Comments for PoetKitty's Shaman / Enlightenment Blog http://poetkitty.com A Site Dedicated to Shamanism, Sacred Plants, the Written Word, Self-Discovery, World Travels, Tantra and the Quest for Ultimate Truth and Enlightenment Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:32:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The 1-Year Relationship Mark by Candace http://poetkitty.com/2010/03/the-1-year-relationship-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Candace Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:32:37 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=676#comment-732 Kitty, being female, my heart goes out to you. I don't know what part of the relationship path you are experiencing this week, but I do know that all strong relationships are a work in progress. It's spring in the desert here, and all the animals emerge and grow at this time of year - us included. Kitty, being female, my heart goes out to you. I don’t know what part of the relationship path you are experiencing this week, but I do know that all strong relationships are a work in progress. It’s spring in the desert here, and all the animals emerge and grow at this time of year – us included.

]]> Comment on Suicide and Enlightenment by Tina "Kitty" Courtney http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/suicide-and-enlightenment/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Tina "Kitty" Courtney Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:32:53 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=672#comment-728 Aw, now that makes perfect sense - the core is key, not the current surface experience, which isn't even "real" anyway. THANK YOU love, I feel better now :) Aw, now that makes perfect sense – the core is key, not the current surface experience, which isn’t even “real” anyway. THANK YOU love, I feel better now :)

]]> Comment on Suicide and Enlightenment by Tina "Kitty" Courtney http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/suicide-and-enlightenment/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Tina "Kitty" Courtney Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:31:50 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=672#comment-727 Wow Kev, what an absolutely stellar, mind-expanding response. Thank you for helping me see the true nature of this dying business - this comment couldn't be more appreciated. Wow Kev, what an absolutely stellar, mind-expanding response. Thank you for helping me see the true nature of this dying business – this comment couldn’t be more appreciated.

]]> Comment on Suicide and Enlightenment by Candace http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/suicide-and-enlightenment/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Candace Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:45:28 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=672#comment-723 I had a class in Eastern & Primal religion when I was in college, in Ithaca, NY. We were discussing buddhism and other philosophies, and I asked my teacher, "...so if we've lived a high functioning life with a mindset of peace and love, and then we're hit by a car and before dying, are really pissed off at the crazy inconsiderate guy that just hit us, ...does that state stay with us into the next life and erase all the good work we've done on ourselves?" He said, "No, those angry feelings are superficial and on the surface, it's your core and who you are and the 'whole picture' that carries on into the next state." So that's something to consider too. :) I had a class in Eastern & Primal religion when I was in college, in Ithaca, NY. We were discussing buddhism and other philosophies, and I asked my teacher, “…so if we’ve lived a high functioning life with a mindset of peace and love, and then we’re hit by a car and before dying, are really pissed off at the crazy inconsiderate guy that just hit us, …does that state stay with us into the next life and erase all the good work we’ve done on ourselves?” He said, “No, those angry feelings are superficial and on the surface, it’s your core and who you are and the ‘whole picture’ that carries on into the next state.” So that’s something to consider too. :)

