Comments on: Rest For Just a Moment: The Life Force Made Visible http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139923 archangel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139923 dear Ghostdreams<br><br>I keep thinking with all the convention hype about 'going green,' what if we add our blue moods and get all teal instead. Ok, ok, very horrible attempt at joking around.<br><br>The old native groups dance so regularly; you cant help but see there's a medicinal reason for dancing. The Crow Fair just took place up in Montana; I wrote about it a bit here at TMV. We had to miss it this year. I am so sorry too. There we would be flying-dancing in spirit of crows, owls, eagles, deer<br><br>Hang in there; blue is next to violet, which is next to red in the color spectrum; a poignant meta-image for the way the cycles of moods often spiral through human beings too... <br><br>with kindest regards,<br>dr.e dear Ghostdreams

I keep thinking with all the convention hype about 'going green,' what if we add our blue moods and get all teal instead. Ok, ok, very horrible attempt at joking around.

The old native groups dance so regularly; you cant help but see there's a medicinal reason for dancing. The Crow Fair just took place up in Montana; I wrote about it a bit here at TMV. We had to miss it this year. I am so sorry too. There we would be flying-dancing in spirit of crows, owls, eagles, deer

Hang in there; blue is next to violet, which is next to red in the color spectrum; a poignant meta-image for the way the cycles of moods often spiral through human beings too…

with kindest regards,
dr.e

]]> By: Ghostdreams http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139922 Ghostdreams Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:25:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139922 Thank you for this video Doc! <br>I've been suffering a serious "blue" time and this really helped out! <br>Sometimes all we really need to do is just dance, eh? :)<br>Ghost Thank you for this video Doc!
I've been suffering a serious “blue” time and this really helped out!
Sometimes all we really need to do is just dance, eh? :)
Ghost

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139921 archangel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:22:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139921 Dear JSpencer<br>you too, like me, resting for a moment from the "Presidential wars.' lol.<br><br>I thought that was cool too, the Indian women trope... I also thought, Gosh, I wonder what all the outakes look like too; the bloopers... I noticed one poor soul rushing in to dance, fell down, sort of a 'sliding into second base' kind of falling down. I hope that didn't hurt.<br><br>I am very glad you liked the film too. I dont know what it is exactly, but when you see something that lifts your heart; it somehow isnt as good until you share it<br><br>with kindest regards, <br>dr.e Dear JSpencer
you too, like me, resting for a moment from the “Presidential wars.' lol.

I thought that was cool too, the Indian women trope… I also thought, Gosh, I wonder what all the outakes look like too; the bloopers… I noticed one poor soul rushing in to dance, fell down, sort of a 'sliding into second base' kind of falling down. I hope that didn't hurt.

I am very glad you liked the film too. I dont know what it is exactly, but when you see something that lifts your heart; it somehow isnt as good until you share it

with kindest regards,
dr.e

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139920 archangel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:18:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139920 dear Leonidas<br>I likeyour phrase, 'silly jig'... When I saw this film, I thought, like you did, Yes, let's do that too!<br><br>I wonder if you notice too, that there really is a constant little dance going on in the body. We absolutely CANNOT stand stock still, no matter how hard we try... some pulse or breath or tiny swaying is always going on... dancibg<br><br>with kindest regards, <br>dr.e dear Leonidas
I likeyour phrase, 'silly jig'… When I saw this film, I thought, like you did, Yes, let's do that too!

I wonder if you notice too, that there really is a constant little dance going on in the body. We absolutely CANNOT stand stock still, no matter how hard we try… some pulse or breath or tiny swaying is always going on… dancibg

