Comments for A Quiet Watercourse

Comment on Duality and evil. by Gary House

Gary House — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:15:36 +0000

In traditional mythologies throughout the world, we human beings are both evil and good inherently, but tend to reject our evil aspects in order to please our narcissistic egos. This act of self-rejection/denial renders us substantially dysfunctional. The only way out is to not only admit our tendencies to evil but love them unconditionally. Once we have done that we can observe ourselves and others without judgment and live in perpetual inner peace. This is the basis of all forms of salvation.

Comment on Derek Acorah, busted! by vkrippen

vkrippen — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:39:24 +0000

I’ve seen Derek Acorah’s live performance and I’ve personally found them to be quite entertaining. Although I do believe a lot of what goes on in Most Haunted is absolute tripe, I do think he is a genuine psychic when it comes to his readings.

Comment on SitQuietly by Thijs

Thijs — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:31:32 +0000

Thanks Richard, this is definitely better then the alarm on my phone Good luck on getting sitquietly in universe!

Comment on Authenticity, revisited by Wing Chun Las Vegas Kung Fu Student

Wing Chun Las Vegas Kung Fu Student — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:54:01 +0000

It is my opinion that the term “authentic” when applied to any martial art simply means the teaching is consistent with the originators viewpoint and the lineage from the originator to the “authentic” teacher, sensi or sifu is intact as opposed to someone who never actually learned the style in point teaching it based on their intrepretation of the forms and movements.

I think all martial arts have their value and the art chosen should be in harmony with the students temperment, objectives and physiology.

There is nothing wrong with “interpretations” as such in my humble opinion but if someone says “I teach authentic whatever” I naturally assume they are a disciple of a disciple ultimately leading back to the originator and they have chosen to maintain the actual teachings of that particular style as opposed to a modification or intrepretation of it.

Comment on Go easy on yourself by preciousmetal

preciousmetal — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:09:39 +0000

Thanks for the post and the reminder. I’ve been dealing with alot of guilt lately and your post helped.

Comment on Go easy on yourself by PeterAtLarge

PeterAtLarge — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:58:44 +0000

Thanks for the reminder. I’m off to Europe tomorrow, for a three week stay, and the thought will come in especially handy as I travel! Cheers, PaL

Comment on Go easy on yourself by Lewis

Lewis — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:11:16 +0000

Oh Richard, how well you have given shape to my own feelings and habits too. I am quite moved by your title there, a deep part of me found recognition with that need. I have a tendency to control myself quite strongly, punishing myself just as harshly when I am unable to live up to the ideals I set for myself. And you’re right. Who says I have to live up to those ideals at all? Where did they come from? We can use inquiry to discover these things, like old Buddha said – great doubt, great faith..

I find it very intriguing there, that use of imagined rules. It’s a great insight.

So, I guess then, if we’re still afraid to take the leash off, at the least we could treat ourselves like a kite being held by a string, rather than a dog with a choke-chain. Mmm, that’s good imagery, I like that.

Comment on Beginning to move on. by Richard

Richard — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:47:25 +0000

Hi Becca,

Thanks for the heads up, it should be working fine now.

metta,

Rich

Comment on Beginning to move on. by becca

becca — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:23:09 +0000

hi Richard

tried the urls you left and so far they don’t work just a 404 Error this address is not found on this server.

i look forward to your site being up and running.

{{hugs}}
beccaxx

Comment on Friends, Greek friends and Geek friends. by Richard

Richard — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:06:08 +0000

Hi Angela,

Glad you enjoyed it! Currently I’m still on WordPress.com, though once I finish getting some hosting setup I’ll be pointing my domain to a new site using the download version of WordPress from wordpress.org.

I hope to gain some flexibility, and and get Sitquietly hosted in the same place as the rest of the site.