Comments for Emotional Healing Blog http://shantimai.com/blog Life Teaching from Shanti Mai Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:49:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Geometry by Shanti Mai http://shantimai.com/blog/geometry.html#comment-1677 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:25:00 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/geometry.html#comment-1677 You're reminding me of the premise for the film "Trading Places" - a classic! You’re reminding me of the premise for the film “Trading Places” - a classic!

]]> Comment on Geometry by FarmerJon http://shantimai.com/blog/geometry.html#comment-1676 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:20:26 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/geometry.html#comment-1676 I fully understand the Algebra vs Geometry thing, They transferred me into Algebra in the 8th grade, an experimental program thing, I was so lost. I got the answers right but I couldn't tell the teacher how i got them. When he demanded i show all my work well things The next year they sent me to Geometry and what a difference I could easily understand it, because as I figured out later I had things I could see and deal with, made me realize that I'm more of a visual learner type. You might have to tell me a few times how to do something but just show me once and I've got it. Like you said everyone learns their own way. And sadly that causes problems for those of us not included in the group majority. Fear also has a lot to do with that, People have a natural fear of the unknown, and that carries over into what is different, or just unfamiliar, for many it's just plain scary. What they don't realize is that the same things apply to them from the other persons view point. Like the opposites you mentioned, the rich think the poor are just lazy, lack ambition etc. so their situation is only their own fault. But if you took away the rich ones money and credit cards and lines and their peer contacts, and all the rest of what they take for granted, if you dropped them into the bottom ranks with nothing extra like everyone else, few would probably know how to survive more than a day or two. The old saying about walking a mile in another persons moccasins comes to mind. That until you do you can never truly understand them, or their situation. I've learned over the years that everyone knows something I don't. And that those with less are more willing to share what little they do have than those with a lot. I fully understand the Algebra vs Geometry thing, They transferred me into Algebra in the 8th grade, an experimental program thing, I was so lost. I got the answers right but I couldn’t tell the teacher how i got them. When he demanded i show all my work well things The next year they sent me to Geometry and what a difference I could easily understand it, because as I figured out later I had things I could see and deal with, made me realize that I’m more of a visual learner type. You might have to tell me a few times how to do something but just show me once and I’ve got it.
Like you said everyone learns their own way. And sadly that causes problems for those of us not included in the group majority. Fear also has a lot to do with that, People have a natural fear of the unknown, and that carries over into what is different, or just unfamiliar, for many it’s just plain scary. What they don’t realize is that the same things apply to them from the other persons view point.
Like the opposites you mentioned, the rich think the poor are just lazy, lack ambition etc. so their situation is only their own fault. But if you took away the rich ones money and credit cards and lines and their peer contacts, and all the rest of what they take for granted, if you dropped them into the bottom ranks with nothing extra like everyone else, few would probably know how to survive more than a day or two.
The old saying about walking a mile in another persons moccasins comes to mind. That until you do you can never truly understand them, or their situation.
I’ve learned over the years that everyone knows something I don’t. And that those with less are more willing to share what little they do have than those with a lot.

]]> Comment on The Farmer at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. by Shanti Mai http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1675 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:09:08 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1675 Yes! I once read (many, many years ago - or I'd look it up now!) that our obsession with lawns is due to its association with cattle. Those were the people, at one time, who had the most money. So others wanted to have expanses of green, indicative of <i><b>their</i></b> wealth! And now it's become what we're used to - what we're "supposed" to do. I've never valued lawns myself, but I sure have dug up a half dozen of them, in order to make flower and vegetable beds! Yes! I once read (many, many years ago - or I’d look it up now!) that our obsession with lawns is due to its association with cattle. Those were the people, at one time, who had the most money. So others wanted to have expanses of green, indicative of their wealth!

And now it’s become what we’re used to - what we’re “supposed” to do. I’ve never valued lawns myself, but I sure have dug up a half dozen of them, in order to make flower and vegetable beds!

