tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post6421365279198604941..comments2024-01-27T20:14:55.379+00:00Comments on House of Inanna: Coming out of the closetIdrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-47870865657153437052009-02-03T16:47:00.000+00:002009-02-03T16:47:00.000+00:00I admire you bravery and honesty. I understand wha...I admire you bravery and honesty. <BR/><BR/>I understand what you mean by not writing about it because your fear it will come to nothing. A few years ago, my boyfriend (now fiance) and I broke up (it lasted for a month, and we'd been going out for 4 years). It was one of the most devastating times of my life. But I didn't tell anyone (obviously some found out, but not by my telling). For me, this was born out of fear of confirming that which was most painful. And still when something goes wrong in my life I tend to keep it to myself. <BR/><BR/>I applaud your attempts at bringing your 'faults' into the light. This kind of self-scrutiny, although painful, will eventually lead to a deeper and fuller understanding of yourself and your life.<BR/><BR/>And I'm glad you realise you should never have to apologise for being yourself =). Good for you.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes xHaley @ Iridescent Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571490683886506337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-13823188072022362402009-02-01T23:46:00.000+00:002009-02-01T23:46:00.000+00:00Brian, I speak as someone who has spent too much t...Brian, I speak as someone who has spent too much time "At icy altitudes" as Jonni Mitchell says.<BR/>The limits of rationality are only now becoming clear to me. Our reason is seductive because it appears to be quantifiable. This would work if we had access to all the information, and if we could process it impartially, when we can do neither of course.<BR/><BR/>Those of us whose pasts make emotional attachment and expression difficult, can easily pour scorn on "mere sentiment" as the sacharine gushing stuff of schmaltzy B movies - fine in its place but hardly a template for life.<BR/><BR/>Your chosen spiritual path and your new love, nnot primarily based on reason, have clearly given you a way out of your own mental maze. Your evident struggle and honesty give me encouragement in finding a way out of mine, having come to a relationship, as I thought, via rationality, only to find myself in an unfamiliar but much more exciting place.<BR/>Thank you<BR/><BR/><BR/>RegReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753176107399356438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-34686678155074831722009-02-01T20:28:00.000+00:002009-02-01T20:28:00.000+00:00Brian, I know EXACTLY what you are going through a...Brian, <BR/><BR/>I know EXACTLY what you are going through and all I can say is, kudos for honesty!! It takes guts, priesthood or no, to write of what must be written and not hidden. I too struggle with the Apollonian and Dionysian natures of myself. I offer my deepest blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-18852455885150530932009-01-31T23:13:00.000+00:002009-01-31T23:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for the warning - I am aware of the danger ...Thanks for the warning - I am aware of the danger and am not using those words. I am afraid, however, that cannot mind my thoughts for they simply arise as if from nowhere. Attempting to suppress them merely gives them more power. All I can do is to express them and then let them pass. Sure, they come again and again - but they will, in the end, leave - simply because they have become boring. Even the most persistent unwelcome guests eventually get the message.Idrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-55149487389009120462009-01-31T22:53:00.000+00:002009-01-31T22:53:00.000+00:00Nine words that doom a new relationship: I knew th...Nine words that doom a new relationship: I knew this was too good to be true.<BR/><BR/>Self-fulfilling prophecy, Priest. Mind your thoughts and mind the mirror.Mantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307988736647671noreply@blogger.com