being quiet-don

June 14, 2008

hi don,

i know this wasn't directed to me but i want to chime in,

my almost ex was a chatter too. he would end his talking with huh... as if i had

said something. i would say i didn't say any thing. i pointed this out a few

time to him. i think he just expected even after 22 years i was supposed to be

as chatty as he was and fill the (few) gaps. we did talk but he did most of it

lol.

i have never liked the BIG crowds either. i used to think i didn't fit in. i now

think i picked up to many vibes ect. i love the idea of hearing god breathing. i

have been hearing this sound since my hubby left in dec. i know what your

talking about. when i am doing something that take my attention i don't hear it.

when i stop i hear it. tonight at work i had been busy most of the night so i

had not been hearing my quiet " noise " i stopped and read a picture frame with

the foot prints poem in it and it came right back to me as i hear it now.

the breath of god. love it.

debby

-

merlin

Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:00 AM

Re: Re: being quiet

Hi Linda, I've been like that for about 25 years. Chuckle, my wife will

chatter on sometimes and then wait for me to join in and when I don't she

says " well aren't you going to say something " , and she's heard it a lot

of times from me, I say, " silence isn't something that needs to be

filled. "

Seriously, there is is an inner central core of silence within us all,

once you realize that it is there, you can access it when you need it. We

all carry silence within us. Think of it as you're very own cone of

silence.

I have a problem around large groupings of mankind. I avoid cities like

the plague. The noise just eats at me. When I am truly silent I can hear

the sound of god breathing.

Peace & Joy

Don

> Hi Debby, I used to be an employee of J.C.Penneys and loved working

> there. I am also more the quite listener type. I am not usually this

> bad about not wanting to be socialble. My daughter and her husband

> brought my grandson over for the weekend this afternoon and they just

> now left. I forced myself to talk with them and all, but I was just

> wanting them to go home the whole time.

>

> I am beginning to think I made the wrong decision about taking part

> in this Shaktipat. Right now I feel too sick to do any practice, much

> less exquisite practice. I am not even wanting to get on the computer

> that much and that is totally not like me. The noise all around me is

> horrible. I can't stand the noise.

>

> Linda

>

> , " Debby W "

> <dwilliams25 wrote:

>>

>> i think as some has said silence IS golden. i have never been the

> life of

>> the party...but i can be a very good listener, a best friend, the

> person

>> everyone wants to turn to for understanding and compassion. i love

> a good

>> time i can laugh and let my hair down with the best of them once i

> get to

>> know people, i'm just not the center of attention.

>>

>> linda, when you mentioned just being in a quiet mood...i resonated

> with it.

>> since my husband and i split up i have spent many hours alone and i

> love it!

>> i am growing, thinking, feeling, breathing, reflecting in a way i

> never had

>> a chance to in all my life and loving it! i still have some

> uneasiness about

>> what the future holds for me but most of the time i can just go

> with

>> it....know its good.

>>

>> interesting tidbit...they built a new jc penney's store here on our

> mall

>> right after the my split with hubby. i filled out an app and got

> hired. i

>> have worked there since before they opened, helped put the store

> together...

>> not my dream job...but it is part of my process to the next part of

> my life.

>> but its been good. i know everyone there. very friendly atmosphere.

> a new

>> guy gets hired in our dept. a couple weeks ago. he knows he's

> important

>> because they need a man in the department for the heavy lifting

> ect. he's

>> been brown nosing big time, but i'm one of those people who just

> don't care.

>> i go with the flow. i am very friendly with the people i know and

> the

>> customers. i have not had a nasty customer since we opened march 1

> th

>> (that's a feat). i just do my job and well if i might add. lol any

> way all

>> this to say he's a talk way guy. i haven't been around him a lot

> till the

>> last couple days. spent just enough time with him to know he's a

> brown

>> noser, doesn't do any thing around the department except the heavy

> lifting

>> and hang out at the registers which isn't our main job but he is

> getting to

>> know and entertain the girls at the register. he and i were walking

> with one

>> of the supervisors for the catalog dept (register people) and he

> says the

>> supervisor (talking about me) she's so quiet...she needs to talk

> more...

