http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2009/07/08/half-empty-half-full/ Thoughts on Dreams, Life, and Spirit - by Anne Hill, D.Min. Wed, 16 May 2012 22:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2009/07/08/half-empty-half-full/comment-page-1/#comment-9140 Alan Joel Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:24:55 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=545#comment-9140 An excellent post and a good commentary on the "game" of cup half empty or half full. I am also an enthusiastic yoga practitioner and injured my collarbone a while back. It was actually nice to do some of the workarounds, like you mention in your post, and do some poses that I don't usually do as part of my routine to avoid using the collarbone (no plank pose for me!). What I'm noticing is that as the economy goes through its ups and downs, and humanity experiences the increasingly fast stream of manifestation as we enter more fully into the Aquarian Age, it takes more focus to stay in "half full" mode. At the same time, though, I'm having an easier time, once positive, manifesting and creating. The faster stream of energy is a double edged sword, depending on whether I use it consciously or not. Excellent post on the sign of our times! An excellent post and a good commentary on the “game” of cup half empty or half full. I am also an enthusiastic yoga practitioner and injured my collarbone a while back. It was actually nice to do some of the workarounds, like you mention in your post, and do some poses that I don’t usually do as part of my routine to avoid using the collarbone (no plank pose for me!). What I’m noticing is that as the economy goes through its ups and downs, and humanity experiences the increasingly fast stream of manifestation as we enter more fully into the Aquarian Age, it takes more focus to stay in “half full” mode. At the same time, though, I’m having an easier time, once positive, manifesting and creating. The faster stream of energy is a double edged sword, depending on whether I use it consciously or not. Excellent post on the sign of our times!

]]> http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2009/07/08/half-empty-half-full/comment-page-1/#comment-9139 jane Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:56:42 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=545#comment-9139 Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I say it's mixed media, water is faith, learn to drink from your own cup. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I say it’s mixed media, water is faith, learn to drink from your own cup.

]]> http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2009/07/08/half-empty-half-full/comment-page-1/#comment-9137 Cari Ferraro Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:22:26 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=545#comment-9137 I enjoyed reading your description of what I discovered a long time ago: the beginning of body wisdom, which ironically seems to come as the body begins to age. And this is a work in progress, a lesson that needs to be learned again and again. I have been on a journey with chronic pain since 1997, and it made its first appearance during yoga. From one day to the next I couldn't sit cross-legged on the floor anymore, and never have been able to since. Disability prevented me from continuing with my former yoga practice, but has morphed into a daily qigong practice which helps me keep moving and flexible. You might like to read my blog post "Posture as Body Prayer", and possibly the rest of my "body wisdom" posts from there. I have found strength and inspiration in the regal postures of ancient goddess images. Here's the link: http://cariferraro.blogspot.com/2009/06/posture-and-pride.html Cari I enjoyed reading your description of what I discovered a long time ago: the beginning of body wisdom, which ironically seems to come as the body begins to age. And this is a work in progress, a lesson that needs to be learned again and again. I have been on a journey with chronic pain since 1997, and it made its first appearance during yoga. From one day to the next I couldn’t sit cross-legged on the floor anymore, and never have been able to since. Disability prevented me from continuing with my former yoga practice, but has morphed into a daily qigong practice which helps me keep moving and flexible. You might like to read my blog post “Posture as Body Prayer”, and possibly the rest of my “body wisdom” posts from there. I have found strength and inspiration in the regal postures of ancient goddess images.
Here’s the link: http://cariferraro.blogspot.com/2009/06/posture-and-pride.html
Cari

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