Comments for 100 Days of Peace http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com A 100-day experience of inner peace Tue, 13 May 2008 17:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Day 63 (2008-05-07): The money dream (Life is a dream, Part 2) by urbanpixie http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/day-63-2008-05-07-the-money-dream-life-is-a-dream-part-2/#comment-321 urbanpixie Thu, 08 May 2008 01:44:09 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-321 Enjoy & let us know how it goes. I'm throwing love at my own prosperity now, too, & I think you're right about keeping it more platonic, pure in nature! Sex makes it much more messy! :) Enjoy & let us know how it goes. I’m throwing love at my own prosperity now, too, & I think you’re right about keeping it more platonic, pure in nature! Sex makes it much more messy! :)

]]> Comment on Day 38 (2008-04-12): Safe and certain by Lola http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/day-38-2008-04-12-safe-and-certain/#comment-320 Lola Wed, 07 May 2008 20:08:09 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-320 I SO know what you mean. We choose an unconventional life because we don't want a conventional one, yet we then try and judge our lives by conventions, or create conventions when we've consciously decided we don't want them! That might partly come from the fact that we have so much freedom to do things in the way that we want that we're afraid we'll do something wrong or miss something. We KNOW that people (most) work certain hours - 9 to 5 is considered a normal working day - so subconsciously we probably think that's the right way, even if we consciously rejected it. It feels unfamiliar and in some way unsafe to allow ourselves to work, say, from 1am to 4am, or from 12 until 4. We kinda ask "am i really allowed to do this?"... I SO know what you mean. We choose an unconventional life because we don’t want a conventional one, yet we then try and judge our lives by conventions, or create conventions when we’ve consciously decided we don’t want them! That might partly come from the fact that we have so much freedom to do things in the way that we want that we’re afraid we’ll do something wrong or miss something. We KNOW that people (most) work certain hours - 9 to 5 is considered a normal working day - so subconsciously we probably think that’s the right way, even if we consciously rejected it. It feels unfamiliar and in some way unsafe to allow ourselves to work, say, from 1am to 4am, or from 12 until 4. We kinda ask “am i really allowed to do this?”…

]]> Comment on Day 62 (2008-05-06): Life is a dream by Day 63 (2008-05-07): The money dream (Life is a dream, Part 2) « 100 Days of Peace http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/day-62-2008-05-06-life-is-a-dream/#comment-319 Day 63 (2008-05-07): The money dream (Life is a dream, Part 2) « 100 Days of Peace Wed, 07 May 2008 11:57:28 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-319 [...] Yesterday I caught a clip of financial alchemist Morgana Rae discussing how her relationship to money changed. She went from thinking of it as a villain to a handsome suitor. Right away I had the idea of putting that together with the “life is a dream” experience I wrote about yesterday. [...] [...] Yesterday I caught a clip of financial alchemist Morgana Rae discussing how her relationship to money changed. She went from thinking of it as a villain to a handsome suitor. Right away I had the idea of putting that together with the “life is a dream” experience I wrote about yesterday. [...]

]]> Comment on Day 61 (2008-05-05): Pretending by jessjett http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/day-61-2008-05-05-pretending/#comment-318 jessjett Tue, 06 May 2008 16:41:26 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-318 I can relate. Although for me, it's more pretending that I belong wherever I am. Like by being at a certain place (primarily a social setting, but it can also apply to a physical location), I'm claiming to belong there, but since I don't feel like I belong, I'm actually a fraud. My need to connect is real, but only if it is authentic. In order for it to be authentic, I have to be open. Hence my struggle between connecting and not wanting to be vulnerable. A feeling of belonging is rare for me, so this feeling of being a fraud shows up often. I might even say that it shows up more with people I'm close to as they're the ones who know more about me and can expose me. This is why trust is so important. I can relate. Although for me, it’s more pretending that I belong wherever I am. Like by being at a certain place (primarily a social setting, but it can also apply to a physical location), I’m claiming to belong there, but since I don’t feel like I belong, I’m actually a fraud.

