Comments for The Blue & Yellow Post http://lizmead.com a journal of personal change Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on How hard is it to change? by Michael Griffiths http://lizmead.com/2008/07/07/how-hard-is-it-to-change/#comment-78 Michael Griffiths Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:32:54 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-78 Hi Auntie: Good reflective post - thank you for the insight. I also noticed the rather entertaining fact that there's only a one character difference between "expansive" and "expensive" (the a vs. e). :-) I've recently (past couple days) been toying with the important of _faith_ in change. i.e. you need to trust that the things you are doing _will_ lead to substantive change, regardless of how unlikely it may be, however useless your current actions actually seem to be. Change, I think, is never easy in part because faith is difficult to bear. Fear is, in many ways, a faith-killer; it encourages you to reject your faith in yourself and your actions, and do something else. (For whatever reason - being a fool, wasting your life, letting down people who relied on you to do things you no longer wanted to do, and so on). It's an unusual perspective to me, because while I'd thought of faith conceptually with respect to religion, I've never really applied such a "religious" concept to my own life, and why it's so difficult to put effort into long-term projects with uncertain rewards. Love; Michael Hi Auntie:

Good reflective post - thank you for the insight.

I also noticed the rather entertaining fact that there’s only a one character difference between “expansive” and “expensive” (the a vs. e). :-)

I’ve recently (past couple days) been toying with the important of _faith_ in change. i.e. you need to trust that the things you are doing _will_ lead to substantive change, regardless of how unlikely it may be, however useless your current actions actually seem to be.

Change, I think, is never easy in part because faith is difficult to bear. Fear is, in many ways, a faith-killer; it encourages you to reject your faith in yourself and your actions, and do something else. (For whatever reason - being a fool, wasting your life, letting down people who relied on you to do things you no longer wanted to do, and so on).

It’s an unusual perspective to me, because while I’d thought of faith conceptually with respect to religion, I’ve never really applied such a “religious” concept to my own life, and why it’s so difficult to put effort into long-term projects with uncertain rewards.

Love;
Michael

]]> Comment on When in Milan by Glenda http://lizmead.com/2008/06/24/when-in-milan/#comment-77 Glenda Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:04:31 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-77 Ah Lizzie we have missed you but so glad you have had a great trip. Ah Lizzie we have missed you but so glad you have had a great trip.

]]> Comment on A picture worth a thousand worlds by Mig http://lizmead.com/2008/04/15/a-picture-worth-a-thousand-worlds/#comment-42 Mig Tue, 27 May 2008 11:58:57 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-42 Dear, dear Lizzie, I'm reading your Blue & Yellow Post while I'm in Coffs Harbour and you're in Kefalonia. I was transported back to another time ... the time we first met. In 1963, I had no idea you and Cate would form the backbone of one of my deepest, most reliable friendships, but here we are in 2008 and I revel in the exciting times you girls are experiencing as a celebration of turning 50! Despite your absences, I had a wonderfully memorable occasion earlier this month when a group of about 55 'nearest and dearest' helped me celebrate my 50th. It would've been wonderful to have you, Cate & Rosie there with me, but it wasn't to be. I totally agree with you about making sense with the head and the heart. What a fabulous life we have all had whether through living life through head or heart! Just know you're one of the most special people I have in my llife and in my family's life. We love you Lizzie. xxxx Dear, dear Lizzie,

I’m reading your Blue & Yellow Post while I’m in Coffs Harbour and you’re in Kefalonia. I was transported back to another time … the time we first met. In 1963, I had no idea you and Cate would form the backbone of one of my deepest, most reliable friendships, but here we are in 2008 and I revel in the exciting times you girls are experiencing as a celebration of turning 50! Despite your absences, I had a wonderfully memorable occasion earlier this month when a group of about 55 ‘nearest and dearest’ helped me celebrate my 50th. It would’ve been wonderful to have you, Cate & Rosie there with me, but it wasn’t to be.

I totally agree with you about making sense with the head and the heart. What a fabulous life we have all had whether through living life through head or heart!

Just know you’re one of the most special people I have in my llife and in my family’s life.

