Where IS everybody?

[cheddarsox]

In both literal and spiritual terms?

It's been too quiet in here, I an hear myself breathing.

[Heart of All]

Literal: My parents are coming to visit today, so I have to clean my house. My boyfriend has just left for five months in Italy, so I'm sad. And I feel displaced like I have no home because this isn't it--it's school, and there are still three more weeks before I go back.

Spiritual: I'm being a bad pantheist lately. Because of my boyfriend's departure, I've been focusing more on my relationship to Freya rather than the All. She's just helping me deal with the absence. That said, I'm about to start work on my pantheist senior project in dance, which should be interesting and should bring me back into more focus on my pantheism.

I've noticed it's really quiet in here, too. I just figured people were doing other things and would come back after a little while. That's what's been going on with me--less time to contemplate the All because I'm spending too much time only focusing on my boyfriend. That will change next week when I get out of this house that's saturated in him.

[Xentor]

In both literal and spiritual terms?

It's been too quiet in here, I an hear myself breathing.

You an hear yourself breathing? Wha ind o verb is at? ;)

Wouldn't a pantheist feel comfortable around themselves? I know I do.

Ah, and before I forget to throw in something related to the topic:
I've been cleaning the porch; taking care of a malnourished puppy; designing a new game site; writing all kinds of music; and then some.

[FaeriPryncess]

:broomride...here I are...whacha need? :hugz:

[Terra Mater]

Literal: going through a job and housing change and indulging our family's Olympic fever. Once every four years we not only track how the USA does, but all the other countries we have family in. Since 2001, we set up our own website (family access only) for cheering for our favorite athletes, favorite contests, and favorite rivalries, as well as arguing over calls and policy decisions that affect the Olympics.

Spiritual: having gone through so many major upheavals in the last two years, resulting in the tearing down of my "spiritual tower", I am now faced with the unenviable task of evaluating the foundations and building anew.

[mystic_zoe]

literally: looking for a full time job and stuff like that

spiritually: still figuring that out. :)

im mainly lurking on here just now..well until i have something to say that is.

[cheddarsox]

Literal: My parents are coming to visit today, so I have to clean my house. My boyfriend has just left for five months in Italy, so I'm sad. And I feel displaced like I have no home because this isn't it--it's school, and there are still three more weeks before I go back.

Spiritual: I'm being a bad pantheist lately. Because of my boyfriend's departure, I've been focusing more on my relationship to Freya rather than the All. She's just helping me deal with the absence. That said, I'm about to start work on my pantheist senior project in dance, which should be interesting and should bring me back into more focus on my pantheism.

I've noticed it's really quiet in here, too. I just figured people were doing other things and would come back after a little while. That's what's been going on with me--less time to contemplate the All because I'm spending too much time only focusing on my boyfriend. That will change next week when I get out of this house that's saturated in him.

Thanks for sharing, I didn't know those things about you and your life!

Can there be a "bad" pantheist? It seems to me you are just dealing with what is, which is the essence of pantheism. I'm not one who ever believed that spirituality was something that allowed a mere mortal to skim over the rest of life, rather, I think a true spirituality is one that allows us to interact more deeply with what is going on in our lives. To really feel and experience it, rather than fear our emotions and situations and try to escape integrating them.

I've had to endure "long distance" relationships, first when my hubby and I were engaged but separated for a year, and several times since when his work has taken him away. YUK.

I hope you will find some way of sharing your senior dance project with us here.

cheddar

[cheddarsox]

You an hear yourself breathing? Wha ind o verb is at? ;)

Wouldn't a pantheist feel comfortable around themselves? I know I do.

Ah, and before I forget to throw in something related to the topic:
I've been cleaning the porch; taking care of a malnourished puppy; designing a new game site; writing all kinds of music; and then some.

The grammar of an inpatient typist...sigh.

good question. I don't feel that my pantheism means I am always comfortable with...whatever. Sometimes I am, sometimes not. I thought that was part of the human condition, but maybe it's just part of MY human condition.

Sometimes I miss my "peeps" and want to know what's up with them.

Pantheism helps me deal with the times I am not comfortable, keeps me from projecting my personal discomfort onto ultimate reality. And that helps me deal with my discomfort, but it doesn't just make it all go away.

Again, thanks for sharing. I didn't know all those things about you and your life.
What sort of music? How did the puppy come into your life?

cheddar

[cheddarsox]

Literal: going through a job and housing change and indulging our family's Olympic fever. Once every four years we not only track how the USA does, but all the other countries we have family in. Since 2001, we set up our own website (family access only) for cheering for our favorite athletes, favorite contests, and favorite rivalries, as well as arguing over calls and policy decisions that affect the Olympics.

Spiritual: having gone through so many major upheavals in the last two years, resulting in the tearing down of my "spiritual tower", I am now faced with the unenviable task of evaluating the foundations and building anew.

I really like the Olympics too, and I'm not a real sports buff. It's interesting to me to watch it all unfold, the dramas the media grabs hold of, the pagentry, the names and uniforms and athletes from all the different countries, and seeing sports I never knew of.

