Comments on: Surrendering to the need for change http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/ Financial Abundance for Spiritual Seekers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pinkblocks - personal power and self help » Blog Carnival of Personal Power November 25, 2007 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 pinkblocks - personal power and self help » Blog Carnival of Personal Power November 25, 2007 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:36:04 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-1000 [...] Hess presents Surrendering to the need for change posted at Empowered Soul [...] [...] Hess presents Surrendering to the need for change posted at Empowered Soul [...]

]]> By: Liara Covert http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Liara Covert Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:57:32 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-952 Children teach adults so much about candidness. Youngsters can laugh so easily at themselves, never questionthink being direct and non-judgmental. Why is it that people so often condition themselves to distinguish what is good and bad, judge what is thinkable or unthinkable, and decide what is completely natural should be embarassing or unmentionable? Kids teach us a lot, providing we choose to listen. Children teach adults so much about candidness. Youngsters can laugh so easily at themselves, never questionthink being direct and non-judgmental. Why is it that people so often condition themselves to distinguish what is good and bad, judge what is thinkable or unthinkable, and decide what is completely natural should be embarassing or unmentionable? Kids teach us a lot, providing we choose to listen.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Andrea Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:24:28 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-947 Thanks for the kind positive feedback, everyone! Patricia, I agree that there are so many lessons to be learned from children. Although this was my first lesson derived from a diaper change. Lawrence, your comment perfectly illustrates exactly the point - thank you so much for adding a perfect example! Slade and Mags, too true that lessons in spirituality come from the every day. It's been challenging to always find them within the relentlessness of mothering a toddler, so I'm glad I finally got there! Blessings to all, Andrea Thanks for the kind positive feedback, everyone!

Patricia, I agree that there are so many lessons to be learned from children. Although this was my first lesson derived from a diaper change.

Lawrence, your comment perfectly illustrates exactly the point – thank you so much for adding a perfect example!

Slade and Mags, too true that lessons in spirituality come from the every day. It’s been challenging to always find them within the relentlessness of mothering a toddler, so I’m glad I finally got there!

Blessings to all,
Andrea

]]> By: Mags http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Mags Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:51:23 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-945 The word "poop" always makes me laugh - if I use it rather than it's adult equivalent, it lightens me up and makes me realise that I don't have to always take life so seriously, and that spiritual growth can actually be fun too ;) PS, I also think it's cool rather than alarming. What's that Zen thingie again... before enlightenment chop wood and sweep floors, after enlightenment chop wood and sweep floors... we sometimes think that spiritual lessons need to be big and dramatic, yet they're usually found in everyday stuff. Great post, thank you! The word “poop” always makes me laugh – if I use it rather than it’s adult equivalent, it lightens me up and makes me realise that I don’t have to always take life so seriously, and that spiritual growth can actually be fun too ;)

PS, I also think it’s cool rather than alarming. What’s that Zen thingie again… before enlightenment chop wood and sweep floors, after enlightenment chop wood and sweep floors… we sometimes think that spiritual lessons need to be big and dramatic, yet they’re usually found in everyday stuff.

Great post, thank you!

]]> By: Slade | Shift Your Spirits http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Slade | Shift Your Spirits Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:29:42 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-944 I vote for "cool" too! Where else would those lessons be? I can think of nowhere you're more likely to find spiritual insight than 1 - in someone you love and 2 - in the most common place actions of your daily life. Talk about "magic in the mundane" ... :-) I vote for “cool” too!

Where else would those lessons be?

I can think of nowhere you’re more likely to find spiritual insight than 1 – in someone you love and 2 – in the most common place actions of your daily life.

Talk about “magic in the mundane” …
:-)

]]> By: Lawrence Cheok | A Long Long Road http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Lawrence Cheok | A Long Long Road Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:37:50 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-943 Hi Andrea, one of the most entertaining and enlightening post I have read for today. Such profound reflections from poop... It's funny yet frustrating sometimes. Just yesterday I was talking to my friend who've always wanted slim down. However she's the typical foodie who lives to eat. Place any delicacies in front of her and her slimming resolutions fly out of the window. We spoke about this many times and she knows where her uncontrolled diet is taking her. Yet, she is happy sitting in her pile of poop, while we watch on. Ha! Hi Andrea, one of the most entertaining and enlightening post I have read for today.

Such profound reflections from poop…

It’s funny yet frustrating sometimes. Just yesterday I was talking to my friend who’ve always wanted slim down. However she’s the typical foodie who lives to eat. Place any delicacies in front of her and her slimming resolutions fly out of the window.

We spoke about this many times and she knows where her uncontrolled diet is taking her. Yet, she is happy sitting in her pile of poop, while we watch on. Ha!

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/11/09/surrendering-to-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=149#comment-942 Andrea, it is really, really cool that your spiritual awareness can include a poopy diaper and what a child can teach us by their innocence. Andrea, it is really, really cool that your spiritual awareness can include a poopy diaper and what a child can teach us by their innocence.

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