Comments for Weblogsky: Jon Lebkowsky's Weblog http://weblogsky.com Culture | Community | Networks | Media | Technology Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:51:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on It’s (Never) Too Late by ttrentham http://weblogsky.com/2010/03/01/its-never-too-late/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 ttrentham Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:51:51 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/?p=501#comment-1236 "Either way, the conclusion was horrible. Yes, I would live forever, but I would live forever either tortured by fire or tortured by boredom." I like this a lot. “Either way, the conclusion was horrible. Yes, I would live forever, but I would live forever either tortured by fire or tortured by boredom.”

I like this a lot.

]]> Comment on Ed Ward leaves Berlin by Ben http://weblogsky.com/2008/12/31/ed-ward-leaves-berlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Ben Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:52:18 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2008/12/31/ed-ward-leaves-berlin/#comment-1226 Not sure how much crack Dr. Dot is smoking or how she presumes to speak for the entirety of Berlin. I'm in Berlin and I miss Ed. And I'm certainly not the only one. Not sure how much crack Dr. Dot is smoking or how she presumes to speak for the entirety of Berlin. I’m in Berlin and I miss Ed. And I’m certainly not the only one.

]]> Comment on Heads by jonl http://weblogsky.com/2009/10/06/heads/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 jonl Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:38:21 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2009/10/06/heads/#comment-1222 I'm honored that you found your way to my blog! Thanks for the great quote - I'm working it right now...! I’m honored that you found your way to my blog! Thanks for the great quote – I’m working it right now…!

]]> Comment on Heads by Flint Sparks http://weblogsky.com/2009/10/06/heads/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Flint Sparks Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:00:23 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2009/10/06/heads/#comment-1221 People don't often share this kind of stuff, especially as it regards politics and business, because without a meditation practice it just seems strange or confusing. Here is a great quote from John Tarrant, a Zen teacher with a good bit of wisdom in this area. This was part of an interview in "Inquiring Mind," a publication for the Insight Buddhist community. Don't miss the last line. Memorize it! "Zen people talk about emptiness because when you awaken, the maps that hold your beliefs are suddenly gone. You also notice that new maps appear in the mind, even without encouragement from you. And as new maps appear, you can take them as provisional... The Zen task is to open to the gates of the world beyond our prejudices. Like the Buddha, we can step away from everything we are certain about. I think this possibility is the best contribution we can make to healing the flaws in consciousness and helping the world. Unkindness comes out of certainty; when we throw out certainty, we have the bare reality of consciousness, and another name for that is love." Truly!! People don’t often share this kind of stuff, especially as it regards politics and business, because without a meditation practice it just seems strange or confusing. Here is a great quote from John Tarrant, a Zen teacher with a good bit of wisdom in this area. This was part of an interview in “Inquiring Mind,” a publication for the Insight Buddhist community. Don’t miss the last line. Memorize it!
“Zen people talk about emptiness because when you awaken, the maps that hold your beliefs are suddenly gone. You also notice that new maps appear in the mind, even without encouragement from you. And as new maps appear, you can take them as provisional… The Zen task is to open to the gates of the world beyond our prejudices. Like the Buddha, we can step away from everything we are certain about. I think this possibility is the best contribution we can make to healing the flaws in consciousness and helping the world. Unkindness comes out of certainty; when we throw out certainty, we have the bare reality of consciousness, and another name for that is love.” Truly!!

]]> Comment on Samadhi, intention, direction by Flint Sparks http://weblogsky.com/2010/01/27/samadhi-intention-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 Flint Sparks Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:50:31 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/01/27/samadhi-intention-direction/#comment-1220 This is a great book - accessible without being too light. It does a huge service for both the research field of interpersonal neurobiology and the practice path of Buddhism. Together these fields support what we need today, a way to really grow up as mature adults and wake up to our deepest and most creative nature. Thanks for mentioning it. As a psychologist and Zen priest, it see it as a welcome sign that these two fields are integrated more fully explored in this way. This is a great book – accessible without being too light. It does a huge service for both the research field of interpersonal neurobiology and the practice path of Buddhism. Together these fields support what we need today, a way to really grow up as mature adults and wake up to our deepest and most creative nature. Thanks for mentioning it. As a psychologist and Zen priest, it see it as a welcome sign that these two fields are integrated more fully explored in this way.

]]> Comment on TEDx Austin notes by jonl http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 jonl Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:22:54 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/#comment-1217 John, Erik, and Robert - thanks! David - thanks especially to you and Suzanne for your very moving performance. I wouldn't have thought you could have captured so much in sixteen minutes - great work! Jerry - Thanks for all the great work. We're looking forward to next year, too! John, Erik, and Robert – thanks!

David – thanks especially to you and Suzanne for your very moving performance. I wouldn’t have thought you could have captured so much in sixteen minutes – great work!

Jerry – Thanks for all the great work. We’re looking forward to next year, too!

]]> Comment on TEDx Austin notes by jerry g austin tx. http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 jerry g austin tx. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:10:10 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/#comment-1216 Jon, thanks for the present...and for being present. Glad you could enjoy the day with us. We're on quite the info high and looking to make 2011 even better. Jon, thanks for the present…and for being present. Glad you could enjoy the day with us. We’re on quite the info high and looking to make 2011 even better.

]]> Comment on The impact of “social” on organizations by steve golab http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/08/the-impact-of-social-on-organizations/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 steve golab Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:06:32 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/08/the-impact-of-social-on-organizations/#comment-1215 Jon, be one with the zafu! namaste. Steve Jon, be one with the zafu! namaste.

Steve

]]> Comment on TEDx Austin notes by Robert Matney http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Robert Matney Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:04:44 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/#comment-1214 Thanks for these notes, Jon. So glad you got to hear and, even better, connect with Tomlinson. Thanks for these notes, Jon. So glad you got to hear and, even better, connect with Tomlinson.

]]> Comment on TEDx Austin notes by Next year, I vote for a drum circle | Guidewire Group http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Next year, I vote for a drum circle | Guidewire Group Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:22:30 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2010/02/21/tedx-austin-notes/#comment-1213 [...] notes of the speakers. And for a complete rundown of who spoke about what, Jon Lebkowsky’s post is hard to beat. But the general vibe and conversations of the day don’t seem to translate [...] [...] notes of the speakers. And for a complete rundown of who spoke about what, Jon Lebkowsky’s post is hard to beat. But the general vibe and conversations of the day don’t seem to translate [...]

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