Comments on: Untouched. http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/ Spirituality, Technology, Skepticism, bring it on... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kay http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/comment-page-1/#comment-546 kay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:50:58 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/#comment-546 Wow, beautiful, thought provoking post. I needed it today, very much. :) Wow, beautiful, thought provoking post. I needed it today, very much. :)

]]> By: Mab http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Mab Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:29:03 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/#comment-512 It resonates with me too. Part of the challenge of trying to live a more thoughtful life - the largest part probably - is to keep it up among the mud that is daily life, when our buttons are pushed and people behave as people do and when things get ugly. A monastic life would be the easiest way but it's not for most of us. My ambition is to be that lotus. Give me 20 years or so ;-) It resonates with me too. Part of the challenge of trying to live a more thoughtful life – the largest part probably – is to keep it up among the mud that is daily life, when our buttons are pushed and people behave as people do and when things get ugly. A monastic life would be the easiest way but it’s not for most of us. My ambition is to be that lotus. Give me 20 years or so ;-)

]]> By: donna http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/comment-page-1/#comment-494 donna Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:04:31 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2008/01/14/untouched/#comment-494 I think we deny the darker side because we work so hard to "overcome" it, to let go of the ego enough that the darker side no longer takes hold of us. It takes a long time to learn to integrate it back into a healthier whole. A lot of people want to be "saved" and then deny anyone else the opportunity. To do this they deny they have a darker side anymore and refuse to allow others to show theirs in their presence. This leads to repression and causes dysfunction and even eventually pathological behavior. We need to acknowledge the darkness and use it to contrast the light. You can't be afraid to get dirty if you are going to plant the seeds that will grow into beauty. I think we deny the darker side because we work so hard to “overcome” it, to let go of the ego enough that the darker side no longer takes hold of us. It takes a long time to learn to integrate it back into a healthier whole.

A lot of people want to be “saved” and then deny anyone else the opportunity. To do this they deny they have a darker side anymore and refuse to allow others to show theirs in their presence. This leads to repression and causes dysfunction and even eventually pathological behavior.

We need to acknowledge the darkness and use it to contrast the light. You can’t be afraid to get dirty if you are going to plant the seeds that will grow into beauty.

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