Comments on: My Pledge to Sensuality http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/ Balancing Love, Life & World Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:29:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: My Pledge to Sensuality | A Womans Blog http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 My Pledge to Sensuality | A Womans Blog Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:02:07 +0000 http://www.awomansblog.com/my-pledge-to-sensuality/#comment-2028 [...] week or so back, I posted about wanting to really squeeze the most out of life. I’ve been thinking a lot about this and thought it best if I bring an expert in to the [...] [...] week or so back, I posted about wanting to really squeeze the most out of life. I’ve been thinking a lot about this and thought it best if I bring an expert in to the [...]

]]> By: Mindfulness | A Womans Blog http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Mindfulness | A Womans Blog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://www.awomansblog.com/my-pledge-to-sensuality/#comment-1641 [...] I wrote about my pledge to sensuality, my desire to fully seize and experience life. One thing I have realized is my propensity to try [...] [...] I wrote about my pledge to sensuality, my desire to fully seize and experience life. One thing I have realized is my propensity to try [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 admin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:11:34 +0000 http://www.awomansblog.com/my-pledge-to-sensuality/#comment-1609 I think it was all just a part of developing - a desire to step outside of myself, my head, so to speak. I realized standing in the shower one day that I was so focused on mindless things, conversations I wanted to have, people I was mad at, etc., that I had spent nearly the entire shower without even 'experiencing' the shower. That I had just spent what could have been an energizing 10 minutes, doing nothing but rehashing stuff in my head. And then I had this crazy desire to do something really nutty like run through a field *naked* while it was raining. Of course, as I am now there is NO way in HELL I would ever run anywhere in public naked. Or maybe learn to drive a Harley. Or throw caution to the wind and..... You get the point. And combined with this feeling that I had been neglecting an essential part of who I am - I just wanted to really feel like I was living again. For some it starts with something drastic, like cancer. For me, it was a shower. And I'm pretty happy that's all it took. :) I think it was all just a part of developing – a desire to step outside of myself, my head, so to speak. I realized standing in the shower one day that I was so focused on mindless things, conversations I wanted to have, people I was mad at, etc., that I had spent nearly the entire shower without even ‘experiencing’ the shower.

That I had just spent what could have been an energizing 10 minutes, doing nothing but rehashing stuff in my head. And then I had this crazy desire to do something really nutty like run through a field *naked* while it was raining. Of course, as I am now there is NO way in HELL I would ever run anywhere in public naked. Or maybe learn to drive a Harley. Or throw caution to the wind and….. You get the point.

And combined with this feeling that I had been neglecting an essential part of who I am – I just wanted to really feel like I was living again.

For some it starts with something drastic, like cancer. For me, it was a shower.

And I’m pretty happy that’s all it took. :)

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge | (Anti) Social Development http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Kim Woodbridge | (Anti) Social Development Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:03:04 +0000 http://www.awomansblog.com/my-pledge-to-sensuality/#comment-1608 Hi Tawnya - I love the photo you selected. :-) Did anything pivotal happen to cause you to want to live with more sense awareness or did you just decide to do it? Sometimes it takes something drastic to happen to us, a wake-up call, for us to really start living. I like the idea of "this is neither good or bad. it just is". I think I need to apply that more in my own life. Hi Tawnya – I love the photo you selected. :-)

Did anything pivotal happen to cause you to want to live with more sense awareness or did you just decide to do it? Sometimes it takes something drastic to happen to us, a wake-up call, for us to really start living.

I like the idea of “this is neither good or bad. it just is”. I think I need to apply that more in my own life.

]]> By: admin http://www.awomansblog.com/2008/11/my-pledge-to-sensuality/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 admin Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:08:17 +0000 http://www.awomansblog.com/my-pledge-to-sensuality/#comment-1604 Dead Poets Society is one of my ALL time favorites. I haven't been the same since watching it and I have it on TiVo as 'Do not delete'. It also introduced me to Walt Whitman - another influence that molded my young mind. Looking at life without the judgment of good or bad is a good way to live. I remember reading a parable about an old man who went through a series of 'bad' and 'good' events. The townspeople would react to everything as most of us normal folks but he kept saying 'This is neither bad or good. It just is.' The story made me think. It's a great mindset for maintaining inner peace/balance despite circumstances. It's a plan. I'm going to consciously make this an effort to 'dive into the full life' for at least 30 days. And then I'll let you know. Dead Poets Society is one of my ALL time favorites. I haven’t been the same since watching it and I have it on TiVo as ‘Do not delete’. It also introduced me to Walt Whitman – another influence that molded my young mind.

Looking at life without the judgment of good or bad is a good way to live. I remember reading a parable about an old man who went through a series of ‘bad’ and ‘good’ events. The townspeople would react to everything as most of us normal folks but he kept saying ‘This is neither bad or good. It just is.’ The story made me think. It’s a great mindset for maintaining inner peace/balance despite circumstances.

It’s a plan. I’m going to consciously make this an effort to ‘dive into the full life’ for at least 30 days. And then I’ll let you know.

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