tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post6907081310417067916..comments2023-10-31T10:00:19.380-05:00Comments on Bikram 60 Day Challenge: 97/138 - Where Nothing ConnectsDuffy Pratthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05160837024667969180noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-32432822285605403792009-05-21T08:20:35.539-05:002009-05-21T08:20:35.539-05:00Your title says it all. Where No-thing Connects......Your title says it all. Where No-thing Connects... paradoxical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-32071916565176491522009-05-21T00:35:52.300-05:002009-05-21T00:35:52.300-05:00Thanks all for the comments.
Never underestimate ...Thanks all for the comments.<br /><br />Never underestimate the power of a hug. I like that story very much.<br /><br />Yes, I think that experience (or at least having blessed with remembering parts of it) has given me a peek into the horror of some forms of insanity.<br /><br />I have never had that kind of fear dream. For a while, several years ago, I had a series of very funny dreams and sometimes literally woke up laughing. The one I best remember is the dream where I was showcased in Madonna's "White Guys Can't Dance" tour.<br /><br />Finally, leave it to Milton to put the idea so succinctly.Duffy Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160837024667969180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-650368420769095402009-05-20T23:57:19.005-05:002009-05-20T23:57:19.005-05:00That is a scary story for sure!! I LOVE how you g...That is a scary story for sure!! I LOVE how you give these vivid descriptions of the extreme dark and light sides of the same idea. Makes me think of that line: "I myself am hell/ nobody's here." I think Lucifer says it in Paradise Lost, and it's also used in Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour", which is an awesome poem. I think maybe the most powerful experiences are always internal ones like this.thedancingjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976806717306797444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-35794366766175686432009-05-20T11:41:40.577-05:002009-05-20T11:41:40.577-05:00Duffy~ How scary to have had that experience. Per...Duffy~ How scary to have had that experience. Perhaps you got a little glimpse into the suffering that truly insane people have to experience. <br />Like Bosco I have woken from a dream a few times before with complete and total fear. I was convinced something was true that was not and lived in fear that entire day. It was very odd, and yes, a feeling of being not-connected. Great post!bikramyogachickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685444498620345130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-30383082024911711782009-05-20T09:28:15.248-05:002009-05-20T09:28:15.248-05:00Ouch! What a trip! It's a good thing you didn't ...Ouch! What a trip! It's a good thing you didn't go public with that experience, Duffy - we might have had you committed. <br /><br />I have had only a few experiences ever where I felt completely isolated, alone, and disconnected. One was in a dream that I woke from, where I felt like I had transgressed beyond some boundary into a kind of irredeemable unforgiveable hell. I woke up feeling like there was no way back. I had no idea what I had done or anything that made any sense - I just woke up feelin absolutely scared to death. This was probably about 25 or 30 years ago.<br /><br />Then back in 1989 I was at a Dead concert with a big group of Deadhead friends, at Cal Expo in Sacramento. I started to feel like I was drifting away during "Oh Mama, Can this really be the end, to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again." Things just started getting dark and scary. At first I just allowed myself to get scared and then, finally, I told the girl next to me, Julie Imazumi, "I'm scared." I think she understood completely, and gave me a big hug. Then another in our group came over and did the same. This went on for about five minutes - everybody came and gave me a big hug. And of course that totally restored the sense of connection. Which indisputably establishes that hugs, even at a Dead concert, are better than drugs! It also made me wonder at the time: Are there people who feel that way all the time?<br /><br />I love the T. S. Elliot quote and the concept that yoga is so powerful because it integrates and connects.Bosconoreply@blogger.com