I hardly pay any attention to who wins what, it's all the other stuff that fascinates me.

My life right now is where your is spiritually, except for me, the only thing that hasn't changed..is the spirituality. That part has held solid while everything else has shifted. And I am trying to piece a new life together and glad I have that to work with.

I really appreciate the perspective pantheism offers me. It makes all the difference.

[cheddarsox]

literally: looking for a full time job and stuff like that

spiritually: still figuring that out. :)

im mainly lurking on here just now..well until i have something to say that is.

Job hunting IS a full time job! I hope you connect with the right one soon.

[cheddarsox]

:broomride...here I are...whacha need? :hugz:

I just need to know if there is anybody out there, and who they are. Wondering if I am part of something here, or just a random poster.

thanks for checking in.

[mystic_zoe]

Job hunting IS a full time job! I hope you connect with the right one soon.

thank you! i hope i do too!! :)

[peggyelizabeth]

I haven't been around her much at all lately, but I have lurked in and read a little when I've had the chance, my life has been super crazy of late, in a good way, but it's keeping me from having the energy to think about things like MW.

[Rilasciato]

In both literal and spiritual terms?
Literally - Sitting in my computer room, listening to some mindless talking head on the television in the adjoining room, about to outside and have a cigarette, maybe play my banjo a little.

Spiritually - Doing freakin' great! I am at peace with myself, my faith, my beliefs, my Family Tradition and, I guess, everything that goes with it. It is a beautiful day outside, too, and I might go for a motorcycle ride later.

[Eleisawolf]

Literally: On vacation in Southern Colorado.

Spiritually: On walkabout in Southern Colorado.

More can be explained through my blog, Pruning the Rambles (http://eleisabelle.livejournal.com/) (also linked in my sig). I'll be describing each of the 7 days of the vacation over the next 7 days. Feel free to drop in!

Peace

[Heart of All]

Thanks for sharing, I didn't know those things about you and your life!

Can there be a "bad" pantheist? It seems to me you are just dealing with what is, which is the essence of pantheism. I'm not one who ever believed that spirituality was something that allowed a mere mortal to skim over the rest of life, rather, I think a true spirituality is one that allows us to interact more deeply with what is going on in our lives. To really feel and experience it, rather than fear our emotions and situations and try to escape integrating them.

I've had to endure "long distance" relationships, first when my hubby and I were engaged but separated for a year, and several times since when his work has taken him away. YUK.

I hope you will find some way of sharing your senior dance project with us here.

cheddar

I guess it's not "bad pantheist" that I mean. Just that that's not the part of my spirituality that I'm focusing on because I'm focusing on my more theistic side. But I certainly consider those relationships to be a part of to be a part of the All and to help me more fully experience life here.

Long distance sucks. We've already been doing it for three years and we have another two years before we can be together for real. But usually we get to see each other once a month, and now I don't get to see him till December. And he's on the other side of the world.

I plan to try to share my project. The quality will probably be bad because it will be filmed on my friend's digital camera, but I would like for you guys to see it and hear what you have to say about it.

[TygerTyger]

Yes, we Pantheists have been a little quiet on here.

So, where have I been?

Literally: I am supporting my wife as she prepares for her first year exams at university. This means that I am cooking and cleaning more, helping her research topics and actively helping her revision. This is without doubt the dominant feature of my daily life at the moment, however, this Thursday I'm going to see a surgeon about having my leg amputated so that's beginning to crowd the picture!

Spiritually: I feel like I'm on one heck of a journey at the moment; it's taken me to the ends of the universe - intellectually at least! I am trying to apply some logic to my Pantheism, thanks to questions asked by Mystic Zoe, and that has required me to delve into Physics. This has proven quite exciting because what I have discovered supports my belief! This is still work in progress at the moment but I hope to share my findings with you all as soon as I can put something coherent together!

[Heart of All]

Yes, we Pantheists have been a little quiet on here.

So, where have I been?

Literally: I am supporting my wife as she prepares for her first year exams at university. This means that I am cooking and cleaning more, helping her research topics and actively helping her revision. This is without doubt the dominant feature of my daily life at the moment, however, this Thursday I'm going to see a surgeon about having my leg amputated so that's beginning to crowd the picture!

Spiritually: I feel like I'm on one heck of a journey at the moment; it's taken me to the ends of the universe - intellectually at least! I am trying to apply some logic to my Pantheism, thanks to questions asked by Mystic Zoe, and that has required me to delve into Physics. This has proven quite exciting because what I have discovered supports my belief! This is still work in progress at the moment but I hope to share my findings with you all as soon as I can put something coherent together!

It's very exciting what you say about learning that physics supports your beliefs!

Good luck with your surgeon visit. That sounds tough and I wish you well with it. :hugz:

[cheddarsox]

Yes, we Pantheists have been a little quiet on here.

So, where have I been?



Wow, I had no idea you had all that going on! I went through that with my husband when he was working on his degree. Intense times.

What is the issue with your leg, if you don't mind sharing?

