tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post1829176039838928372..comments2024-01-12T04:51:30.233-05:00Comments on Peggy Payne's Boldness Blog: TwitchingPeggy Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14504076672775821088noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-53195742987372354592008-07-17T19:03:00.000-04:002008-07-17T19:03:00.000-04:00Well, ji is the only part of that Hindi I recogniz...Well, ji is the only part of that Hindi I recognize, Mojo. Thanks, and do translate.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I tried those tanks too. Once it was a great experience, completely refreshed all my senses. The other time it made my neck hurt.Peggy Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504076672775821088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-33680309903286961892008-07-17T12:30:00.000-04:002008-07-17T12:30:00.000-04:00Mmm... clear water or not, I think it would take a...Mmm... clear water or not, I think it would take about one of those retreats before I was ready to retreat to a padded room. Those sensory deprivation tanks that were in vogue about 20 years ago gave me the same sense of unease. (I never did that either... of course that may have been just my mild claustrophobic tendency.)<BR/><BR/>I guess people find enlightenment/peace/centeredness in may Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-67273547650392500032008-07-16T14:29:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:29:00.000-04:00Interesting story. The one person I know who goes...Interesting story. The one person I know who goes to multi-week silent retreats has an air about him different from anyone else in my world. I think of the quality as "clear water." Sometimes I tell myself to be clear water--at times when I feel I'm falling into some kind of posturing.<BR/><BR/>(all of which is different from privacy or the lack of it)Peggy Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504076672775821088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-63857166946567642842008-07-16T14:16:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:16:00.000-04:00I met a woman once on a blind date (well, more lik...I met a woman once on a blind date (well, more like visually impaired, but not quite blind) who had been to several Buddhist retreats where the entire exercise was to sit quiet and still for six or eight hours. My knee-jerk response to this was "Six or eight <I>hours??</I>". (Because honestly, six or eight <I>minutes</I> is about my limit.)<BR/>There may have been something to it though, Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-3613687629934251262008-07-15T19:07:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:07:00.000-04:00Well-chosen card! A very nice synchronicity, (she...Well-chosen card! A very nice synchronicity, (she wrote as her foot jiggled madly against the back of her other ankle) <BR/><BR/>I don't know about all of mankind's problems being solved, but I can think of some "issues" of my own that would likely unknot if I were better at stillness.Peggy Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504076672775821088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14310824.post-27248757961380211962008-07-15T18:54:00.000-04:002008-07-15T18:54:00.000-04:00I have to share this!! Right now I am sitting at ...I have to share this!! Right now I am sitting at the computer reading your blog. I impulsively reach over to my box of daily reading cards and pick one. "All mankind's problems are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly in a room." Don't know whether I agree or not, but it sure did go with your entry yesterday.Mamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702758010419552137noreply@blogger.com