]]> Comment on The Farmer at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. by FarmerJon http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1674 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:58:58 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1674 Some years ago I found an old book on how to plan your yard. The interesting thing was none of the plans had a lawn. The book was printed in the late 1800's. Seems that the grass lawn is a more recent invention. Almost every suggestion in the book was for things you could eat, the only exceptions being flowers for cutting, but there are also lots of edible flowers one can plant. It got me to thinking about all the differences between then and now, like the so called easy and convenient world we have created, but is it really or just designed to let us work more for someone else. There is a huge difference between picking your dinner ripe from the earth and buying things that never ripened and have no real smell. Oh you can buy so called organic food, for about twice as much, or more, ironic I think since it doesn't contain all the expensive chemicals and additives plus pesticides etc. etc.; so why does it cost more without all those things? The good thing is food is easy to grow, all you need is seeds, soil, sun, water, and some fertilizer, depending on how good your dirt is of course. But there are also plants that enrich poor soil, often called green manure plants, alfalfa is a good one. One ancient method for planting corn is poke a hole with a stick, drop in a small fish, or parts of a bigger one, add three seeds, one for the earth, one for the birds, and one for food. Dust off all those old copies of organic gardening and the [early] Mother Earth issues you bought way back when, it's all still there and oh so simple. There are flowers to mix in that attract bees and other ones to repel the flies and skeeters, a little something for everyone all in the same row. If the bees don't come, you can always self pollinate, with a q-tip, it's slower but it works, I once worked as a professional Bee. Don't have much room, check out companion planting, for example string beans grow up the corn stalk, pumpkins and squash grow up the apple [or ??]tree. No yard, plant in pots, or anything that holds dirt. Our ancestors did it for thousands of years, grew their own food, so can YOU. Some years ago I found an old book on how to plan your yard. The interesting thing was none of the plans had a lawn. The book was printed in the late 1800’s. Seems that the grass lawn is a more recent invention. Almost every suggestion in the book was for things you could eat, the only exceptions being flowers for cutting, but there are also lots of edible flowers one can plant.
It got me to thinking about all the differences between then and now, like the so called easy and convenient world we have created, but is it really or just designed to let us work more for someone else. There is a huge difference between picking your dinner ripe from the earth and buying things that never ripened and have no real smell. Oh you can buy so called organic food, for about twice as much, or more, ironic I think since it doesn’t contain all the expensive chemicals and additives plus pesticides etc. etc.; so why does it cost more without all those things?
The good thing is food is easy to grow, all you need is seeds, soil, sun, water, and some fertilizer, depending on how good your dirt is of course. But there are also plants that enrich poor soil, often called green manure plants, alfalfa is a good one. One ancient method for planting corn is poke a hole with a stick, drop in a small fish, or parts of a bigger one, add three seeds, one for the earth, one for the birds, and one for food. Dust off all those old copies of organic gardening and the [early] Mother Earth issues you bought way back when, it’s all still there and oh so simple. There are flowers to mix in that attract bees and other ones to repel the flies and skeeters, a little something for everyone all in the same row. If the bees don’t come, you can always self pollinate, with a q-tip, it’s slower but it works, I once worked as a professional Bee. Don’t have much room, check out companion planting, for example string beans grow up the corn stalk, pumpkins and squash grow up the apple [or ??]tree. No yard, plant in pots, or anything that holds dirt.
Our ancestors did it for thousands of years, grew their own food, so can YOU.

]]> Comment on “Viewing” Buddah, “Viewing” Jesus by moonstone http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1673 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:50:46 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1673 How wonderful that you went to the field of unity, even though it felt way less than wonderful at the time. I guess we can only hope that the military gets a glimpse too! Your being misunderstood reminded me of how I spent my whole childhood: growing up intuitive in small-town, '50s America was sooo unfriendly to visions and dreams. It has taken me decades to appreciate how being "different" honed me. I see young women now taking on the challenges of a spiritual journey so much younger, and it makes me very happy and hopeful! Not long ago I was at the Seattle Dances of Universal Peace: it was a partner dance, something in the lyrics about sorrow... each time I had you for a partner and the word 'sorrow' came along, you and I would both giggle. Another trip to Rumi's field there. You are a joy to know! How wonderful that you went to the field of unity, even though it felt way less than wonderful at the time. I guess we can only hope that the military gets a glimpse too!

Your being misunderstood reminded me of how I spent my whole childhood: growing up intuitive in small-town, ’50s America was sooo unfriendly to visions and dreams. It has taken me decades to appreciate how being “different” honed me. I see young women now taking on the challenges of a spiritual journey so much younger, and it makes me very happy and hopeful!

Not long ago I was at the Seattle Dances of Universal Peace: it was a partner dance, something in the lyrics about sorrow… each time I had you for a partner and the word ’sorrow’ came along, you and I would both giggle. Another trip to Rumi’s field there. You are a joy to know!

]]> Comment on The Farmer at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. by Katestar http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1672 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:19:31 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html#comment-1672 I was watching 60 minutes last night. There is a chef in California that has gone into the schools and has got children growing gardens and then teaching them how to cook what they have grown. She wants to plant a huge garden at the White House. She is trying to get it to be a reality. In Seattle on Capital Hill a lot of people have dug up their lawns and are growing gardens. I tried last year to grow tomatoes and peppers and zucchini on my patio (I had done it in apartments in the past). Our area does not have enough flowers to encourage the bees to come in. So, although I had wonderful plants, I got no crop. Maybe if I plant more flowers next year i will get a crop. But I have heard reports about bees going scarce. Most people don't take the time to think about it. I know I had always been around gardens. I didn't think about needing bees to get crops!!!!! I was watching 60 minutes last night. There is a chef in California that has gone into the schools and has got children growing gardens and then teaching them how to cook what they have grown. She wants to plant a huge garden at the White House. She is trying to get it to be a reality.

