Comments on: What Lurks Beneath http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/archives/2008/05/08/what-lurks-beneath/ treading lightly on this earth Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lewis http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/archives/2008/05/08/what-lurks-beneath/#comment-6624 Lewis Wed, 14 May 2008 21:45:44 +0000 http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/?p=242#comment-6624 Indeed, I'm a great fan of metaphor. And to live it, experience it, that's the real wisdom. Knowing is one thing, doing is another. Indeed, I’m a great fan of metaphor. And to live it, experience it, that’s the real wisdom. Knowing is one thing, doing is another.

]]> By: becca http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/archives/2008/05/08/what-lurks-beneath/#comment-6623 becca Wed, 14 May 2008 13:28:41 +0000 http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/?p=242#comment-6623 The book sounds interesting (and i found it on abebooks for a reasonable price) so i look forward to reading it over the summer. :) I like your response to such metaphors, makes a great deal of sense; Derek (of taoism.net) always says to him metaphors, dao, cultivation etc are about living and experiencing not just thinking about :) beccaxx The book sounds interesting (and i found it on abebooks for a reasonable price) so i look forward to reading it over the summer. :)

I like your response to such metaphors, makes a great deal of sense; Derek (of taoism.net) always says to him metaphors, dao, cultivation etc are about living and experiencing not just thinking about :)

beccaxx

]]> By: Lewis http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/archives/2008/05/08/what-lurks-beneath/#comment-6621 Lewis Tue, 13 May 2008 14:10:42 +0000 http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/?p=242#comment-6621 Indeed. There's a wonderful book by Robert Bly called Iron John, which is a book that broaches this issue as part of the journey of men into their own wildness (Iron John can be found overflowing with hair all over his body, chained to the bottom of a lake or pond). My response to such metaphors is to go out and feel my way into them, literally feeling into the swamp and watering holes that I come across as I wander around. The sense of wildness there that it awakens in me is tangible. Indeed. There’s a wonderful book by Robert Bly called Iron John, which is a book that broaches this issue as part of the journey of men into their own wildness (Iron John can be found overflowing with hair all over his body, chained to the bottom of a lake or pond). My response to such metaphors is to go out and feel my way into them, literally feeling into the swamp and watering holes that I come across as I wander around. The sense of wildness there that it awakens in me is tangible.

]]> By: becca http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/archives/2008/05/08/what-lurks-beneath/#comment-6620 becca Tue, 13 May 2008 13:27:57 +0000 http://www.abarefootman.co.uk/?p=242#comment-6620 Lewis that is a brilliant analogy; one that can be used for so many spiritual bits and bobs :) beccaxx Lewis that is a brilliant analogy; one that can be used for so many spiritual bits and bobs :)

beccaxx

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