Comments on: Finding Home http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/ Susan Piver - Meditation, Relationships, Creativity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:23:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Janey http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-5190 Janey Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:24:39 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-5190 Thankyou for this place to share our thoughts and feelings.I am always trying to find or create sacred space wherever I am....it is so little understood in the western world,yet a vital concept to understand.Creating sacred space is a need we all have as children to preserve and protect our innocence and trust.This is so easily violated by the adults and others around us who most likely are passing on the pain of their own abuse and destruction of their own sacred spaces ie their bodies,environments,belongings etc.I learnt this from other cultures who teach their children to create their own safe spaces at an early age,providing them with the materials and love and respect to do so.This teaches them to love and respect themselves and their belongings and of course this then extends outwards to other people and is a vital lesson for living in healthy and happy community with others.At the moment I am working on a book about this so I thank you for the opportunity to share! Thankyou for this place to share our thoughts and feelings.I am always trying to find or create sacred space wherever I am….it is so little understood in the western world,yet a vital concept to understand.Creating sacred space is a need we all have as children to preserve and protect our innocence and trust.This is so easily violated by the adults and others around us who most likely are passing on the pain of their own abuse and destruction of their own sacred spaces ie their bodies,environments,belongings etc.I learnt this from other cultures who teach their children to create their own safe spaces at an early age,providing them with the materials and love and respect to do so.This teaches them to love and respect themselves and their belongings and of course this then extends outwards to other people and is a vital lesson for living in healthy and happy community with others.At the moment I am working on a book about this so I thank you for the opportunity to share!

]]> By: Andrew Lightheart http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2902 Andrew Lightheart Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:14:55 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2902 I was a blanket-fort kid too. I loooong for a space that is just mine, but really, that longing is for home and connection, spiritual rather than just spatial/physical. I too love the last sentence. And your brother's cough. And the fact he turns up to comment here. :) Beautiful stirring words, as always. I was a blanket-fort kid too. I loooong for a space that is just mine, but really, that longing is for home and connection, spiritual rather than just spatial/physical.

I too love the last sentence. And your brother’s cough. And the fact he turns up to comment here. :)

Beautiful stirring words, as always.

]]> By: Susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2895 Susan Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:52:57 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2895 Susan, loved reading your comments, and of the nourishing change you've made in your home town. It is a joyful thing. And so glad you're enjoying our cooperative blogging! It's been fun. xo Susan Susan, loved reading your comments, and of the nourishing change you’ve made in your home town. It is a joyful thing. And so glad you’re enjoying our cooperative blogging! It’s been fun. xo Susan

]]> By: Susan D. http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2889 Susan D. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:22:40 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2889 Apologies for the pesky typos and mangled grammar of the previous post that comes with fast typing and a sudden twitch to "submit" before proof reading! But, perhaps you are adept at reading between the lines for meaning... By the way, these co-operative efforts with the other authors are so nourishing, like the different pieces of a puzzle that fit together in a satisfying whole. I look forward to the next one. Apologies for the pesky typos and mangled grammar of the previous post that comes with fast typing and a sudden twitch to “submit” before proof reading! But, perhaps you are adept at reading between the lines for meaning… By the way, these co-operative efforts with the other authors are so nourishing, like the different pieces of a puzzle that fit together in a satisfying whole. I look forward to the next one.

]]> By: Susan D. http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2888 Susan D. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:47:06 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2888 Just finished reading all the contributions to this big idea of what and where home is and found them all thought-provoking. For me, the physical surroundings have either been a barrier to, or a "secret gate" to, my ability to come home to myself. I used to live in a city that many feel is the most beautiful in the country, but the car culture with everyone locked in their private domain, the military ethos (the screaming jets overhead were euphemistically called the "sounds of freedom"), and the almost religious devotion to the body beautiful, alienated me from myself. I now live in a city where many walk and bike, where neighbours tend not only their gardens, but city boulevards bursting with beauty, where railway lines have been turned into community gardens because people value about the importance of "food security", and where the only planes overhead are the occasional float plane. This surrounding ethos resonates with my internal vibrations and has allowed me to come home to myself in gratitude and peace. Just finished reading all the contributions to this big idea of what and where home is and found them all thought-provoking. For me, the physical surroundings have either been a barrier to, or a “secret gate” to, my ability to come home to myself. I used to live in a city that many feel is the most beautiful in the country, but the car culture with everyone locked in their private domain, the military ethos (the screaming jets overhead were euphemistically called the “sounds of freedom”), and the almost religious devotion to the body beautiful, alienated me from myself. I now live in a city where many walk and bike, where neighbours tend not only their gardens, but city boulevards bursting with beauty, where railway lines have been turned into community gardens because people value about the importance of “food security”, and where the only planes overhead are the occasional float plane. This surrounding ethos resonates with my internal vibrations and has allowed me to come home to myself in gratitude and peace.

]]> By: Susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2868 Susan Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:48:20 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2868 So glad you found it meaningful, Jenn. Thank you so much for letting me know because it means a lot! S. So glad you found it meaningful, Jenn. Thank you so much for letting me know because it means a lot! S.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2867 Jenn Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:45:27 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2867 Susan, this is so well put, and brings in the beautiful soul, open heart feeling of true homecoming, as you shared: Today I sit at my desk not under it, but my posture is the same: I am poised in silence, listening for the opening of the secret gate. It is so easily missed. I love this! Thank you for this imagery today! xx Jenn Susan, this is so well put, and brings in the beautiful soul, open heart feeling of true homecoming, as you shared:

Today I sit at my desk not under it, but my posture is the same: I am poised in silence, listening for the opening of the secret gate. It is so easily missed.

I love this! Thank you for this imagery today!
xx
Jenn

]]> By: Susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2866 Susan Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:36:42 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2866 Love you, bro. Love you, bro.

]]> By: David http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2865 David Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:01:50 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2865 It's me from the other side of the wall that brought us two, oddly, closer together. I love your writing and finding home. Your brother- David It’s me from the other side of the wall that brought us two, oddly, closer together. I love your writing and finding home. Your brother- David

]]> By: Susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2010/07/16/home/#comment-2860 Susan Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/?p=1658#comment-2860 Yes, this has been a particularly vulnerable topic for each and all of us, it appears. Which is awesome. Yes, this has been a particularly vulnerable topic for each and all of us, it appears. Which is awesome.

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