Comments on: Purpose, survival and the word “should” http://lisatilson.com/purpose-survival-and-the-word-should.html the mutterings of a conscious woman Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sarah http://lisatilson.com/purpose-survival-and-the-word-should.html#comment-3 sarah Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:12:03 +0000 http://lisa.thetilsons.com/2007/11/15/purpose-survival-and-the-word-should/#comment-3 There - I read it all and registered and then took a couple days to think about comments. I loved reading, for starters - it's like a diary, or like talking to you on the phone :) And I learned a lot about you, and your perspective, and your life at the moment, which is always amazing - particularly when I'm this far away. It's like we just had tea and talked for hours! I had a couple thoughts about your writings so far. I absolutely admire what you're doing, that you're taking the time and energy to figure things out - it would be nice (and then world would be a much nicer place) if we all had the ability and motivation to do what you're doing. I think sometimes, even if you have the opportunity, it takes so much courage to stop and decide to do what you need to do for you, and have faith that that will benefit not just you, but everybody else - who look at you funny for what you're doing, and then realize what an amazing person you've become. There's a girl in our program (I think maybe I told you about her, but I can't remember) who, after five years in a PhD program, has decided to get her PhD and then go into a nunnery. I think it's the right decision for her, it just took awhile for her to finally get to the place where she knew it was right for her, and to get the courage to actually take that step. I was torn when first reading, though, because I had this reaction that it's somehow selfish or pretentious to take care of oneself and to take the time to find your own awareness and your own path - but it's absolutely not, and I know that self-awareness and understanding are really the beginning to being in the world in the best way you can, which is good for everybody. I suppose that reaction comes from something in me which I am not yet aware of, and have yet to untangle completely. I do feel that it's not fair that not everybody does have the ability to try and accomplish the awareness piece - but I suppose such is life. And hopefully the people that do have the ability and do manage to get to consciousness will encourage others and maybe even change the world a little bit to make more opportunities for others (who spend all their lives working or trying to survive and thus have no time to stop and BE) to do the same. What a dreamer I am :) Until I have more thoughts... or until your next post! xox There - I read it all and registered and then took a couple days to think about comments. I loved reading, for starters - it’s like a diary, or like talking to you on the phone :) And I learned a lot about you, and your perspective, and your life at the moment, which is always amazing - particularly when I’m this far away. It’s like we just had tea and talked for hours!

I had a couple thoughts about your writings so far. I absolutely admire what you’re doing, that you’re taking the time and energy to figure things out - it would be nice (and then world would be a much nicer place) if we all had the ability and motivation to do what you’re doing. I think sometimes, even if you have the opportunity, it takes so much courage to stop and decide to do what you need to do for you, and have faith that that will benefit not just you, but everybody else - who look at you funny for what you’re doing, and then realize what an amazing person you’ve become. There’s a girl in our program (I think maybe I told you about her, but I can’t remember) who, after five years in a PhD program, has decided to get her PhD and then go into a nunnery. I think it’s the right decision for her, it just took awhile for her to finally get to the place where she knew it was right for her, and to get the courage to actually take that step.

I was torn when first reading, though, because I had this reaction that it’s somehow selfish or pretentious to take care of oneself and to take the time to find your own awareness and your own path - but it’s absolutely not, and I know that self-awareness and understanding are really the beginning to being in the world in the best way you can, which is good for everybody. I suppose that reaction comes from something in me which I am not yet aware of, and have yet to untangle completely. I do feel that it’s not fair that not everybody does have the ability to try and accomplish the awareness piece - but I suppose such is life. And hopefully the people that do have the ability and do manage to get to consciousness will encourage others and maybe even change the world a little bit to make more opportunities for others (who spend all their lives working or trying to survive and thus have no time to stop and BE) to do the same. What a dreamer I am :)
Until I have more thoughts… or until your next post!
xox

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