’ve presented. I appreciate the suggestion!

So glad you found something in this series.

Fondly,
Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15157 Kenton Whitman Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:15:58 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15157 Patricia, Ah, Sai Baba! When I was in Nepal with my brother, he told me some very interesting stories about Sai Baba. I remember some of the travelers being a bit freaked out ;) At any rate, I love this quote from him. Simple and to the point! Sweetwater, Kenton Patricia,

Ah, Sai Baba! When I was in Nepal with my brother, he told me some very interesting stories about Sai Baba. I remember some of the travelers being a bit freaked out ;)

At any rate, I love this quote from him. Simple and to the point!

Sweetwater,
Kenton

]]> By: Jerry http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15168 Jerry Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:22:45 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15168 Kenton: I read Part 4 of this series with the usual nodding head of affirmation to what I was reading. Your explantions are simple to grasp and work to illuminate. I even find myself having moments of great clarity as I am reading your thoughts. During these times I can appreciate a person for just who they are in the moment and not cloud their preciousness with negative thoughts of who I have judged them to be by past actions or how I wish they would behave. I just see that wondrous being and can cherish them for the beauty and essence of who they really are. I also especially liked what you said about trying to pretend you are not aware or to pretend you are not enlightened. When I do this I think, "My God, I really am aware and I really am enlightened!" What a great exercise to demonstrate your points. Now, to just be able to play in the moment as a child would; fully living as I am in reality without forcing an agenda into my thought processes. Thanks, Kenton! You are a source of light in my life. Kenton:

I read Part 4 of this series with the usual nodding head of affirmation to what I was reading.

Your explantions are simple to grasp and work to illuminate. I even find myself having moments of great clarity as I am reading your thoughts. During these times I can appreciate a person for just who they are in the moment and not cloud their preciousness with negative thoughts of who I have judged them to be by past actions or how I wish they would behave. I just see that wondrous being and can cherish them for the beauty and essence of who they really are.

I also especially liked what you said about trying to pretend you are not aware or to pretend you are not enlightened. When I do this I think, “My God, I really am aware and I really am enlightened!” What a great exercise to demonstrate your points.

Now, to just be able to play in the moment as a child would; fully living as I am in reality without forcing an agenda into my thought processes.

Thanks, Kenton! You are a source of light in my life.

]]> By: sof theo http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15177 sof theo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:18:55 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15177 Really, that's even better, Kenton! If I could use an analogy in my own context, you've helped me see the tree clearly amidst the forest. I'd like to know how you really see the forest and everything else around it sometime, too. Look forward to it. Thanks in advance. Really, that’s even better, Kenton! If I could use an analogy in my own context, you’ve helped me see the tree clearly amidst the forest. I’d like to know how you really see the forest and everything else around it sometime, too. Look forward to it. Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Vitor - The Fractal Forest http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15187 Vitor - The Fractal Forest Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:26:22 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15187 Kenton, "Sit down somewhere and try your best to be sometime other than Now." I always love a good challenge, but I just can't seem to beat that one! Kenton,

“Sit down somewhere and try your best to be sometime other than Now.”

I always love a good challenge, but I just can’t seem to beat that one!

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15408 Kenton Whitman Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:49:47 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15408 Thank you so much, Jerry. It's wonderful to know that my writings are being encountered in such a way as you describe. Sweetwater, Kenton Thank you so much, Jerry. It’s wonderful to know that my writings are being encountered in such a way as you describe.

Sweetwater,

Kenton

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15409 Kenton Whitman Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:51:04 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15409 Greetings Vitor, It's a pretty tough challenge to meet, isn't it? =) Fondly, Kenton Greetings Vitor,

It’s a pretty tough challenge to meet, isn’t it? =)

Fondly,
Kenton

]]> By: Wade M | TheMiddleWay http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15737 Wade M | TheMiddleWay Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:02:46 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15737 Hi Kenton, A great finish to a wonderful series. I've been watching and waiting, wondering how you were going to get us back again. And back where we started, we are delivered, actually, as you say, we never left, but that was quite a journey you've taken us through. Thanks as always for your writing. Gassho, Wade Hi Kenton,

A great finish to a wonderful series. I’ve been watching and waiting, wondering how you were going to get us back again. And back where we started, we are delivered, actually, as you say, we never left, but that was quite a journey you’ve taken us through.

Thanks as always for your writing.

Gassho,

Wade

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15785 Kenton Whitman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:38:08 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/02/04/there-and-back-again-part-four/#comment-15785 Dear Wade, Thank you so much for your words! It's always wonderful to hear your voice here. Fondly, Kenton Dear Wade,

Thank you so much for your words! It’s always wonderful to hear your voice here.

Fondly,
Kenton

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