I have stopped listening in about the middle just because I so want to input. You are an amazing source of viewpoint to me also because my body and my dog are telling me to move. I am planning to return but….. I just want to add this about language which I know that you are aware of and so is Mathew but it is an important issue for me snd I think would be really helpful for many. There was a time as my children were growing up that I did not split myself up by dividing myself into I me and myself. I took on the persona of me and stuck with it. (My wife was unnaturally perturbed by it) but I didn’t want to be an object and a subject and me seemed perfectly capable of doing things as well as having things happen to. I think that it is perverse to separate who we are by language and I realize that manipulative thought (in my understanding manipulative equals fearful) have corrupted language from being so beautiful in it’s use of communicating feeling to creating confusion to facilitate their personal “gain” haha air quotes which in reality is not what the word gain was invented to communicate in the first place. Whew now I can go do something creative in the dirt. Thank you Dawn and I shall really investigate this Mathew character some more. What variety in experience in life snd being able to communicate it to others is so fresh and educational,joyful and stimulates my gratefulness to boot!!!
Thank you, Dawn and Matthew. 2nd time listening and there will probably be a 3rd! Matthew makes heaps of sense to me -- especially since I have, in the past 20 years, run through an assortment of "spiritual" pursuits/practices. Ultimately I spiraled back to my personal 'guru': Mother Nature. Animals like dogs, horses, cats, ravens, dolphins, etc, etc are perfectly equipped to cognitively solve problems; their feelings never seem to be included as a problem for them to solve or get away from. They live in their bodies. This works for me when I catch myself getting all up in my mind and telling myself stories. VERY UNFORTUNATELY, I (very stubbornly) have not used a cell phone since 2018 (only a landline and laptop) so APPs are a 'no go' for me.
Thank you. 🙏 The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and our life can produce real issues within our bodies.
If you are interested in Matthew's meditations, it is possible to access them via a laptop, which is what I'm doing. It doesn't have to be on a phone. 🥰
I have stopped listening in about the middle just because I so want to input. You are an amazing source of viewpoint to me also because my body and my dog are telling me to move. I am planning to return but….. I just want to add this about language which I know that you are aware of and so is Mathew but it is an important issue for me snd I think would be really helpful for many. There was a time as my children were growing up that I did not split myself up by dividing myself into I me and myself. I took on the persona of me and stuck with it. (My wife was unnaturally perturbed by it) but I didn’t want to be an object and a subject and me seemed perfectly capable of doing things as well as having things happen to. I think that it is perverse to separate who we are by language and I realize that manipulative thought (in my understanding manipulative equals fearful) have corrupted language from being so beautiful in it’s use of communicating feeling to creating confusion to facilitate their personal “gain” haha air quotes which in reality is not what the word gain was invented to communicate in the first place. Whew now I can go do something creative in the dirt. Thank you Dawn and I shall really investigate this Mathew character some more. What variety in experience in life snd being able to communicate it to others is so fresh and educational,joyful and stimulates my gratefulness to boot!!!
Thank you, Dawn and Matthew. 2nd time listening and there will probably be a 3rd! Matthew makes heaps of sense to me -- especially since I have, in the past 20 years, run through an assortment of "spiritual" pursuits/practices. Ultimately I spiraled back to my personal 'guru': Mother Nature. Animals like dogs, horses, cats, ravens, dolphins, etc, etc are perfectly equipped to cognitively solve problems; their feelings never seem to be included as a problem for them to solve or get away from. They live in their bodies. This works for me when I catch myself getting all up in my mind and telling myself stories. VERY UNFORTUNATELY, I (very stubbornly) have not used a cell phone since 2018 (only a landline and laptop) so APPs are a 'no go' for me.
Thank you. 🙏 The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and our life can produce real issues within our bodies.
If you are interested in Matthew's meditations, it is possible to access them via a laptop, which is what I'm doing. It doesn't have to be on a phone. 🥰
Oh! Excellent! Thank you for setting me straight on the App, Dawn.