tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post2420955454855589823..comments2023-09-28T10:08:44.827+02:00Comments on Gwynt: What Is the Question?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-49814518938099779972015-03-02T16:57:26.475+01:002015-03-02T16:57:26.475+01:00Quite so!Quite so!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-54883133162688033442015-03-02T00:06:26.005+01:002015-03-02T00:06:26.005+01:00"Pray God I am not too soon!"
-Dirk Gen... "Pray God I am not too soon!" <br />-Dirk Gently<br /><br />Douglas Adams. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-37696639115010205922015-02-22T17:59:37.762+01:002015-02-22T17:59:37.762+01:00Yes, I think patience is the key. And as you may k...Yes, I think patience is the key. And as you may know I have buckets of that. :)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-65888018324926910502015-02-22T17:04:07.024+01:002015-02-22T17:04:07.024+01:00a secret garden! that imagery is almost identical ...a secret garden! that imagery is almost identical to that from one of my favourite childhood books, the secret garden by frances hodgson burnett! the only thing missing is the bird who leads you to the key. <br /><br />best of luck to you (although luck is surely not what you need - patience then?) finding the right questions.the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-56015701921745578412015-02-20T17:00:58.240+01:002015-02-20T17:00:58.240+01:00Tom - thanks for being so kind to me. You should ...Tom - thanks for being so kind to me. You should have shouted IMPOSSIBLE.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-51581081023733403692015-02-19T11:45:48.399+01:002015-02-19T11:45:48.399+01:00Susan; I have been going round in circles, but fi...Susan; I have been going round in circles, but finding no way to a resolution. Your quote by Krishnamurti may just be what I need to break my Gordian knot. There is just so much happening at present that to pick out one strand of movement might introduce a sense of imbalance. The way I am following is like treading a knife-edged mountain ridge.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-85122255139417077282015-02-19T03:24:14.874+01:002015-02-19T03:24:14.874+01:00While reading your description of the path next to...While reading your description of the path next to the brick wall I found myself right there too. The fascinating thing about a secret garden is the vision of the healing power of nature. <br /><br />It took me a little while to find what I remembered (vaguely) what Krishnamurti said about questions being more important than answers. It was this:<br /><br />“To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.”<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-70524764722964512892015-02-17T12:19:19.490+01:002015-02-17T12:19:19.490+01:00Dear Natalie; I am so glad that you made the sugg...Dear Natalie; I am so glad that you made the suggestion to go out into my childhood garden, which in reality was no more than a suburban, terraced backyard. It has awoken something for which I have a great need, the memory of a place in which I will find truth. In time I believe I will find my questions. For now, I must make haste slowly.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-37439100756323919202015-02-17T02:34:16.886+01:002015-02-17T02:34:16.886+01:00Tom, your garden is surely one that I would love t...Tom, your garden is surely one that I would love to wander in, dreaming up questions. I love your decision to search for questions! I think that the right answers are always waiting for the right questions to be asked so that they can come out of hiding.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-2510110695015817632015-02-16T23:35:32.845+01:002015-02-16T23:35:32.845+01:00Dear Marja-Leena; That sounds almost like a praye...Dear Marja-Leena; That sounds almost like a prayer. For that I thank you.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-30268238356563975702015-02-16T22:35:31.758+01:002015-02-16T22:35:31.758+01:00Asking the right question seems to apply to many s...Asking the right question seems to apply to many situations, not only in your journey. May that garden, or a wild forest, seaside or mountain, or your own home sanctuary be a helpful setting to find your questions, even as Ellena says, when 'not knowingly asked'.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-28046985374829199982015-02-16T16:26:52.635+01:002015-02-16T16:26:52.635+01:00Well now young Ellena; that's two questions a...Well now young Ellena; that's two questions asked without even trying. :)<br /><br />When you get answers to questions you have not knowingly asked, I get the feeling you must have a personal line to whatever is out, or up, 'there'. I'm pleased and happy for you. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-89201497119264301432015-02-16T16:19:57.418+01:002015-02-16T16:19:57.418+01:00It most certainly is.It most certainly is.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-70796630541122405782015-02-16T15:23:54.057+01:002015-02-16T15:23:54.057+01:00Isn't a feeling of being in sync with another ...Isn't a feeling of being in sync with another soul wonderful?! Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-65810895942107190412015-02-16T14:52:24.145+01:002015-02-16T14:52:24.145+01:00Must I admit that this is my third try at making a...Must I admit that this is my third try at making a comment? Is it not meant to be posted? Maybe. Here it is anyway "sometimes I get answers to questions I have not knowingly asked".Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-83333006414014499552015-02-16T14:47:31.812+01:002015-02-16T14:47:31.812+01:00Hullo Halle; I tend to be against making maps of ...Hullo Halle; I tend to be against making maps of my inner, secret garden. To make a map seems to me to be saying, "Show me the way, show me wisdom, but on my terms." I think the Gardener (or call him what you will) will have none of that. If we want genuine contact, we must go along the paths he has laid out, and they may change from day to day. I agree with you: I like surprises. To walk around the garden, to find a gate, door or portal that opens into its own, sometimes alien, landscape is a step into the deeper mysteries of life.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-81156198210481440622015-02-16T14:39:59.910+01:002015-02-16T14:39:59.910+01:00Hi Lindsay; There is much about aboriginal 'd...Hi Lindsay; There is much about aboriginal 'dream time' or indian 'questing', at least as far as I understand those processes, that tallies with 'path working', in which imagery is used to contact something deep within oneself. Maybe that is the path to which I am returning. It certainly has great appeal for me, but I am trying hard not to rush headlong into things. <br /><br />I agree with you when you speak about the scientific and technological revolution that we have passed through, and continue to do so. At times I fear that either we have been too successful, and put all our apples into one basket, and in so doing have neglected to more spiritual side. Yet the world needs to pay attention to that spiritual side, or as it is now termed our transpersonal selves, as is evident from even a cursory glance at humanity and its problems. <br /><br />I have an image, that rises occasionally during meditation, of a vast crowd of people, male and female, young and old, ancient and modern, all looking to a great light. Are we fellow travellers? Yes, I believe so, but we each must find our own way of experiencing the spiritual path. We cannot follow exactly in another's footsteps.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-18342010666820130332015-02-16T14:22:01.121+01:002015-02-16T14:22:01.121+01:00Thank you Geo. I always thought your move into gar...Thank you Geo. I always thought your move into gardening to be a brave one, which in the end has brought you great benefits. At least I hope it has. More and more I feel the need to question, particularly the more accepted ideas, because there is the ever present problem of living within concepts and guidelines which may not be my own, but inherited from an egoist society.<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-34763270709339728202015-02-16T13:17:09.709+01:002015-02-16T13:17:09.709+01:00The garden is a lovely place for me because of its...The garden is a lovely place for me because of its potential to engage my senses and to surprise. As a metaphor for finding new and stimulating things in life, <i>going to the garden</i> works very well. <br /><br />Some enjoy the surprise and delight in the randomness that a garden can bring. Others will strive to organize and structure their garden in a way that makes it more predictable, or controllable. They will put up little signs that give the name for each plant (carefully isolated from its neighbour) and will even make little guide books so that visitors will know what everything is, and why it was planted just so.<br /><br />So it is with matters of the spirit it seems to me. <br /><br />Personally, I love surprises.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-85225535196128163532015-02-16T07:59:05.383+01:002015-02-16T07:59:05.383+01:00Beautiful post, and one I identify closely with. A...Beautiful post, and one I identify closely with. As you may know, I went outdoors in 1979 to garden for a living, and came to appreciate nature as the language of the universe. By and by, it became more sensible to consider the First Word, the Logos and causal utterance of all things, as an interrogative. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-45648599694798175262015-02-16T05:28:47.462+01:002015-02-16T05:28:47.462+01:00Hi Tom
Deleted my first attempt as it contained t...Hi Tom <br />Deleted my first attempt as it contained too many typo’s and misspells!! <br />Your interesting post raises the question that maybe the question of asking the right questions is inherent in the cultures of all of early tribe’s people. I was recently reading about the Great Plains Indian tribes of North America, whose quest was to gain wisdom by making contact with a guardian spirit, through the process of fasting, isolation and meditation. This quest even involved an ‘Out of Body type Experience” on a journey to the distant far off spiritual places. <br />In Australia, the aboriginal culture was inextricably linked to the dreamtime and its myths which proved the stepping stones to understand the meaning of new life, death, rebirth and the affinity to the land. We have embarked on an amazing journey of scientific discovery, innovation, technological developments and sophistication, but are our spiritual needs any different? Do you think we can learn something from the ancients and the way they placed their fears and faith in the unknown through experience? Are we fellow travellers? Maybe you are following freshly in the well-worn pathway of their forgotten footsteps? Do we still have the patience ?<br />Best wishes<br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-89878550832060814822015-02-16T02:04:43.915+01:002015-02-16T02:04:43.915+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.com