Comments for Poetic Interconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org Spirituality › Science › Creativity Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Kabbalah and Einstein by infinitely small http://poeticinterconnections.org/2008/11/16/kabbalah-and-einstein/comment-page-1/#comment-63072 infinitely small Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:51:50 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=119#comment-63072 <strong>infinitely small...</strong> [...]Kabbalah and Einstein | Poetic Interconnections: Spirituality › Science › Creativity[...]... infinitely small…

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]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-44365 poeticinterconnections Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:52:08 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-44365 Thank you, sir! How did you find the blog? Thank you, sir! How did you find the blog?

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by Marvolo http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-44268 Marvolo Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:55:07 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-44268 Exceptional!!! Very profound!! Exceptional!!! Very profound!!

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-38613 poeticinterconnections Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:59 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-38613 Thank you for your comment, L.M. Clearly, a fulfilled creative life requires balancing schedule and spontaneity. It's a point of stress for most artists I know, reconciling the structured demands of daily life and the chaotic seduction of the muse. The two often seem mutually exclusive. Perhaps keeping that balance is a living artwork all its own. Thank you for your comment, L.M. Clearly, a fulfilled creative life requires balancing schedule and spontaneity. It’s a point of stress for most artists I know, reconciling the structured demands of daily life and the chaotic seduction of the muse. The two often seem mutually exclusive. Perhaps keeping that balance is a living artwork all its own.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by Lyle Medved http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-38207 Lyle Medved Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:27:58 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-38207 I can certainly relate. I have always needed as far back as I remember my own room, dorm, apartment, etc. to both just think and relax much less be creative. But what may be of help is, given this blog is about both science and spirituality, that the creative impulse, thankfully, can be stored, like electricity in a battery, to be put away and then put to use later to fuel productive enterprise (even if that means jotting down ideas or plans for later). Where anxiety might come into play is thinking that the creative element follows the rules of linear time. If I am correct, creativity, being resident within the right hemisphere (which has more "child-like" qualities such as symbolic and visual-spatial interaction, fun music, and a holistic worldview) it follows that creativity will conform to how the right-hemisphere processes time, as a child does, which, as we are told, can fly when we have fun, including when we create the way we wish for ourselves and others. Taking time out at the end of the day (whenever you decide to call it quits) to reassess and remind yourself of this fact may serve to cut down on anxiety building up that one's creativity is "off track" and needs to immedidately be put back on a schedule. If this isn't enough, maybe taking more time like a day off or even a real weekend getaway may be in order. You hear today that people who live an "extreme" lifestyle say "you can sleep when your dead". What you may not know is that the mighty, mighty Spartans ridiculed the Jewish people for following the Sabbath, that they were literally wasting 1/7th of their life when they could be building, conquering, etc. Perhaps the Spartans were able to get away with this by being spartan, i.e. only using the minimum resources to achieve their objectives in life, but this, to me, doesn't appear to be a full life, in keeping with the Jewish toast "L'chaim", literally "To lives!". Whether that is in reference to reincarnation, to normal phases of life (childhood, adolescence, etc.) or to many aspects or our lives (work life, social life, love life), I can let you decide. Adam, I hope you find some hitbodedut soon and this comment helps you and your readers out there. - L.M. I can certainly relate. I have always needed as far back as I remember my own room, dorm, apartment, etc. to both just think and relax much less be creative. But what may be of help is, given this blog is about both science and spirituality, that the creative impulse, thankfully, can be stored, like electricity in a battery, to be put away and then put to use later to fuel productive enterprise (even if that means jotting down ideas or plans for later). Where anxiety might come into play is thinking that the creative element follows the rules of linear time. If I am correct, creativity, being resident within the right hemisphere (which has more “child-like” qualities such as symbolic and visual-spatial interaction, fun music, and a holistic worldview) it follows that creativity will conform to how the right-hemisphere processes time, as a child does, which, as we are told, can fly when we have fun, including when we create the way we wish for ourselves and others.

Taking time out at the end of the day (whenever you decide to call it quits) to reassess and remind yourself of this fact may serve to cut down on anxiety building up that one’s creativity is “off track” and needs to immedidately be put back on a schedule. If this isn’t enough, maybe taking more time like a day off or even a real weekend getaway may be in order.

You hear today that people who live an “extreme” lifestyle say “you can sleep when your dead”. What you may not know is that the mighty, mighty Spartans ridiculed the Jewish people for following the Sabbath, that they were literally wasting 1/7th of their life when they could be building, conquering, etc. Perhaps the Spartans were able to get away with this by being spartan, i.e. only using the minimum resources to achieve their objectives in life, but this, to me, doesn’t appear to be a full life, in keeping with the Jewish toast “L’chaim”, literally “To lives!”. Whether that is in reference to reincarnation, to normal phases of life (childhood, adolescence, etc.) or to many aspects or our lives (work life, social life, love life), I can let you decide.

Adam, I hope you find some hitbodedut soon and this comment helps you and your readers out there.

- L.M.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-32998 poeticinterconnections Mon, 30 May 2011 18:28:39 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-32998 What a great expansion of my poetic interconnection! Of course, we mirror our physical universe because our makings are the same. Thank you, Pina. You just blew my mind. What a great expansion of my poetic interconnection! Of course, we mirror our physical universe because our makings are the same. Thank you, Pina. You just blew my mind.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-32997 poeticinterconnections Mon, 30 May 2011 18:27:50 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-32997 It hadn't even occurred to me how much you'd be able to relate to this post... Synced again! And so nice to hear some overdue verse from my favorite poet. It hadn’t even occurred to me how much you’d be able to relate to this post… Synced again! And so nice to hear some overdue verse from my favorite poet.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-32996 poeticinterconnections Mon, 30 May 2011 18:27:01 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-32996 What a great synchronicity, yes! Hoping your solitude grows on you and decompresses you. And looking forward to connecting with you again, Judith, should you be back in Los Angeles soon. What a great synchronicity, yes! Hoping your solitude grows on you and decompresses you. And looking forward to connecting with you again, Judith, should you be back in Los Angeles soon.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by poeticinterconnections http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-32995 poeticinterconnections Mon, 30 May 2011 18:24:38 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-32995 Sounds like you're going through an intense time, Daniel. I get it. Sending best wishes for clarity and peace to you, man. Sounds like you’re going through an intense time, Daniel. I get it. Sending best wishes for clarity and peace to you, man.

]]> Comment on Holy Aloneness by Pina Bastos http://poeticinterconnections.org/2011/05/28/holy-aloneness/comment-page-1/#comment-32907 Pina Bastos Mon, 30 May 2011 02:36:42 +0000 http://poeticinterconnections.org/?p=1622#comment-32907 I completely agree with this, and as we are all the same, made with the same matter as the stars, as a matter of fact, we are star dust, as the Kabalist already knew thousands of years ago, all that aplies to the stars aply to us. We all need this holy aloneness, for sure. I completely agree with this, and as we are all the same, made with the same matter as the stars, as a matter of fact, we are star dust, as the Kabalist already knew thousands of years ago, all that aplies to the stars aply to us. We all need this holy aloneness, for sure.

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