tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.comments2009-09-01T18:59:37.300-07:00Cartwheels on the CeilingJ. Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02597974409333992867noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.post-35561123774708606682009-08-31T22:41:15.184-07:002009-08-31T22:41:15.184-07:00Friend speaks my mind.Friend speaks my mind.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554562941204244502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.post-74902555349827939532009-08-31T22:40:10.018-07:002009-08-31T22:40:10.018-07:00Really there is no need to force it. When the word...Really there is no need to force it. When the words are brimming at your lips, let them slip. All the rest of your time is dedicated to research; or the experiences that replenish your inkwell. You live well and prosper, we'll wait for as long as it takes for your digestion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554562941204244502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.post-48194732721388970022009-08-31T22:37:12.756-07:002009-08-31T22:37:12.756-07:00yeah she doesyeah she doesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554562941204244502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.post-63087793837292596902008-11-08T09:26:00.000-08:002008-11-08T09:26:00.000-08:00Thank you for your comment. I think that what I he...Thank you for your comment. <BR/>I think that what I hear in Seres' view, on not feeling the need to procure more, is encompassed by how I defined peace. I believe that the people in other cultures perhaps have inner peace but still find ways to deepen how they view life. They sink more into the moment or look for opportunities to learn new skills appropriate to where and who they are. I think of <BR/>The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) and the culture I read about there. I would find it hard to believe that there is one person who does not reach out in some way to be beyond themselves not as a need but perhaps more as an opportunity, a creative urge, that it is only natural to fulfill. I do not see a level of dissatisfaction as being necessary when one strives. Perhaps contentment is the wrong word to use for some, because they define the term more accurately than most. However, for many (I think unfortunately) contentment ultimately equals stagnation.J. Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597974409333992867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722543916230389300.post-32200969238303959592008-10-31T08:23:00.000-07:002008-10-31T08:23:00.000-07:00Sometimes I feel like we are parallels. Good words...Sometimes I feel like we are parallels. Good words my friend, you speak my mind. I think many find contentment a safer place to be. But in recent conversation, I have discovered a different view of contentment. Our friend Seres speaks about cultures being content and not feeling as though they have to procure more in terms of technology, war, etc. But here again, I think contentment is not what we mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com