Comments on: Taking Delight in Little Things

By: tammy

tammy — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:46:57 +0000

i stopped at 12.
12 was a very good year for me.
i laugh. sometimes i can just think of something funny and i laugh. when you’re alone and laughing out loud, people look at you as if you have a bolt loose. a screw loose? whichever. you know.
i am pretty much winnie the pooh with occasional eyeore days. only because i dearly love eyeore. i think he’s calm and probably sensible. and i have always aspired to be calm and sensible.
life is good.
tammy j

By: grace

grace — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:22:08 +0000

I admit, I have a little girl inside of me all this time. And I think, she is my best friend.

By: LiveBingo

LiveBingo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:50:46 +0000

Oh very nice i also feel like you i’m 40 years old
but till today my activities completely like childish
and i love it

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:17:03 +0000

I guess in psychosynthesis’s terms the higer self or the whole is what authenticity is about – or the integration of the higher self.

Evans last blog post..Belief, Certainty and Agreement

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:10:18 +0000

Evan,
Sure Whitman was grandiose, and that doesn’t mean some of us don’t have multitudes inside of us. That’s why I like Psychosynthesis…it recognizes our contradictions and tries to integrate them into some larger whole. Being more interested in creativity than in therapy, that approach appeals to me. For me it’s a lot more fun.

Don’t forget, my mission in life is to avoid being eaten by a crocodile.

By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:36:40 +0000

Hi bikehikebabe,

Thanks for visiting. I hope you love TA as well, I love its accessibility.

I get obsessed (detailed) in my quest for clarity – and yes I know that this may be the problem rather than the solution.

I love gestalt not only for its effectiveness but also for its theoretical clarity.

Thanks, Evan

By: bikehikebabe

bikehikebabe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:23:41 +0000

Hi Evan, I wondered why you were so caught up in detail (authenticity) so I read your autobiography on your website. Wow!

I’m interested in psychology. (My daughter is a psychologist.) I went to a couple Gestalt sessions. I talked to a pillow (my mother). Then I was the pillow (my mother). I was shocked that my voice sounded like hers & at what she said-never mind that. I read the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator book. I don’t know what Transactional Analysis is. Will put that on my list. -ha

By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:53:00 +0000

I think the authentic Walt Whitman was quite grandiose if you see what I mean.

I think there are some things that we care about more than others. Some things we react to instinctively. Some objects and relationships we treasure. I think these are clues to what is authentic to us and what authenticity is for us. Trust this makes sense.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:33:46 +0000

Evan,
I’m still not clear what the term “authenticity” means to me. I keep thinking of Walt Whitman:

“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”

Who was the authentic Walt Whitman?

By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:46:44 +0000

Hi Jean,
I now realise we’ve been missing each other a little in this discussion.

I think we need to surface the relation between pleasure and authenticity. I don’t think the relation is direct, more overlapping at some points or to do with deeper and more superficial kinds of pleasure or something. What do you think?

Evans last blog post..Belief, Certainty and Agreement