tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747406798765469589.post6176612272905243173..comments2022-04-11T18:07:26.293-07:00Comments on A Personal Quest: My First CartoonTony Sturtevanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428858140737511367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747406798765469589.post-83114303423317988242010-04-27T04:11:01.335-07:002010-04-27T04:11:01.335-07:00Thank you for the inspiration. And now also a new...Thank you for the inspiration. And now also a new book to read.EKGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091247242362407626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747406798765469589.post-17576342417406933052010-04-27T02:04:37.916-07:002010-04-27T02:04:37.916-07:00I grok what you are saying about quietness and lea...I grok what you are saying about quietness and learning to be with our selves and our own thoughts, turning off all the distractions and tuning into the infinity within. Glad to know that you are a teacher, I take comfort in knowing that you are sharing such ideas with those around you. Thanks so much for your thoughtful commentary.Tony Sturtevanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428858140737511367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747406798765469589.post-1669383008283521842010-04-27T01:02:46.788-07:002010-04-27T01:02:46.788-07:00Yes. The continuation of war on behalf of the u.s...Yes. The continuation of war on behalf of the u.s. is disappointing from the president who was to offer hope. <br /><br />When I think of the mountainous regions of the Middle East, I identify with the nomadic tribes and small villages. People are living there. The war is killing some of those people and affecting all of the people living their lives peacefully. <br /><br />In more urban areas, the destruction of ancient artifacts is extremely disturbing to me in addition to the humans who are affected.<br /><br />Greg Mortenson's work with education in rural, mountainous regions is work that touches me. Directing energy toward the seeds of enlightenment is the work for everyone, and can be accomplished by each of us when we can be quiet and reflective, and then inspired. The inspired mind warms the heart and charges it with a new beat that then leads the body to action. <br /><br />When we allow ourselves to be distracted we lose our inspiration and can be diverted into any way, without bringing our mind along. Then anything can happen. It's not, "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything," - it's, "be quiet now. Let the inspiration." Not that we all have to be in a prayer modality every waking second of the day. But that is the root: the quietness. That's free. From there, smart choices can happen. <br /><br />So I'm talking about the political and personal. The manifestation of our fears, our unguided impulses then rationalized. So we can begin with quietness and navigate toward warmth and meaning, or we can remain in the mix of pinballs reacting to any random forces around us. Like free radicals creating a medium of disease, rather than a glow of being that emanates freely. Without a hiccup or being hooked into an entanglement. If there's a distraction, we can choose to return to quietness to find. <br /><br />Beginning with fear, then acting, we look around and without the heart or inspiration, the mind melds to what it sees, and begins to offer reasoning to explain it. That's backwards. That's what's happening in war. <br /><br />In addition to the quiet/ reactive kind of ignorance, there is the cultural and monetary ignorance that is more visible and disgusting. And we are getting used to it. We're past getting used to it. Feeding on distraction leads to mindlessness, fear & waste in addition to immense pain that hollows out our bones & pulls the life from our bodies. At any time it can all be shifted back to inspiration through tiny permutations of experience & reflection. Then, Zap! In an instant! Particles of thought...waves of thought...particles of thought...waves of thought... hmmm...EKGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091247242362407626noreply@blogger.com