>> being quiet is so lame and boring. i though did he really say that.

> what a

>> unenlightened something to say. brown noser...quick to cut someone

> down with

>> out even knowing them. i am sure it wont take long for him to be

> seen

>> through but they need him so life goes on....but i would not like

> to be him.

>> i like my quiet self and so do a lot of other people. i wonder how

> long it

>> will take for everyone to dislike him. i already know of a few.

>>

>> i love friends and family but i love the time to know myself

> more....and god

>> has been kind enough to give me that and i am thankful.

>>

>> debby

>>

>

> ---

>

June 14, 2008

VBG very big grin. I was married for 25 years and left the day after. Who

says laying naked in the sun, breathing is a waste of time. There's more

to it than that but it kind of sums it up. I ended up with the two kids, 2

wonderful boys. I ended up involved with a very gracious lady who just

happened to be raising two girls on her own. I'm not sure but I think

we've been married about 14 years now. I worship the ground she walks on.

The family joke after becoming a " brady bunch " is my oldest son introduced

my new wife as Dad's NYSW. New young sexy wife. and I really can't say he

was incorrect. We all ended up being together because we needed to be. Ah,

ahem, It did give me a new lease on life to. Chuckle.

The idea of picking up too many vibes is mine as well, I think Shakti has

plans for me and this noise interfers with them. We're at exactly the same

place on that one.

When you actively cultivate open, sometimes some really nasty stuff can

flow in, so I cultivate silence. Cultivate is one of my favorite words.

Intention, action, growth.

Debby, chime in all you want. I have very little contact with other people

daily. I'm actually quite surprised that I'm interacting here as much as I

am. But you all feel very comfortable.

Peace

Don

> hi don,

> i know this wasn't directed to me but i want to chime in,

> my almost ex was a chatter too. he would end his talking with huh... as if

> i had said something. i would say i didn't say any thing. i pointed this

> out a few time to him. i think he just expected even after 22 years i was

> supposed to be as chatty as he was and fill the (few) gaps. we did talk

> but he did most of it lol.

>

> i have never liked the BIG crowds either. i used to think i didn't fit in.

> i now think i picked up to many vibes ect. i love the idea of hearing god

> breathing. i have been hearing this sound since my hubby left in dec. i

> know what your talking about. when i am doing something that take my

> attention i don't hear it. when i stop i hear it. tonight at work i had

> been busy most of the night so i had not been hearing my quiet " noise " i

> stopped and read a picture frame with the foot prints poem in it and it

> came right back to me as i hear it now.

>

> the breath of god. love it.

> debby

> -

> merlin

>

> Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:00 AM

> Re: Re: being quiet

>

> Hi Linda, I've been like that for about 25 years. Chuckle, my wife will

> chatter on sometimes and then wait for me to join in and when I don't

> she

> says " well aren't you going to say something " , and she's heard it a lot

> of times from me, I say, " silence isn't something that needs to be

> filled. "

>

> Seriously, there is is an inner central core of silence within us all,

> once you realize that it is there, you can access it when you need it.

> We

> all carry silence within us. Think of it as you're very own cone of

> silence.

> I have a problem around large groupings of mankind. I avoid cities like

> the plague. The noise just eats at me. When I am truly silent I can hear

> the sound of god breathing.

>

> Peace & Joy

>

> Don

>

> > Hi Debby, I used to be an employee of J.C.Penneys and loved working

> > there. I am also more the quite listener type. I am not usually this

> > bad about not wanting to be socialble. My daughter and her husband

> > brought my grandson over for the weekend this afternoon and they just

> > now left. I forced myself to talk with them and all, but I was just

> > wanting them to go home the whole time.

