Comments on: Formulaic? http://www.oleoptene.com/2008/05/28/formulaic/ A blog for Mara Collins Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jenny http://www.oleoptene.com/2008/05/28/formulaic/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Jenny Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:56:47 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=172#comment-1767 I've gone back and read this post so many times now I can't even keep count. You have voiced so many of my own thoughts/fears about blogging! It's so much easier when it's you having the self-doubt, though, to say unequivocally, YES! You can do all those things, and please keep on trusting us, your readers, and to the process because I need to keep hearing what you have to say. I’ve gone back and read this post so many times now I can’t even keep count. You have voiced so many of my own thoughts/fears about blogging! It’s so much easier when it’s you having the self-doubt, though, to say unequivocally, YES! You can do all those things, and please keep on trusting us, your readers, and to the process because I need to keep hearing what you have to say.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.oleoptene.com/2008/05/28/formulaic/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Patrick Fri, 30 May 2008 12:15:42 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=172#comment-1725 "Consider pleasure and pain as the same thing, And success and loss, victory and defeat as well, Then give yourself to the struggle And you won't bring disaster on yourself." - Bhagavad-Gita You remind me of the importance of being vulnerable. Thanks Mara! Being vulnerable allows me to be open to another, to allow another person or group to enjoy their own desire and strength--and, ultimately, it is the foundation for love. Although the feeling of being vulnerable is uncomfortable, understood as a basic spiritual condition, it can deepen what strengths we have. “Consider pleasure and pain as the same thing,
And success and loss, victory and defeat as well,
Then give yourself to the struggle
And you won’t bring disaster on yourself.” – Bhagavad-Gita

You remind me of the importance of being vulnerable. Thanks Mara! Being vulnerable allows me to be open to another, to allow another person or group to enjoy their own desire and strength–and, ultimately, it is the foundation for love. Although the feeling of being vulnerable is uncomfortable, understood as a basic spiritual condition, it can deepen what strengths we have.

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