We love you Lizzie. xxxx

]]> Comment on The blossom alchemy by Cate Griffiths http://lizmead.com/2008/04/07/the-blossom-alchemy/#comment-20 Cate Griffiths Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-20 I loved this! I related to the power of the fairy tale narrative voice which caught me in a wavelength that is very receptive to metaphor. The imagery of the castle, chains, fish, tarnished goblet and the ravages of illness are all rich metaphors for the shifts in consciousness that are necessary to real personal and spiritual development. Jung would have liked the timeless imagery. I was impressed with the wisdom of the story, which for me was about the permanence of essence or being and the transience of the world of forms. Being shines through as forms come and go. Skillful living requires that we identify who we are with our eternal being and not with the impermanent world of forms. I loved this! I related to the power of the fairy tale narrative voice which caught me in a wavelength that is very receptive to metaphor. The imagery of the castle, chains, fish, tarnished goblet and the ravages of illness are all rich metaphors for the shifts in consciousness that are necessary to real personal and spiritual development. Jung would have liked the timeless imagery. I was impressed with the wisdom of the story, which for me was about the permanence of essence or being and the transience of the world of forms. Being shines through as forms come and go. Skillful living requires that we identify who we are with our eternal being and not with the impermanent world of forms.

]]> Comment on Changing habits by Patricia Knight http://lizmead.com/2008/03/13/changing-habits/#comment-12 Patricia Knight Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:08:02 +0000 http://lizmead.com/?p=26#comment-12 Lizzie, Trish Burt sent me your link and said I was to read your Blog after a lunch discussion we had to-day. It all makes so much sense and it could also make a great book as it is what we think and talk about but do not write down. It is all about what to do and the timing and the 'go to' urge. Which is something we must not loose. I met a great woman Architect on the train from Vancouver to Toronto 2006 and we are still in touch. Another I met in Spain she lives in New York I had a phone call from her on Tuesday night wanting me to visit her on my way home this year. A Canadian woman I met in Sicily asked me to visit her in Toronto I did and we organised a trip to Montreal, Quebec and Niagera Lakes and Falls. Things happen when you least expect it. Reading your blog reminded me of the many great places I have been and the people I have met along the way. I am also a Libran but much older than you. I travel each year Trish and I were in Beijing last year, I went on to Shanghai I found it facinating. Lizzie,
Trish Burt sent me your link and said I was to read your Blog after a lunch discussion we had to-day.
It all makes so much sense and it could also make a great book as it is what we think and talk about but do not write down. It is all about what to do and the timing and the ‘go to’ urge. Which is something we must not loose. I met a great woman Architect on the train from Vancouver to Toronto 2006 and we are still in touch. Another I met in Spain she lives in New York I had a phone call from her on Tuesday night wanting me to visit her on my way home this year. A Canadian woman I met in Sicily asked me to visit her in Toronto I did and we organised a trip to Montreal, Quebec and Niagera Lakes and Falls. Things happen when you least expect it. Reading your blog reminded me of the many great places I have been and the people I have met along the way.
I am also a Libran but much older than you. I travel each year Trish and I were in Beijing last year, I went on to Shanghai I found it facinating.

]]> Comment on Changing habits by Trish http://lizmead.com/2008/03/13/changing-habits/#comment-11 Trish Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:54:40 +0000 http://lizmead.com/?p=26#comment-11 Dear Lizzie Finding and reading your blog today has provided me with so much joy. Please continue to explore and to question and be faithful to yourself. I believe in the Ying and Yang of life. Often the deeper the trouble the greater the need to search and strive for the positive, and how wonderful and refreshing that feels after the abyss! Yes we all repeat ourselves. And I’m finding that I’m encountering many of the same people again as the circles turn, often after many years. But I’m approaching both the experiences and these people in a very different way, and it all feels very positive. When these ‘returns’ feel so right, I can but only trust in them and invest my most honest of emotions. If the future reality doesn’t work out entirely as expected perhaps I’ll feel deflated but never sorry. And I seem to be receiving the message that all care should be taken with everyone we come into contact with. So, off to the high mountains I go, again, and I send love to you and best wishes for your voyage. Dear Lizzie
Finding and reading your blog today has provided me with so much joy. Please continue to explore and to question and be faithful to yourself.
I believe in the Ying and Yang of life. Often the deeper the trouble the greater the need to search and strive for the positive, and how wonderful and refreshing that feels after the abyss!
Yes we all repeat ourselves. And I’m finding that I’m encountering many of the same people again as the circles turn, often after many years. But I’m approaching both the experiences and these people in a very different way, and it all feels very positive.
When these ‘returns’ feel so right, I can but only trust in them and invest my most honest of emotions. If the future reality doesn’t work out entirely as expected perhaps I’ll feel deflated but never sorry. And I seem to be receiving the message that all care should be taken with everyone we come into contact with. So, off to the high mountains I go, again, and I send love to you and best wishes for your voyage.

