Comments on: Why Didn’t You Say It Then?

By: Dawne

Dawne — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:05:01 +0000

You have about the best view of the world I’ve seen!
I love everything you said here and I mean everything. Here’s my 2 cents worth:
Life IS love and when you’re really alive, you’ve no choice but to live with an open heart.
Love allows us to not only bring, but create happiness for others and with an open heart, we’re also able to receive happiness from them. Love requires us to depend on another, otherwise what’s the point? Everyone needs to be needed. Attachment means commitment and I’ve found detachment simply means disconnection. Karma is a human invention to satisfy a human idea of balance in a world perceived as inherently unbalanced. The world is balanced to teach and it is up to each of us to learn and so receive what we need.
Please keep writing: The world needs people like you very badly.

By: Romance Everywhere | The Incurable Romantic

Romance Everywhere | The Incurable Romantic — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:34:38 +0000

[...] I just finished updating Incurable Romantic’s About Page with Dawne’s Story (mine). Afterwards, I finally got a chance to go over to the blog of probably the single most enthusiastic person I’ve ever had the privilege of hearing from: Robin Easton’s Naked in Eden Blog and started reading Why Didn’t You Say it Then? [...]

By: soulMerlin

soulMerlin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:28:07 +0000

I agree so much about so-called ‘profound’ phrases that are trotted out as universal truths.
You also nail it fully for me on Karma….before the 60’s and the birth of popular Karma, people
would say of someone they dissaproved of “They’ll get their comeuppance”….now people in states of envy or angst, hope that someone will get “The karma they deserve”.
Language does not only comment on reality, it actually creates reality.

…and Love. I don’t know a lot about love in a rational sense – but I feel it when it happens.

when I was small, my father bought me a goldfish and brought it home in a jar. After a while of looking at “Goldie” in the jar, my Father decided that we should put it in the big vase we had on the sideboard and proceeded to get a bucket to go down to the river to get some water. “No Harry” said my mother “Don’t get river water, they’ll die; fill the vase with tap-water.”

My father looked so crestfallen…at that moment, I realised I loved him.

xhenry

By: panamajay

panamajay — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:06:05 +0000

Robin, great thoughts and dialog .. and all true! As I always say, “You must be borderline brilliant because you agree with me.” Also, another reason to listen without judgment is: “The wise man learns more from the fool, than the fool learns from the wise man.” Marcus Aurelius

Last, but not least, Abraham Lincoln said (probably quoting someone before him) “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.” Now, I’ve spoken up…

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:12:26 +0000

¡Hola Robin!
I’m so happy we found each other in the bloggosphere
It’s amazing to read your thoughts and find my own in them!!
I’ve met people from different places and beliefs, and found in them great friends and advice during difficult times. I agree with you, we should be more open and judge less, we’ll be happier and healthier

By: emsraido

emsraido — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:05:29 +0000

hey, Robs, up early, great to get your vibe through your writing! Thanks for the inspiration for the day. LOL

By: lizh

lizh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:20:52 +0000

There’s a lot to touch upon in this post,Robin..my mind is spinning.
First, while it’s true that some things in life can ordinarily make one ‘happy’ (ie tulips), I think that it is only with the proper state of mind that the happiness felt from the enjoyment of such things can penetrate through. If a feeling of melancholia is present, than reception to all things wonderful is obstructed.

I try wholeheartedly to ‘live and let live’, and give undivided attention to people I encounter…the message I received from your conversation with Tom. Maybe I’m not as insightful as most but I never seem to compare or rank anyone on a spiritual/psych plain at all. I think it best to try to accept people for who or what they are…after all, we all have something to offer…

Thanks for another thought provoking post…always a pleasure to visit!

By: thefearlessblog

thefearlessblog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:03:10 +0000

When I failed to listen to my “gut,” my intuition, my inner self or whatever you want to call it, I paid dearly for it. Denying the voice inside and moving along as if I had heard nothing lead me to make choices that I would regret. Ultimately, nothing was “done to me” but “by me.” I chose, decided and accepted. And so, yes I have learned my lesson well. Now, I listen to that inner voice. I listen to my skin, my nerves and my heartbeat. My body warns and advises me, and I pay attention. I would like to believe that lately I have served myself well.

You have left me with much to think about. Thanks for sharing this great post.

By: Mhawk

Mhawk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:45:31 +0000

Hua Kola sister of the wild places, Just logged in to see your site and must say I am impressed with your insight and spiritual approach to seeing the world in it’s natural form. Your resume in the outer realms of civilization is quite impressive and I look forward to your book. Thanks for your visiting my blog, I look forward to your comments. would love to hear the story of your life in the wild places sometime … keep your chin to the wind.. Hawk a/ho

By: Whiteotter

Whiteotter — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:13:01 +0000

First off, I would like to say, thanks for the instructions on signing in Robin. I look forward to looking through your old posts.
Thanks for your kind words on mine and Mike’s blogs. (I am sure you will hear from him also, as soon as I show him how to log in LOL)

I found your post today very amusing, and thought provoking. I guess I don’t analyze, or at least try not to analyze what others say. But as humans most people send hidden messages in their words. I always try to speak honestly, and if I don’t like someone, it is NOT in me to pretend otherwise. I am “socially unacceptable” because I refuse to be something that I am not. But I agree we should always accept others for who and what they really are, I don’t feel that I need to change people or lecture them for their beliefs because their belief system is probably very real to them. Just because it doesn’t work for me doesn’t mean that they are wrong, or that I am wrong.

Again I am rambling with your thought provoking post. I love things that make me think. I will take with me what I have learned here and try to honor it. Thanks Robin. Catch you later
Stacey Huston