]]> Comment on Suicide and Enlightenment by Kevananada http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/suicide-and-enlightenment/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Kevananada Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:31:41 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=672#comment-722 Kali, the beauty of the struck-by-a-car-out-of-the-blue death scenario is that you exit before the trauma even happens. The body may go through an apparent expression of pain, suffering, trauma, etc., but the consciousness that feels these things is liberated from the body even before actual death occurs. The experience of such things reveals the truely "illusory" nature of so called reality. To borrow your words, what is really "unfair" at least from a certain limited point of view, is the total lack of respect and seriousness of the experience of death. It is very difficult for a non-liberated mind to encounter and experience death as being a total gag, a total joke that you have played on yourself and fully bought into. At the moment of death, you are face to face with the Reality that your entire life was nothing but a dream, a joke, a game of hide and seek that you have been playing on yourself. The raw revelation of the ridiculousness of our investment in such a colossal joke that is death typically becomes so overwhelming that our consciousness grasps at anything that will put us back to sleep in the dreams of life and death. It is not the trauma of the pain of life prior to the moment of death that gets us stuck on this seemingly perpetual wheel, it is the shocking revelation that our whole lives from birth to the moment of death is just one Colossal Self Punk; one gigantuan joke of cosmic proportions that forces our consciousness to hold on to the wheel of life and death as if our lives depended upon it. For in a sense it does. Attachment to the "reality" of our game, and hence, attachment to our game is the ticket onto this merry-go-round. Kali, the beauty of the struck-by-a-car-out-of-the-blue death scenario is that you exit before the trauma even happens. The body may go through an apparent expression of pain, suffering, trauma, etc., but the consciousness that feels these things is liberated from the body even before actual death occurs. The experience of such things reveals the truely “illusory” nature of so called reality. To borrow your words, what is really “unfair” at least from a certain limited point of view, is the total lack of respect and seriousness of the experience of death. It is very difficult for a non-liberated mind to encounter and experience death as being a total gag, a total joke that you have played on yourself and fully bought into. At the moment of death, you are face to face with the Reality that your entire life was nothing but a dream, a joke, a game of hide and seek that you have been playing on yourself. The raw revelation of the ridiculousness of our investment in such a colossal joke that is death typically becomes so overwhelming that our consciousness grasps at anything that will put us back to sleep in the dreams of life and death. It is not the trauma of the pain of life prior to the moment of death that gets us stuck on this seemingly perpetual wheel, it is the shocking revelation that our whole lives from birth to the moment of death is just one Colossal Self Punk; one gigantuan joke of cosmic proportions that forces our consciousness to hold on to the wheel of life and death as if our lives depended upon it. For in a sense it does. Attachment to the “reality” of our game, and hence, attachment to our game is the ticket onto this merry-go-round.

]]> Comment on Five Old Poems, Still Singing Songs by Kim http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/five-old-poems-still-singing-songs/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Kim Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:20:07 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=667#comment-717 I loved that. Thanks. I loved that. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Hello God, It’s Me, God by Lindy http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/hello-god-its-me-god/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Lindy Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:20:48 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=663#comment-708 Hi Kitty Reading your message I had a few thoughts. One is that God isn't hatred. God may be the energy underlying the hatred but that's as far as it goes. It's a paradox is it not? Also if you maintain that pieces of you are separated well perhaps they are, or to be more accurate, perhaps you think they are which amounts to the same thing in a sense. For me the realization that I am myself was very ordinary and not powerful-seeming or 'divine' at all. I simply felt at home, as if things had come into focus. No drama - though it was nice, I have to say. Quietly satisfying, to put it mildly. There had been a lot of drama prior to that I have to say! It isn't a piece of you that has to die. It's something false that doesn't really belong there. Lindy :) Hi Kitty
Reading your message I had a few thoughts. One is that God isn’t hatred. God may be the energy underlying the hatred but that’s as far as it goes. It’s a paradox is it not? Also if you maintain that pieces of you are separated well perhaps they are, or to be more accurate, perhaps you think they are which amounts to the same thing in a sense. For me the realization that I am myself was very ordinary and not powerful-seeming or ‘divine’ at all. I simply felt at home, as if things had come into focus. No drama – though it was nice, I have to say. Quietly satisfying, to put it mildly. There had been a lot of drama prior to that I have to say!
It isn’t a piece of you that has to die. It’s something false that doesn’t really belong there.
Lindy :)

]]> Comment on Voices by Gina http://poetkitty.com/2007/08/voices/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Gina Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:02:30 +0000 http://poetkitty.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/voices/#comment-680 more please :) more please :)