My need to connect is real, but only if it is authentic. In order for it to be authentic, I have to be open. Hence my struggle between connecting and not wanting to be vulnerable.

A feeling of belonging is rare for me, so this feeling of being a fraud shows up often. I might even say that it shows up more with people I’m close to as they’re the ones who know more about me and can expose me. This is why trust is so important.

]]> Comment on Day 59 (2008-05-03): Great Adventure (Joy, gratitude, and wonder, revisited) by Curtis G. Schmitt http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/day-59-2008-05-03-great-adventure-joy-gratitude-and-wonder-revisited/#comment-317 Curtis G. Schmitt Sun, 04 May 2008 18:25:32 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-317 Update: I had a blast. Great friends, great rides. It was a little on the cold side and uncomfortable in that sense, but that was the price we paid for short lines. It definitely feels like setting the intention laid the foundation for how much I enjoyed myself. Update: I had a blast. Great friends, great rides. It was a little on the cold side and uncomfortable in that sense, but that was the price we paid for short lines. It definitely feels like setting the intention laid the foundation for how much I enjoyed myself.

]]> Comment on Day 76 (2008-02-10): Joy, gratitude, and wonder, Part 2 by Day 59 (2008-05-03): Great Adventure (Joy, gratitude, and wonder, revisited) « 100 Days of Peace http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/day-76-2008-02-10-joy-gratitude-and-wonder-part-2/#comment-316 Day 59 (2008-05-03): Great Adventure (Joy, gratitude, and wonder, revisited) « 100 Days of Peace Sat, 03 May 2008 11:21:15 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-316 [...] wonder. This worked so well a few months ago that I want to try it again (and why I lost sight of this practice, I don’t [...] [...] wonder. This worked so well a few months ago that I want to try it again (and why I lost sight of this practice, I don’t [...]

]]> Comment on Day 75 (2008-02-09): Joy, gratitude, and wonder by Day 59 (2008-05-03): Great Adventure (Joy, gratitude, and wonder, revisited) « 100 Days of Peace http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/day-75-2008-02-09-joy-gratitude-and-wonder/#comment-315 Day 59 (2008-05-03): Great Adventure (Joy, gratitude, and wonder, revisited) « 100 Days of Peace Sat, 03 May 2008 11:18:15 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-315 [...] the park and experience a great adventure full of joy, gratitude, and wonder. This worked so well a few months ago that I want to try it again (and why I haven’t tried it since eludes [...] [...] the park and experience a great adventure full of joy, gratitude, and wonder. This worked so well a few months ago that I want to try it again (and why I haven’t tried it since eludes [...]

]]> Comment on Day 58 (2008-05-02): Full day by urbanpixie http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/day-58-2008-05-02-full-day/#comment-314 urbanpixie Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:55 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-314 Thanks for the reminder & I'll practice my presence today, too! Thanks for the reminder & I’ll practice my presence today, too!

]]> Comment on Day 55 (2008-04-29): I love you by Curtis G. Schmitt http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/day-55-2008-04-29-i-love-you/#comment-313 Curtis G. Schmitt Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:35:35 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-313 Update: I told 3 male friends and 1 female friend that I loved them. Wasn't so scary. :) Update: I told 3 male friends and 1 female friend that I loved them. Wasn’t so scary. :)

]]> Comment on Day 37 (2008-04-11): Pleasure by Day 54 (2008-04-28): Presumptive pleasure (Pleasure, Part 2) « 100 Days of Peace http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/day-37-2008-04-11-pleasure/#comment-311 Day 54 (2008-04-28): Presumptive pleasure (Pleasure, Part 2) « 100 Days of Peace Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:37:24 +0000 http://100daysofpeace.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-311 [...] G. Schmitt For the past few weeks, I’ve been observing how I experience and relate to pleasure in my [...] [...] G. Schmitt For the past few weeks, I’ve been observing how I experience and relate to pleasure in my [...]

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