Comments for LIVING HERO http://jari.podbean.com Monthly interviews with living luminaries and mavericks Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:07:51 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 Comment on Interview with Morris Berman by jari http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-160793 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:45:28 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-160793 Thank you very much, Anthony, for your compliment, your subscription to Living Hero, your insights and for bringing the work of Derrick Jensen to the attention of readers and listeners here, including me. The raison d’etre of this program is to help people join me in a process of connecting the dots and looking sanely and squarely at the picture we’re all in together. Month by month we can make radical changes in the way we are thinking, working, and living, as I am doing and will continue to do. Stay tuned . . . Thank you very much, Anthony, for your compliment, your subscription to Living Hero, your insights and for bringing the work of Derrick Jensen to the attention of readers and listeners here, including me. The raison d’etre of this program is to help people join me in a process of connecting the dots and looking sanely and squarely at the picture we’re all in together. Month by month we can make radical changes in the way we are thinking, working, and living, as I am doing and will continue to do. Stay tuned . . .

]]> Comment on Interview with Morris Berman by anthony dimichele http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-160747 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:57:37 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-160747 Morris Berman is tonic for the mind~numbing materialism and hyper~consumption of american culture. So many artists and poets in my experience have also intuited this crisis and I would add the work of Derrick Jensen among the heros who need to be heard during this inevitable collapse of western culture and values. As an artist who has always tried to make socially conscious art, I know all too well how deaf and dumb most of my compatriots truly are. This website is precious. Morris Berman is tonic for the mind~numbing materialism and hyper~consumption of american culture. So many artists and poets in my experience have also intuited this crisis and I would add the work of Derrick Jensen among the heros who need to be heard during this inevitable collapse of western culture and values. As an artist who has always tried to make socially conscious art, I know all too well how deaf and dumb most of my compatriots truly are. This website is precious.

]]> Comment on Interview with Robert Stickgold: Sleep, Memory, Creativity & Dreams by John East http://jari.podbean.com/2008/01/15/interview-with-robert-stickgold-sleep-memory-creativity-dreams/#comment-141297 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:30:20 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/01/15/interview-with-robert-stickgold-sleep-memory-creativity-dreams/#comment-141297 Please send me a copy of the interview in PDF format. Please send me a copy of the interview in PDF format.

]]> Comment on Holic or Holistic? How’s the Love? by jari http://jari.podbean.com/2008/02/13/holic-or-holistic-hows-the-love/#comment-131223 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:06:33 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/02/13/holic-or-holistic-hows-the-love/#comment-131223 Thanks for your comment,Catherine. Good for you! Thanks for your comment,Catherine. Good for you!

]]> Comment on Holic or Holistic? How’s the Love? by Catherine Wright http://jari.podbean.com/2008/02/13/holic-or-holistic-hows-the-love/#comment-131120 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:38:11 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/02/13/holic-or-holistic-hows-the-love/#comment-131120 While it isn't easy to change when we have been brought up in a "holic" society and are constantly surrounded by people who would tempt us that holic behavior is actually good and normal and that holistic is weird and even unproven, it is VERY necessary to understand what is written here. I have dealt with my own holicisms and I've finally come to a place where denial no longer works and the "easy" road is frought with brambles and obstacles. The sooner we take steps toward living a more holistic lifestyle, the sooner true joy, peace and real love including self-love are possible. I am finally living a more holistic life and I am on the path to healing so I can be all I truly can be by the grace of God. I only wish I "got it" sooner. "I may not be where I need to be but at least I'm not where I used to be. I'm doing okay and I'm on my way!" (quoting Joyce Meyer) While it isn’t easy to change when we have been brought up in a “holic” society and are constantly surrounded by people who would tempt us that holic behavior is actually good and normal and that holistic is weird and even unproven, it is VERY necessary to understand what is written here. I have dealt with my own holicisms and I’ve finally come to a place where denial no longer works and the “easy” road is frought with brambles and obstacles. The sooner we take steps toward living a more holistic lifestyle, the sooner true joy, peace and real love including self-love are possible. I am finally living a more holistic life and I am on the path to healing so I can be all I truly can be by the grace of God. I only wish I “got it” sooner. “I may not be where I need to be but at least I’m not where I used to be. I’m doing okay and I’m on my way!” (quoting Joyce Meyer)

]]> Comment on Interview with Morris Berman by Wendy Koenigsmann http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-127454 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:36:10 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-morris-berman/#comment-127454 There are only a handful of people I think really "get it" and these few included Hermann Hesse, Colin Wilson, and Morris Berman. It's very difficult to find people who think as Berman does. There are only a handful of people I think really “get it” and these few included Hermann Hesse, Colin Wilson, and Morris Berman. It’s very difficult to find people who think as Berman does.

]]> Comment on Interview with Scott Parsons by sandra baruch http://jari.podbean.com/2008/08/01/interview-with-scott-parsons/#comment-123324 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:02:39 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/08/01/interview-with-scott-parsons/#comment-123324 this man sounds absolutely unique.You are so lucky to have spent time learning all about him! best regards this man sounds absolutely unique.You are so lucky to have spent time learning all about him! best regards

]]> Comment on An Interview with John Green: Imagine Driving an Ecofueler by Pammer http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/18/an-interview-with-john-green-imagine-driving-an-ecofueler/#comment-112283 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:10:24 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/18/an-interview-with-john-green-imagine-driving-an-ecofueler/#comment-112283 If more people thought like this, we wouldn't be having an energy crisis. Bravo ! If more people thought like this, we wouldn’t be having an energy crisis.

Bravo !