with kindest regards,
dr.e

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139919 archangel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:14:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139919 dear Jose<br>it is a good question. Las curanderas/os, healers of any sort, western medical docs, nurses, teachers, historians, scientists... so many others...I would just offer these to weigh with: Is what comes from each one meant to challenge, to grow the psyche/spirit/creative life/intellect... or to make it only cunning, poisonous, or devastated? Are the words and means offered with a love and understanding of humanity or with grudge-bearing and a fatal vision that accidentally or purposely makes 'the patient's' soul and psyche somehow smaller, more ingrown, rather than larger, more visionary? As you can see, the question is huge, and answers, many layered. Yet, these two inquiries above ought serve well. The gut also knows who is lit like a fresh candle and who is a black sun.<br><br>Texas A&M University Press will, not too far down the road here, publish a book i wrote, La Curandera, Healing in Two Worlds. The work comes from the Fay Lecture Award I received at Tex A&M a few years back. (I have to smile, they also made me an honorary Aggie, which as I understand is the very most high honor, eclipsing all else.)<br><br>I often see the comments readers leave on my weekly column at NCR Jose. Thank you. I am always grateful for readers' thoughts, even though I cant always answer. I glad you read at both places, and you are welcome at both, Jose.<br><br>with kindest regards,<br>dr.e dear Jose
it is a good question. Las curanderas/os, healers of any sort, western medical docs, nurses, teachers, historians, scientists… so many others…I would just offer these to weigh with: Is what comes from each one meant to challenge, to grow the psyche/spirit/creative life/intellect… or to make it only cunning, poisonous, or devastated? Are the words and means offered with a love and understanding of humanity or with grudge-bearing and a fatal vision that accidentally or purposely makes 'the patient's' soul and psyche somehow smaller, more ingrown, rather than larger, more visionary? As you can see, the question is huge, and answers, many layered. Yet, these two inquiries above ought serve well. The gut also knows who is lit like a fresh candle and who is a black sun.

Texas A&M University Press will, not too far down the road here, publish a book i wrote, La Curandera, Healing in Two Worlds. The work comes from the Fay Lecture Award I received at Tex A&M a few years back. (I have to smile, they also made me an honorary Aggie, which as I understand is the very most high honor, eclipsing all else.)

I often see the comments readers leave on my weekly column at NCR Jose. Thank you. I am always grateful for readers' thoughts, even though I cant always answer. I glad you read at both places, and you are welcome at both, Jose.

with kindest regards,
dr.e

]]> By: jose321 http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139918 jose321 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:42:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139918 Hi Clarissa,<br>I am currently enjoying "Women Who Run With the Wolves." I also enjoy your articles through the National Catholic Reporter. I thank you for opening my eyes, ears, heart, mind, and soul, about my/our tradition from Mexico, which often, even we are cut off from for reasons, still unbeknownst to me. Anyhow, I have a basic question, and I do not know if you can answer it be it I am not exactly sure whether you consider yourself a 'curandera' ("healer") or not, "How does one know and/or tell whether a 'curandera,' in the best, and literal sense of the term, is a true, wise, healer...not in her shadow/dark side/witch archetype, to use a bit of Jungian terminology, and at her best, true self? How do I know when I am dealing with a truly, wise, life giving 'Sabia,' or "Wise One" and not a bruja or witch? Thanks & Peace,<br>Jose<br><a href="mailto:joselgut@sbcglobal.net">joselgut@sbcglobal.net</a> Hi Clarissa,
I am currently enjoying “Women Who Run With the Wolves.” I also enjoy your articles through the National Catholic Reporter. I thank you for opening my eyes, ears, heart, mind, and soul, about my/our tradition from Mexico, which often, even we are cut off from for reasons, still unbeknownst to me. Anyhow, I have a basic question, and I do not know if you can answer it be it I am not exactly sure whether you consider yourself a 'curandera' (“healer”) or not, “How does one know and/or tell whether a 'curandera,' in the best, and literal sense of the term, is a true, wise, healer…not in her shadow/dark side/witch archetype, to use a bit of Jungian terminology, and at her best, true self? How do I know when I am dealing with a truly, wise, life giving 'Sabia,' or “Wise One” and not a bruja or witch? Thanks & Peace,
Jose
joselgut@sbcglobal.net

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139917 JSpencer Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:47:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139917 Thanks Dr E, that was pretty cool. I liked the one in India where he changed his routine for a couple moments and did the other moves. What a traveler! Thanks Dr E, that was pretty cool. I liked the one in India where he changed his routine for a couple moments and did the other moves. What a traveler!

]]> By: Leonidas http://themoderatevoice.com/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-139916 Leonidas Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:50:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/psychology/22294/rest-for-just-a-moment-the-life-force-made-visible/#comment-139916 Thanks for sharing, people of the world can come together to dance a silly jig, yet cannot come together for so many other reasons when we really should. Perhaps we'd be better off not taking ourselves so seriously and dance that sill jig a bit more often. Thanks for sharing, people of the world can come together to dance a silly jig, yet cannot come together for so many other reasons when we really should. Perhaps we'd be better off not taking ourselves so seriously and dance that sill jig a bit more often.

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