]]> Comment on Huachuma Ceremony #7: Show Me Truth by Winston "Dub" Riley http://poetkitty.com/2010/02/huachuma-ceremony-7-show-me-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Winston "Dub" Riley Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:44:34 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=660#comment-678 Here's my kiss for kat: I loved it kitty. You battle with this warrior. You even imagine that the small You is the counter voice, although the Warrior creates that voice for the entertainment of the small you. But these are great movies to watch! Break out the popcorn baby and enjoy! Fuckin a, we're lucky aren't we?!!! I've got to tell you something which came from a recent exercise I've been engaged in. On day one we were to set the intention for the whole program. I'm searching through the dusty files of my mind...love, kindness, compassion, non-judgement. But from nowhere comes...Drumroll. Contentment. To be content. Naturally the backstory is what do I have to not be content with? A happy home, good health, a supporting family, some really cool friends (like my KitKat), beautiful world to soak up and play in. Clouds and birds and flowers. Even stinky trash in New York City when I visit is an experience to absorb! So yeah. Naturally. What I want from this is to be content. The second part was, "And what inner feeling will come from this intention?" And instantly was the answer. Joy. I'll be joyful. I'll have joy. I almost started crying I was so happy about that! And the last part was, "So what do you need to do to manifest this feeling?" and just as quickly came that answer. To act joyfully. I was like a kid on candy overload for 3 days. I actually referred to being filled with the Holy Spirit (which even now smacks of some psudeo religious thing. Now back to your blog. That making the cell phone ring thing. This goes back to a dream I had while I was much younger and struggling with the start of a divorce and my daughter (who is now 30) was just a baby. The dream was long and I'll have to share the whole comedy/drama with you sometime, but the basics are that there was this preacher and to the congregation he was asking, "If God could say something to you what would it be?" Instantly I knew the answer and held up my hand. There was great frustration in the dream because he didn't see me until I blurted out something which got his attention. But when he came to me and said, "OK young man, what is it God would say to you?" I easily answered him--SIMPLIFY. That was 34 years ago by the way, before the term was as popular as it is now. Love you KitKat. Enjoy the show Here’s my kiss for kat:

I loved it kitty. You battle with this warrior. You even imagine that the small You is the counter voice, although the Warrior creates that voice for the entertainment of the small you. But these are great movies to watch! Break out the popcorn baby and enjoy! Fuckin a, we’re lucky aren’t we?!!!

I’ve got to tell you something which came from a recent exercise I’ve been engaged in. On day one we were to set the intention for the whole program. I’m searching through the dusty files of my mind…love, kindness, compassion, non-judgement. But from nowhere comes…Drumroll. Contentment. To be content.

Naturally the backstory is what do I have to not be content with? A happy home, good health, a supporting family, some really cool friends (like my KitKat), beautiful world to soak up and play in. Clouds and birds and flowers. Even stinky trash in New York City when I visit is an experience to absorb! So yeah. Naturally. What I want from this is to be content.

The second part was, “And what inner feeling will come from this intention?” And instantly was the answer. Joy. I’ll be joyful. I’ll have joy.

I almost started crying I was so happy about that!

And the last part was, “So what do you need to do to manifest this feeling?” and just as quickly came that answer. To act joyfully.

I was like a kid on candy overload for 3 days. I actually referred to being filled with the Holy Spirit (which even now smacks of some psudeo religious thing.

Now back to your blog. That making the cell phone ring thing. This goes back to a dream I had while I was much younger and struggling with the start of a divorce and my daughter (who is now 30) was just a baby. The dream was long and I’ll have to share the whole comedy/drama with you sometime, but the basics are that there was this preacher and to the congregation he was asking, “If God could say something to you what would it be?”

Instantly I knew the answer and held up my hand. There was great frustration in the dream because he didn’t see me until I blurted out something which got his attention. But when he came to me and said, “OK young man, what is it God would say to you?” I easily answered him–SIMPLIFY.

That was 34 years ago by the way, before the term was as popular as it is now.

Love you KitKat. Enjoy the show

]]> Comment on Adventures in Occupational Shifts and Sexual Paradigms by Taina Shakti http://poetkitty.com/2010/01/adventures-in-occupational-shifts-and-sexual-paradigms/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Taina Shakti Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:14:30 +0000 http://poetkitty.com/?p=655#comment-676 Simply beautiful my Goddess sister! Shaktis unite ;) Simply beautiful my Goddess sister! Shaktis unite ;)

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