]]> Comment on The Heaven Principle by Trish http://lizmead.com/2008/02/13/the-heaven-principle/#comment-10 Trish Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:49:11 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-10 Dear Lizzie Finding and reading your blog today has provided me with so much joy. Please continue to explore and to question and be faithful to yourself. I believe in the Ying and Yang of life. Often the deeper the trouble the greater the need to search and strive for the positive, and how wonderful and refreshing that feels after the abyss! Yes we all repeat ourselves. And I’m finding that I’m encountering many of the same people again as the circles turn, often after many years. But I’m approaching both the experiences and these people in a very different way, and it all feels very positive. When these ‘returns’ feel so right, I can but only trust in them and invest my most honest of emotions. If the future reality doesn’t work out entirely as expected perhaps I’ll feel deflated but never sorry. And I seem to be receiving the message that all care should be taken with everyone we come into contact with, as who knows when we cross paths again! So, to the high mountains I go..but leave love with you to take on your voyage. Dear Lizzie
Finding and reading your blog today has provided me with so much joy. Please continue to explore and to question and be faithful to yourself.
I believe in the Ying and Yang of life. Often the deeper the trouble the greater the need to search and strive for the positive, and how wonderful and refreshing that feels after the abyss!
Yes we all repeat ourselves. And I’m finding that I’m encountering many of the same people again as the circles turn, often after many years. But I’m approaching both the experiences and these people in a very different way, and it all feels very positive.
When these ‘returns’ feel so right, I can but only trust in them and invest my most honest of emotions. If the future reality doesn’t work out entirely as expected perhaps I’ll feel deflated but never sorry. And I seem to be receiving the message that all care should be taken with everyone we come into contact with, as who knows when we cross paths again! So, to the high mountains I go..but leave love with you to take on your voyage.

]]> Comment on Squaring off the right angels by Ruth Phillips http://lizmead.com/2008/02/19/squaring-off-the-right-angels/#comment-8 Ruth Phillips Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:58:48 +0000 http://lizmead.com/?p=12#comment-8 Liz, I embrace the wonderful thoughts and emotions you so succinctly described regarding how one's body reflects the spiritual, emotional and mental issues we are all battling. Go you! for looking at your navel and your rectum! As for the 'bridge' between here and the "Other Side" how true your words are. As a full-time, card carrying Medium I am in the blessed position to be able "see" and to "walk" those is transition across that beautiful Rainbow Bridge. So your beloved Stephen was in fact describing to you the way to go when you will also (much later) walk that path. There is, in fact, no distance as we know of it, between our reality and that of Spirit -they are just acros the bridge but still right beside us. AND, my belief is also that the angels are always there to guide and protect and nurture us, no matter what our religious bent. Blessings to you, Ruthie Phillips Liz,

I embrace the wonderful thoughts and emotions you so succinctly described regarding how one’s body reflects the spiritual, emotional and mental issues we are all battling. Go you! for looking at your navel and your rectum!

As for the ‘bridge’ between here and the “Other Side” how true your words are. As a full-time, card carrying Medium I am in the blessed position to be able “see” and to “walk” those is transition across that beautiful Rainbow Bridge. So your beloved Stephen was in fact describing to you the way to go when you will also (much later) walk that path. There is, in fact, no distance as we know of it, between our reality and that of Spirit -they are just acros the bridge but still right beside us.

AND, my belief is also that the angels are always there to guide and protect and nurture us, no matter what our religious bent.

Blessings to you,
Ruthie Phillips

]]> Comment on The Heaven Principle by Gabrielle http://lizmead.com/2008/02/13/the-heaven-principle/#comment-7 Gabrielle Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:20:51 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-7 How wonderful to look back at your choices and see the patterns being created and the healing within the process of change. You've certainly given me food for thought. Keep up the progress on the artist's way. How wonderful to look back at your choices and see the patterns being created and the healing within the process of change.
You’ve certainly given me food for thought. Keep up the progress on the artist’s way.

]]> Comment on Matters for mention by Matt http://lizmead.com/2008/02/08/matters-for-mention/#comment-6 Matt Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:32:53 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-6 I've been trying to pick a favourite of your step programs since you published this post Liz and I've finally come to the conclusion that it's not possible. I love them all; individually and more importantly, what they become when you combine them. I'm in the midst of my own step class at the moment. It's a personalised 39 step Hitchcockian program of love, desire, attraction, trust and everything in between. It's the most thrilling, exciting and wonderful balance of blue and yellow moments that I never could have imagined until this journey began. Thankyou for another beautiful post Liz. X I’ve been trying to pick a favourite of your step programs since you published this post Liz and I’ve finally come to the conclusion that it’s not possible. I love them all; individually and more importantly, what they become when you combine them.

I’m in the midst of my own step class at the moment. It’s a personalised 39 step Hitchcockian program of love, desire, attraction, trust and everything in between. It’s the most thrilling, exciting and wonderful balance of blue and yellow moments that I never could have imagined until this journey began.

Thankyou for another beautiful post Liz.
X

]]>