Comments on: Gaps. And the finding of them. http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/ Hot buttered epiphanies and unlikely insights with Shiva Nata. We're the Shivanauts. Whoo! Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Level Zero Shivanaut | Qrystal.name http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Level Zero Shivanaut | Qrystal.name Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:27:09 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-1450 [...] makes people feel “like an idiot for not coming up with it sooner”, as Havi writes in a blog post about a mini-epiphany she had. Which makes me wonder, why do we minimize our epiphanies by appending ‘mini’ [...] [...] makes people feel “like an idiot for not coming up with it sooner”, as Havi writes in a blog post about a mini-epiphany she had. Which makes me wonder, why do we minimize our epiphanies by appending ‘mini’ [...]

]]> By: jessica swift http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-957 jessica swift Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:30:55 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-957 I had my very first Dance of Shiva epiphany this morning! I'm in the very beginning stages of practicing (like, I'm really really so bad at the basic movements, it's pretty hilarious). Anyway, I realized that when I tried to figure out what I was doing with my brain, I instantly screwed everything up, but when I just let my body do the movements and follow along with Andrey, it was much easier. The insight was that THIS CAN APPLY TO MY WHOLE LIFE. When I over-think everything, it actually makes my life HARDER, and I can choose to take things less seriously and not judge and over-think every teeny step I take. And I felt like I got it at a deeper level than I normally get things-- like, my body got it, and then it took my brain along with it. AMAZING. I'm so excited to begin this practice and to join this community of people who are regularly having these epiphanies. I'm obsessed already! Bring 'em on. Oh, I wrote about the epiphany more on my site here if you're interested: http://www.jessicaswift.com/treasuring/2010/4/13/dance-of-shiva-insight-numero-uno.html .-= jessica swift´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.jessicaswift.com/treasuring/2010/4/12/experiments-week-2-the-dance-of-shiva.html" rel="nofollow">experiments: week 2, the dance of shiva</a> =-. I had my very first Dance of Shiva epiphany this morning! I’m in the very beginning stages of practicing (like, I’m really really so bad at the basic movements, it’s pretty hilarious). Anyway, I realized that when I tried to figure out what I was doing with my brain, I instantly screwed everything up, but when I just let my body do the movements and follow along with Andrey, it was much easier. The insight was that THIS CAN APPLY TO MY WHOLE LIFE. When I over-think everything, it actually makes my life HARDER, and I can choose to take things less seriously and not judge and over-think every teeny step I take. And I felt like I got it at a deeper level than I normally get things– like, my body got it, and then it took my brain along with it. AMAZING.

I’m so excited to begin this practice and to join this community of people who are regularly having these epiphanies. I’m obsessed already! Bring ‘em on.

Oh, I wrote about the epiphany more on my site here if you’re interested: http://www.jessicaswift.com/treasuring/2010/4/13/dance-of-shiva-insight-numero-uno.html
jessica swift´s last blog ..experiments: week 2, the dance of shiva

]]> By: Insights & Pleas « Wings of Flight http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Insights & Pleas « Wings of Flight Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:58:13 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-955 [...] had a couple of these epiphanies this weekend, which are fabulous to be experiencing. I blame ShivaNata and taking time to really [...] [...] had a couple of these epiphanies this weekend, which are fabulous to be experiencing. I blame ShivaNata and taking time to really [...]

]]> By: chicsinger simone http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-932 chicsinger simone Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:02:16 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-932 Yup, had one of those DUH! moments myself, post-flailing. I've been working on losing winter weight gain and concurrently clearing my space, getting ready for warm weather. Of course any dingus could see that the two are related, (and of course the FlyLady had been telling me this for years), but it didn't seem to connect in a real way for me until the other morning. For some reason the phrase "ridding excess" rang a bell somewhere in my knowing and I GOT IT, in my body or brain or both...DUH!!! Oh well. At least now I really KNOW this and can approach them both in a mindful way, if I can just remember! @Willie: I nearly spit my tea on the computer: "Stupid epiphanies! Stop making so much sense! *runs away* " Ha! Thanks for that and to Havissima for pointing out this phenomenon. xxoo Yup, had one of those DUH! moments myself, post-flailing.

I’ve been working on losing winter weight gain and concurrently clearing my space, getting ready for warm weather. Of course any dingus could see that the two are related, (and of course the FlyLady had been telling me this for years), but it didn’t seem to connect in a real way for me until the other morning.

For some reason the phrase “ridding excess” rang a bell somewhere in my knowing and I GOT IT, in my body or brain or both…DUH!!!

Oh well. At least now I really KNOW this and can approach them both in a mindful way, if I can just remember!

@Willie: I nearly spit my tea on the computer: “Stupid epiphanies! Stop making so much sense! *runs away* ”

Ha! Thanks for that and to Havissima for pointing out this phenomenon. xxoo

]]> By: Willie Hewes http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Willie Hewes Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:26:20 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-931 !!! "So it seems more like you’re the idiot than ..." Idiot! Resistence! Because! This, yes! Aargh! Coherent version: I think part of the reason doing Dance of Shiva is currently all stuckified and grumpy to me is that the epiphanies or genius-ness often makes me feel kinda dumb. Even though <i>I'm being a genius at that moment</i>, it feels really stupid and un-special. "Well done, dimbo, I bet everyone else figured that one out, like, three years ago. Sheesh." I'm not doing the Dance because in a way it's easier to be an idiot all the time but not feel like one. (OK, also because I'm a bit stuck between levels, but that's just the practical bit.) I need to change the way I react to my epiphanies, and learn to appreciate them as worthy of amazement. Which, by the by, links into that thing Charlie was saying to me. *ka-bing* Aaargh! Stupid epiphanies! Stop making so much sense! *runs away* !!!

“So it seems more like you’re the idiot than …”

Idiot! Resistence! Because! This, yes! Aargh!

Coherent version: I think part of the reason doing Dance of Shiva is currently all stuckified and grumpy to me is that the epiphanies or genius-ness often makes me feel kinda dumb. Even though I’m being a genius at that moment, it feels really stupid and un-special. “Well done, dimbo, I bet everyone else figured that one out, like, three years ago. Sheesh.”

I’m not doing the Dance because in a way it’s easier to be an idiot all the time but not feel like one. (OK, also because I’m a bit stuck between levels, but that’s just the practical bit.) I need to change the way I react to my epiphanies, and learn to appreciate them as worthy of amazement. Which, by the by, links into that thing Charlie was saying to me. *ka-bing*

Aaargh! Stupid epiphanies! Stop making so much sense!

*runs away*

]]> By: Josiane http://shivanata.com/blog/stuff-i-think-about/gaps-and-the-finding-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Josiane Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:53:08 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1183#comment-926 I love that there was one word in what your annoyance told you that acted as a trigger and instantly made you realise that this was calling for a Dance of Shiva session. I can see it from here: "An opening? Oh, of course: this is a mission for Shiva Nata Mouse!" :) .-= Josiane´s last blog ..<a href="http://kimianak.posterous.com/middle-of-the-night-musings" rel="nofollow">Middle of the night musings</a> =-. I love that there was one word in what your annoyance told you that acted as a trigger and instantly made you realise that this was calling for a Dance of Shiva session.
I can see it from here: “An opening? Oh, of course: this is a mission for Shiva Nata Mouse!” :)
Josiane´s last blog ..Middle of the night musings

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