]]> Comment on Silenced by Planet Earth: Sex, Surrender, Death and the L-Word by Sonia Nordenson http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/04/silenced-by-planet-earth-sex-surrender-death-and-the-l-word/#comment-110984 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:29:32 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/06/04/silenced-by-planet-earth-sex-surrender-death-and-the-l-word/#comment-110984 Thank you for this beautiful essay that expresses so much wisdom! Thank you for this beautiful essay that expresses so much wisdom!

]]> Comment on Freedom or Power, What’s Your Will? by Jari http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-108939 Fri, 30 May 2008 23:32:55 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-108939 Thanks for writing, Ron. Regarding your last point, would you agree that the disempowerment you speak of starts even earlier than kindergarden? Parenting--what a challenge, right?! This summer my two podcast guests for July and August will speak to the very roots of the conditioning that moves humans away from peace, trust, and pleasure in our own being--that intrinsic freedom from seeking external approval, validation and management. Thanks for writing, Ron. Regarding your last point, would you agree that the disempowerment you speak of starts even earlier than kindergarden? Parenting–what a challenge, right?! This summer my two podcast guests for July and August will speak to the very roots of the conditioning that moves humans away from peace, trust, and pleasure in our own being–that intrinsic freedom from seeking external approval, validation and management.

]]> Comment on Freedom or Power, What’s Your Will? by R. Power http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-108917 Fri, 30 May 2008 21:21:55 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-108917 Jari, Freedom does take courage. It isn't so much that people fear freedom or have an aversion to freedom as it is a case of not knowing what true freedom is. As you rightly point out: freedom is ultimately spiritual in nature. Dance, movement, and creative expression are downplayed in our education, to make us 'fit in' better. We lose our creativity, our sense of self, and the real feeling of what is right for us. We lose our power AND our freedom. Your work encourages others to find their true selves, to express their creativity, and to find spiritual freedom. This discussion is lacking in formal education, but hopefully can be encouraged in online social community. Thank you. Jari, Freedom does take courage. It isn’t so much that people fear freedom or have an aversion to freedom as it is a case of not knowing what true freedom is. As you rightly point out: freedom is ultimately spiritual in nature. Dance, movement, and creative expression are downplayed in our education, to make us ‘fit in’ better. We lose our creativity, our sense of self, and the real feeling of what is right for us. We lose our power AND our freedom. Your work encourages others to find their true selves, to express their creativity, and to find spiritual freedom. This discussion is lacking in formal education, but hopefully can be encouraged in online social community. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Freedom or Power, What’s Your Will? by jari http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104346 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:36 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104346 Thanks, David. Good point. There are many theories and philosophies of power; this is a fertile conversation. If, for the moment, we take power to mean the ability to influence action (our own, or that of others), then of course there are wholesome and unwholesome ways of doing that. Artists, healers, parents, educators--all of us--are engaged in persuasion in some form and, hopefully, we are appealing to the best in people and encouraging them to live and work from the most loving place they can find in themselves. This is not always the case, even with so-called methods of empowerment. But I think the empowerment you speak of is a wholesome process of encouraging someone to experience life and act from their own authority, grounded in goodness. But, how does one grow up inside and heal from injury and untangle one's confustion so that a genuine personal authority and ethical ground is there, upon which to confidently draw? There will be more on this subject here on the blog--thanks very much for commenting. Thanks, David. Good point. There are many theories and philosophies of power; this is a fertile conversation. If, for the moment, we take power to mean the ability to influence action (our own, or that of others), then of course there are wholesome and unwholesome ways of doing that. Artists, healers, parents, educators–all of us–are engaged in persuasion in some form and, hopefully, we are appealing to the best in people and encouraging them to live and work from the most loving place they can find in themselves. This is not always the case, even with so-called methods of empowerment. But I think the empowerment you speak of is a wholesome process of encouraging someone to experience life and act from their own authority, grounded in goodness. But, how does one grow up inside and heal from injury and untangle one’s confustion so that a genuine personal authority and ethical ground is there, upon which to confidently draw? There will be more on this subject here on the blog–thanks very much for commenting.

]]> Comment on Freedom or Power, What’s Your Will? by David Judelson http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104218 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:28:33 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104218 Jari - My sense is that the power relationships that you're describing are really about dominance, which kills aliveness. There is another enlivening kind of power, quite distinct from dominance, empowering ourselves and others to make a difference. For me, this comes from a profound respect for others and their (potential and actual) magnificence and the intention to have all that glory realized, powerfully. Another valuable statement. Keep them coming. David Jari - My sense is that the power relationships that you’re describing are really about dominance, which kills aliveness. There is another enlivening kind of power, quite distinct from dominance, empowering ourselves and others to make a difference. For me, this comes from a profound respect for others and their (potential and actual) magnificence and the intention to have all that glory realized, powerfully.

Another valuable statement. Keep them coming. David

]]> Comment on Freedom or Power, What’s Your Will? by Amy Cheng http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104164 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:43:04 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/12/freedom-or-power-whats-your-will/#comment-104164 Jari, I think your essays are getting better and better! xoxo Amy Jari,

I think your essays are getting better and better!

xoxo Amy

]]> Comment on Solitude and Solidarity: To Be Whole and Healthy, We Need ‘Em Both by Amy Cheng http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/01/solitude-and-solidarity-to-be-whole-and-healthy-we-need-%e2%80%98em-both/#comment-101856 Sun, 04 May 2008 13:44:26 +0000 http://jari.podbean.com/2008/05/01/solitude-and-solidarity-to-be-whole-and-healthy-we-need-%e2%80%98em-both/#comment-101856 Jari, This is your BEST essay yet! Have you noticed that it got sent around the New York Artists Circle listserve? Congratulations and great work! Jari,

This is your BEST essay yet! Have you noticed that it got sent around the New York Artists Circle listserve? Congratulations and great work!

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