> >

> > I am beginning to think I made the wrong decision about taking part

> > in this Shaktipat. Right now I feel too sick to do any practice, much

> > less exquisite practice. I am not even wanting to get on the computer

> > that much and that is totally not like me. The noise all around me is

> > horrible. I can't stand the noise.

> >

> > Linda

> >

> > , " Debby W "

> > <dwilliams25 wrote:

> >>

> >> i think as some has said silence IS golden. i have never been the

> > life of

> >> the party...but i can be a very good listener, a best friend, the

> > person

> >> everyone wants to turn to for understanding and compassion. i love

> > a good

> >> time i can laugh and let my hair down with the best of them once i

> > get to

> >> know people, i'm just not the center of attention.

> >>

> >> linda, when you mentioned just being in a quiet mood...i resonated

> > with it.

> >> since my husband and i split up i have spent many hours alone and i

> > love it!

> >> i am growing, thinking, feeling, breathing, reflecting in a way i

> > never had

> >> a chance to in all my life and loving it! i still have some

> > uneasiness about

> >> what the future holds for me but most of the time i can just go

> > with

> >> it....know its good.

> >>

> >> interesting tidbit...they built a new jc penney's store here on our

> > mall

> >> right after the my split with hubby. i filled out an app and got

> > hired. i

> >> have worked there since before they opened, helped put the store

> > together...

> >> not my dream job...but it is part of my process to the next part of

> > my life.

> >> but its been good. i know everyone there. very friendly atmosphere.

> > a new

> >> guy gets hired in our dept. a couple weeks ago. he knows he's

> > important

> >> because they need a man in the department for the heavy lifting

> > ect. he's

> >> been brown nosing big time, but i'm one of those people who just

> > don't care.

> >> i go with the flow. i am very friendly with the people i know and

> > the

> >> customers. i have not had a nasty customer since we opened march 1

> > th

> >> (that's a feat). i just do my job and well if i might add. lol any

> > way all

> >> this to say he's a talk way guy. i haven't been around him a lot

> > till the

> >> last couple days. spent just enough time with him to know he's a

> > brown

> >> noser, doesn't do any thing around the department except the heavy

> > lifting

> >> and hang out at the registers which isn't our main job but he is

> > getting to

> >> know and entertain the girls at the register. he and i were walking

> > with one

> >> of the supervisors for the catalog dept (register people) and he

> > says the

> >> supervisor (talking about me) she's so quiet...she needs to talk

> > more...

> >> being quiet is so lame and boring. i though did he really say that.

> > what a

> >> unenlightened something to say. brown noser...quick to cut someone

> > down with

> >> out even knowing them. i am sure it wont take long for him to be

> > seen

> >> through but they need him so life goes on....but i would not like

> > to be him.

> >> i like my quiet self and so do a lot of other people. i wonder how

> > long it

> >> will take for everyone to dislike him. i already know of a few.

> >>

> >> i love friends and family but i love the time to know myself

> > more....and god

> >> has been kind enough to give me that and i am thankful.

> >>

> >> debby

> >>

> >

> > ---

> >

June 14, 2008

O.K This is kind of freaking me out. & nbsp; I feel the same way around big

crowds, and this just started about 4 years ago. & nbsp; My poor teenage daughter

who loves to shop at the mall, and wants me to go with her.... I can make it for

maybe an hour or two, but it is utter pain.

& nbsp;

Why is this? I & nbsp; have a 25 year old who we shared MANY a girls day out at

the mall, and it is not fair to my youngest that I am depriving her of

this! & nbsp; But I honestly cannot take it. & nbsp; I just thought t was " old age "

50 years old lol ..... Seriously..

& nbsp;

Geez, so much to thin about.....

Thank You for sharing ... I know that cannot be easy sharing your most inner and

personal issues.

& nbsp;

Sharon

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merlin & lt;merlin & gt;

Re: Re: being quiet-don

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 2:52 AM