tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post113967624241259776..comments2023-10-17T05:40:28.027-04:00Comments on Crafting an Artful Life: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795079502236506759noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1143256698777485132006-03-24T22:18:00.000-05:002006-03-24T22:18:00.000-05:00Thanks, Jonny. Glad you agree about the missing c...Thanks, Jonny. Glad you agree about the missing creativity 'module!' Here's hoping the dialog here and and at some of the other blogs makes an impact in the world of ILP and hopefully some expansion in the versions of the kit to come.<BR/>VAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795079502236506759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1141978338100327412006-03-10T03:12:00.000-05:002006-03-10T03:12:00.000-05:00Wow, truly wonderful Victoria.Relatively recently ...Wow, truly wonderful Victoria.<BR/><BR/>Relatively recently I wrote something with regards to the "Integral Operating System Core Modules" that, according to the IOS box, are the minimally required aspects of being that need engagement in order to have an "integral practice;" they include Kinesthetic, Psychodynamic, Cognitive, and Meditative. Isn't something missing? Well, you speak of it here: Creativity, some form of intentional creative work, whether "art" or not. It could simply be anything playful, that is "non-essential" or not oriented towards transcendence, evolution, or some kind of omega point. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, I look forward to reading more of your blog (this was the first thing I read).Jonny Bardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293446193436081296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1141446497859119432006-03-03T23:28:00.000-05:002006-03-03T23:28:00.000-05:00Wow, cool! ebuddha, I'm glad I could facilitate y...Wow, cool! ebuddha, I'm glad I could facilitate your feminine energy buzz!<BR/>VAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795079502236506759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1141145701174507792006-02-28T11:55:00.000-05:002006-02-28T11:55:00.000-05:00Thanks! I'm so glad my words resonated with all o...Thanks! I'm so glad my words resonated with all of you, and I appreciate your taking the time to comment on my post.<BR/><BR/>Kai, I'm wondering if some kind of service ought to be part of everyone's salons. - How many guys would dismiss that as 'green?' - We do spend a lot of time talking theory, which can be fun (I like it to a point, until it gets knit picky and plainly boring and tedious!), and we spend much energy trying to figure out how to implement integral theory in our jobs and various fields of interest. Perhaps it would be much better to stop trying to figure out how and just put something into practice. Our group meets tomorrow night. I think I'll toss that one out there. Makes me feel the urge to help the salon itself be better at operating from all 4 quadrants!<BR/><BR/>Nancy, you know how strongly I feel about the process of creation of art as being what kicks off real change. Your subtle experiences are so inspiring and rather fascinating as well. I have this (crazy in our society) idea that all education ought to be based on art and branch out from there. Wouldn't that give people an incredible grounding? What better experience is there of nothing and no-thing into manifestation? A place to embrace and release it all?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795079502236506759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1140878965601014602006-02-25T09:49:00.000-05:002006-02-25T09:49:00.000-05:00Victoria, I didn't even know I had a spiritual pra...Victoria, I didn't even know I had a spiritual practice until I took Integral Theory class at IUP. This is even though I could maintain subtle energy flow for several days at a time (in my prime). At least IT gives lip service to alternative methods to develop the subtle body, but I totally agree, the emphasis in not there.<BR/><BR/>I like to think of meditation as fine-tuning the body, eliminating barriers to subtle energy flow. One achieves that through centering, focus, relaxation, and achieving that "perfect rhythm". The fact is, that's what good arts training is all about too. And it's a heckuva lot more fun than sitting on your tush for hours at a time. <BR/><BR/>For me, a flow state dissolves boundaries between self and others. My music training, coupled with a relaxation exercise, is what helps me achieve subtle energy flow (I experience it as "chi"). I would like to develop more meditation techniques as well - I need to work on my masculine - because I know it would complement my practice. But my primary vehicle for subtle body development is my music.<BR/><BR/>Rage on, Victoria!<BR/><BR/>NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1140545444886159982006-02-21T13:10:00.000-05:002006-02-21T13:10:00.000-05:00First of all, let me say, right on. And secondly,...First of all, let me say, right on. And secondly, how timely. At my integral group here, sometimes I want to say, "Hey, why don't, just this once, we get up and go clean up trash on the block and chat with one another casually instead of hashing over theories half of us don't even begin to grasp?" I'm I really the only one there who sees how equally meaningful such a thing would be to our so-called Integral endeavor? Maybe half of them, or the whole lot, are just waiting for someone to say something like that. The feminine side, as I think of it, is just doing and sharing (or not sharing) the experience and just sort of richly being there, actively being there, without measuring or evaluating or particularly trying to get anywhere. Just enjoy the process, you know? I mean, we ARE the process, after all, and there IS no goal. Chill out, dudes.<BR/><BR/>Kai in NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292905.post-1140373686660741782006-02-19T13:28:00.000-05:002006-02-19T13:28:00.000-05:00Excellent Victoria!!Glad you are putting this out ...Excellent Victoria!!<BR/><BR/>Glad you are putting this out there. Way to go.David Jon Peckinpaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12598902243176956839noreply@blogger.com