Comments on: Not practicing: not the end of the world.

By: spiralsongkat

spiralsongkat — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:43:33 +0000

@Andrew:

…your Inner Writer doesn’t know the difference between thinking about writing and writing.

Wait, what? Really? Wow! Thank you so much for that!

@Havi: It’s so wonderful, such a very potent comfort to have at least this one thing in my life that I have complete and utter permission to not beat myself up over when, whether, and how much I do it.

And, with that said (albeit a trifle clumsily), I’m off to do it now. Yay!
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By: Andrew Lightheart @alightheart

Andrew Lightheart @alightheart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:10 +0000

Love the bit about it’s using the *idea* of Shiva Nata to ge-stuck-ify us, rather than the practice itself.

Bit like remembering that your Inner Writer doesn’t know the difference between thinking about writing and writing.

I’m working on that one too…

Right – off for five minutes…
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By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:40:19 +0000

Thank you. (Although this gives me a strange creepy feeling that I am actually psychically screaming and someone can hear me. But I’m going to let that go.)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:47:10 +0000

“You don’t need to shift this pattern right away. It’s much more about just paying attention to the fact that it’s showing up again.”

Brilliant.

This sentence, and the one about the Right Time being exactly when you’re ready for it, apply perfectly to the pattern I am working on right now. I have (had) been having so much trouble mobilizing myself after my full-time job (and often during). I don’t get out of bed in the morning, until the last possible second for me to make it to work on time. Since starting my Shiva Nata practice, I am much more calm about this pattern, and am no longer feeling guilty about it (well, it’s better than it was). I have faith that this pattern will begin shifting soon, but it does not have to be right now.

Thank you, Havi!

By: Wendy Cholbi

Wendy Cholbi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:54:18 +0000

Thank you for saying this, Havi.

I felt such a sense of ease, like my rib cage had opened up to let my heart beat and my lungs breathe, as I read this post.

You’re right. The practice WILL wait for me. It was around long before me and will be around long after. That’s comforting.

Whenever I do it, that will be the right time.

Good. I’m not going to do my five minutes of practice right now. And that’s OK. Maybe later. That’s OK too. Love the OK-ness that’s just swirling around me. Whee!