tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684193254159091486.post7841452246591027252..comments2022-02-14T06:58:40.770-07:00Comments on after the POP: suit up and show upAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348613155864799387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684193254159091486.post-81902922277294110132012-09-12T21:22:40.840-06:002012-09-12T21:22:40.840-06:00hey joe-
it seems as if you might know me a littl...hey joe-<br /><br />it seems as if you might know me a little:)<br />the truth for me is that i have avoided knowing myself for very many years- only the last decade have i begun to invoke this courage for self-reflection- and even then i have been mostly reluctant to look very deeply. <br />more often than i like to acknowledge, i return to the 10 year old boy i was when i started to feel shame. this is when i have to remember i am not that boy any longer- only the pencil marks remain...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348613155864799387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684193254159091486.post-49878271030342132932012-09-12T17:20:34.416-06:002012-09-12T17:20:34.416-06:00My guiding quote below, regarding the courage and ...My guiding quote below, regarding the courage and determination it takes to work the hardest game of all, changing yourself... this is a tough read!<br /><br />"To possess the right to the name of "man," one must be one. And to be such, one must first of all, with an indefatigable persistence and an unquenchable impulse of desire, issuing from all the separate independent parts constituting one's entire common presence, that is to say, with a desire issuing simultaneously from thought, feeling and organic instinct, work on an all-round knowledge of oneself-at the same time struggling unceasingly with one's subjective weaknesses-and then afterwards, taking one's stand upon the results thus obtained by one's consciousness alone, concerning the defects in ones, established subjectivity as well as the elucidated means for the possibility of combating them, strive for their eradication without mercy towards oneself."<br />-G. I Gurdjieff<br />Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (Third Book p. 399)<br /><br />Joe Michellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259391852632757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684193254159091486.post-14314625651255609672012-08-31T22:22:32.879-06:002012-08-31T22:22:32.879-06:00strange as it may sound, i believe i am becoming m...strange as it may sound, i believe i am becoming more comfortable in my own skin. it has taken these years to really see how i am and what i want to work on. surrendering to being "average" and letting my humanity be okay has taken patience- on my part and on the people who care for me. <br /><br />as usual- journaling about my shortcomings really takes the teeth out of their bite. <br /><br />happy recovery month jeremyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348613155864799387noreply@blogger.com