Comments for Wisdom Podcasts

Comment on Perspective 18 Lying Honesty by shelly meyer

shelly meyer — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:30:28 +0000

without honesty, we are not even in reality…all else is smoke and mirrors.

Comment on Wisdom Statements by sanjay

sanjay — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:39:14 +0000

its indeed a lesson inderneath those statements..

Comment on Breaking News Strephon’s Viewer-Listeners Over 23,000 On Election Day America 2006 by Strephon

Strephon — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:08:47 +0000

Hank,

I read your comment again now and see it is a gift poem giving a value and a gift. Thanks for this.

Strephon

Comment on Wisdom Statements by Paul

Paul — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:53:18 +0000

Interestin! enjoyable to ponder on these

Comment on Breaking News Strephon’s Viewer-Listeners Over 23,000 On Election Day America 2006 by Hank Maiden

Hank Maiden — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:01:06 +0000

Strephon:
Courage led me to you.
And now many changes of heart
bring me back.
My dream world grows lively,
and I think of your time there.
All of your life you yearn for connection,
as do I.
When we find it, again and again,
you and I are fulfilled in our own ways.
Hank

Comment on Pay It Forward by Strephon Kaplan-Williams

Strephon Kaplan-Williams — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:54:56 +0000

I appreciate, William Piper, your sharing about your work and values with us here. It seems importatnt to have values and principles to live by that work in the reality of direct experience.

From your experience and insight, what would you say we do with the opposite when we have been hurt, stolen from and mistreated?

Or, how do we deal with the times we may be mistreated as we give to others?

Maybe the movie did not do so well with this in having the boy die of almost an accident with the young boys who used knives.

Revenge becomes “pay it forward” in a destructive way when we can or cannot find the real adversary who has directly wronged us. This theme is played out in certain movies and I expect in the criminal world.

I appeal to your experience as a martial arts person and a former policeman, among other things.

If you would like a bit of listing here where you can be reached, please feel free to give us the information to post.

I know from my own martial arts background some students are looking for the “inner person” behind the techniques, so as to develop their core selves and life perspective.

–Strephon

Comment on Pay It Forward by William Piper

William Piper — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:29:25 +0000

I appreciate your understanding of this concept as a whole. I too believe that reality forces us to “give to get” as a function of life. We give time and energy to get money. We give money to get food and shelter.

Personally I believe that we must not only take care of ourselves and family, but we do owe it to others to “Pay It Forward”.

In my life I have been a husband, a father, a soldier, a police officer and now I own a martial arts school. I am 45 and now I have more time to write.

My take on “Pay it Forward” has been working for almost 30 years. I give to others, in good deeds and assistance, without expecting rewards most of the time. In part, for what others, in my past have done for me, without expecting of reward or gain.

Can we not make life better for each other by simply realizing that we are all tied together by the same string we call life?

Comment on Healing Lullaby by strephon kaplan-williams

strephon kaplan-williams — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:42:14 +0000

Hi Jena,
We just found the Lullaby by Elinor Wylie. It is a wonderful lullaby poem full of dark images in the tradition of dark sea chanties and so on. The point is to give small children the dark side of life in a beautiful poem as a paradox of opposites. It teaches children in the midst of beauty, like being at the beach, not to forget the dark side, that a big wave can come in and sweep them away. It teaches children to learn to fear and yet find peace and safety in bed in a warm but knowing family.

Here it lets the child know that a boy has drowned by going too near or in the sea.

Stefania and I have devised a folk tune to go with the poem and will post a recording here hopefully if we get it right.

Comment on Healing Lullaby by strephon kaplan-williams

strephon kaplan-williams — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:15:37 +0000

Sorry, but I don’t know it. Can you give me a reference or a comment why it is important to you?

thanks

Comment on Healing Lullaby by jena nabut

jena nabut — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:42:24 +0000

do you have the analysing of Sea Lullaby poem?
thanks