I am always interested in the way physical issues effect spirituality, and vice versa. I think many think they are separate, or that a very spiritual person should be able to "handle" or ignore physical things, but I find them to go hand in hand in my life.

People sometimes say "you're not you're body" , but you know what? I feel like I am...and what happens to it impacts my spirituality and what is happening with me spiritually impacts my health.

That's some big stuff!

[Tanya]

literally.. finishing my house(painting, carpeting, inslalling fixtures and a septic tank), working including weekends, cleaning the hovel where we live, and getting ready for a trip over seas

spiritually.... gasp gasp.... I'm at this momment... on spiritual hold til all these flying details get tied down

[Windsmith]

People sometimes say "you're not you're body" , but you know what? I feel like I am...and what happens to it impacts my spirituality and what is happening with me spiritually impacts my health.My former teacher often says, "I am my body until the moment I am not." And I say, even if it turns out that I'm not my body, I'm definitely in my body, so that obviously that makes a big impact on me.

Oh, where am I? Going crazy. I've made a committment to taking my life in a whole new direction, just at the time my workload has literally doubled and robbed me of all time to pursue my new direction and get away from this slowly smothering job. Blech.

Spiritually, I'm in a bit of limbo. I keep having all these thoughts and inspirations about new ways to view the integration of spirituality into everyday life, but I can't seem to get the hang of it, mostly because work is sapping so much of my energy. I feel very strongly that a breather is just around the corner, and that I'll be better able to sort through things then. But I don't know where this conviction comes from, and I worry that the "breather" will turn out to be getting laid off or something else similarly horrid.

So, yeah. Not so much here now. Either MW-here or...here-here. Wherever "here" is. I think I'm going to stop talking now.

[TygerTyger]

So, yeah. Not so much here now. Either MW-here or...here-here. Wherever "here" is. I think I'm going to stop talking now.

Checking my GPS I can say that it appears you are going around the bend!

Do come back soon and tell us what it's like!

:thumbsup:

[cheddarsox]

Some thoughts inspired by Windsmith's post...

sometimes life feels constipated. That we have something inside us that needs to come out, and would feel great if it could come out, but we are so busy just maintainig status quo, we can't even find the time or opportunity for a decent sh*t.

back to school time always gets to me...the feeling I should be doing something, that a huge change is around the corner, that it's time to get in gear. I don't know if this has anything to do with back to school, or that that time was chosen to coincide with some instinctual thing in humans.

Winter is coming...get moving, scurry, hurry, DO something...before the hibernation, before cold and snow stop you in your tracks..something like that.

That is one of the reasons that I say my spirituality is tied to my body...like it's tied to the seasons, my body responds and awakens various mental processes, I think it is all part of the way we are wired for survival.

After the most recent lay off at work, we had a super busy month. Ended up doing overtime, but this past week the work has fallen off again and we are looking for busy work to keep us there eight hours.

I wish they'd let me volunteer out and go home early to work on the rest of my life, get some projects going. Because physical pain has got me sapped at the end of the day and I'm not fit for much of anything if I get a whole day in.

Our company was just bought, and changes are in the air, but it might take awhile. There could be more layoffs, there could be...who knows.

Questions hang heavy in the air, but I do know, I can count on some other things..the seasons changing, the cycles that will take my mind/body/spirit through. There is something I can hold onto beyond all the uncertainty.

I made gingerbread yesterday...a "fall" food. I've been noticing us slip toward autumn, the sun sinking, the days shortening, the first yellow leaves drifting down from the trees. I wondered if my family would think I was crazy, making "fall" food, but they were happy to see it, gobbled it up. they feel it too.

What's around the bend? More life.

what an exhilerating / exhausting thought.

[Novembers River]

I'm around, but not enough. Unfortunately I don't visit MW as often as I'd like. Most of my forum time is while I'm at work and sometimes work is busy.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by all the things I want and need to do in my personal life that I simply do nothing. It's aggravating!

Maybe my life is constipated. :giggle: That was a great line, Cheddar.

[evergreen]

:fpeek: I'm a lurking lurker. I'm always here, but mostly read and don't post.

[Windsmith]

sometimes life feels constipated. That we have something inside us that needs to come out, and would feel great if it could come out, but we are so busy just maintainig status quo, we can't even find the time or opportunity for a decent sh*t.That's...um...that's a really perfect description of my life right now. Wow.


back to school time always gets to me...the feeling I should be doing something, that a huge change is around the corner, that it's time to get in gear. I don't know if this has anything to do with back to school, or that that time was chosen to coincide with some instinctual thing in humans.Oh, man, back to school time! The instant I read that, the old feelings of desperation set in: I haven't done enough. I haven't gone to enough parties, lounged by enough swimming pools, packed enough picnic baskets, hung out with enough friends, gone on enough vacations - or maybe I've done too much? Maybe I haven't spent enough time doing nothing, and OH MY GOD SCHOOL STARTS IN 3 WEEKS!!! GAH! How funny that, 8 years since I've been in anything like "real" school, that rhythm is still so ingrained in me.