In Seattle on Capital Hill a lot of people have dug up their lawns and are growing gardens.

I tried last year to grow tomatoes and peppers and zucchini on my patio (I had done it in apartments in the past). Our area does not have enough flowers to encourage the bees to come in. So, although I had wonderful plants, I got no crop. Maybe if I plant more flowers next year i will get a crop. But I have heard reports about bees going scarce. Most people don’t take the time to think about it. I know I had always been around gardens. I didn’t think about needing bees to get crops!!!!!

]]> Comment on Changes by Shanti Mai http://shantimai.com/blog/changes.html#comment-1671 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:50:51 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/changes.html#comment-1671 I love change so much, I grinned heartily while reading your comment. My all-time favorite quote is Emerson's "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". I just about fell off my chair in 7th grade when my English teacher read that quote. I love change so much, I grinned heartily while reading your comment. My all-time favorite quote is Emerson’s “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”. I just about fell off my chair in 7th grade when my English teacher read that quote.

]]> Comment on Changes by Katestar http://shantimai.com/blog/changes.html#comment-1670 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:24:52 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/changes.html#comment-1670 I say CELEBRATE CHANGE. All my life, people have said to me that they don’t understand why I can’t just be content with things the way they are. Why do I always seek out changing things. My response is by embracing change we are adding spice to our lives and experiencing things that at the time may not be what we expected or sometimes even wanted, but looking back we can see how that experience has blessed and enriched our lives far more than staying stuck in the old way of thinking, living, being and doing our life. When I started my “moving adventures” many years ago, I was told how brave I was to go places where I knew no one and restart my life. Those times were wonderful growing periods. I had the opportunity to meet new people, take some wonderful classes (that weren’t offered in my old area), grow and expand my experiences. I say change is a good thing. If you have not embraced it, instead of fighting it, why not give it a try?! I say CELEBRATE CHANGE. All my life, people have said to me that they don’t understand why I can’t just be content with things the way they are. Why do I always seek out changing things. My response is by embracing change we are adding spice to our lives and experiencing things that at the time may not be what we expected or sometimes even wanted, but looking back we can see how that experience has blessed and enriched our lives far more than staying stuck in the old way of thinking, living, being and doing our life. When I started my “moving adventures” many years ago, I was told how brave I was to go places where I knew no one and restart my life. Those times were wonderful growing periods. I had the opportunity to meet new people, take some wonderful classes (that weren’t offered in my old area), grow and expand my experiences. I say change is a good thing. If you have not embraced it, instead of fighting it, why not give it a try?!

]]> Comment on “Viewing” Buddah, “Viewing” Jesus by Shanti Mai http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1669 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:32:50 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1669 Well said! - And nice to hear from you, Jon! Well said! - And nice to hear from you, Jon!

]]> Comment on “Viewing” Buddah, “Viewing” Jesus by FarmerJon http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1668 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:05:04 +0000 http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html#comment-1668 That reminds me of one of the Carlos Castaneda stories, when Don Juan sent him out on the porch, told him to find the one safe spot, he went to the porch sat down and tried to think of it, feel it visualize it and kept moving from one place to another, always returning to the original starting spot between each move, finally he gave up and fell asleep. In the morning he woke to Juan laughing at him and saying well I see you found the spot, he had instinctively gone to it without even trying, just didn't know it. I think it was a lesson in that we are smarter than we often know, that some things are just built in, that we just don't know about them anymore, from lack of keeping up with our real education of the world around us; what was once common knowledge is now considered fantasy. Just like with what they call remote viewing, we are all capable of it, if we just let it happen, trying to force it, analyze it to the nth detail, only clouds the minds natural abilities... That reminds me of one of the Carlos Castaneda stories, when Don Juan sent him out on the porch, told him to find the one safe spot, he went to the porch sat down and tried to think of it, feel it visualize it and kept moving from one place to another, always returning to the original starting spot between each move, finally he gave up and fell asleep. In the morning he woke to Juan laughing at him and saying well I see you found the spot, he had instinctively gone to it without even trying, just didn’t know it. I think it was a lesson in that we are smarter than we often know, that some things are just built in, that we just don’t know about them anymore, from lack of keeping up with our real education of the world around us; what was once common knowledge is now considered fantasy. Just like with what they call remote viewing, we are all capable of it, if we just let it happen, trying to force it, analyze it to the nth detail, only clouds the minds natural abilities…

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