Members Popular Post Ma**** Posted October 22, 2019 Members Popular Post Posted October 22, 2019 Hi, I fell across this site via an ad on Facebook. I like the connectivity of Facebook and also realise that it is a part of the big corporate structure that tends towards dehumanising us. I hope this site has the potenial to offer an alternative to that approach. I practise mediatation on a daily basis and have been fascinated by Taoism since I was a teenager... some time ago. I live in Newcastle in North East England and love the vibe and the people here... that's why I choose to live here... and have many close connections with people I love here. I enjoy sharing ideas, thoughts and feelings and often do that by writing most days... I also work with others around ideas of what it is that makes us... this... and how we can build on becoming the person we wish to be rather than the person we felt we were expected to be by others. I was always a curious and daring youngster and determined to work out how the world worked for myself... that led me into a few precarious places and I often mistook fun and freedom for unsustainable harmful behaviours... after reading much and then practicing yoga in my mid twenties I started to see that a meaningful and fulfilling life was accessable through tapping into some of the oldest wisdoms. These days I find that I get most from life without the need for external stimulants and distractions... my physical and spirtual practice keeps my happy, open and well... thisness for me is what life is about... self awareness and the ability to grow each day. Anyway, that is how I ended up here today and I look forwards to making new connections with people I have yet to meet... here. Best wishes and namaste, Mark This.
Moderator Candy Posted October 22, 2019 Moderator Posted October 22, 2019 Thisness... I really like that :)
Members Popular Post Ma**** Posted October 22, 2019 Author Members Popular Post Posted October 22, 2019 Thanks for your feedback Candy. There is an old Greek idea called Haecceity... loosely translated as thisness... it describes what it is that is unique about each thing.... each person... each rock... each grain of sand. My experience leads me to feel that so many of us and I include myself, grew up learning that in order to please others and win their approval we had to limit our natural behaviours and do what was expected of us... getting back to my thisness... being integral and authentic can still feel like a struggle sometimes but it is what I focus on when aiming to communicate honestly and from the heart. Hope you are living your thisness. MT.
Members Guest User Posted October 24, 2019 Members Posted October 24, 2019 I love this Mark so thank you for it. As a counsellor I am striving to help my clients (and myself) to find our true inner selves and live a more authentic life, freer from our social conditional and meeting other peoples needs and expectations. Its hard work and takes time and practice but even the smallest improvement reminds me I am on the right path.
Members Ma**** Posted November 22, 2019 Author Members Posted November 22, 2019 On 10/24/2019 at 2:10 PM, dawnharding2 said: I love this Mark so thank you for it. As a counsellor I am striving to help my clients (and myself) to find our true inner selves and live a more authentic life, freer from our social conditional and meeting other peoples needs and expectations. Its hard work and takes time and practice but even the smallest improvement reminds me I am on the right path. Thanks for your feedback... those small steps on each path do indeed build the way... hope all is well with you and those you share your skills with, M.
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