Comments on: Indra’s Net http://suejames.com/indras-net/ Stories, Reflections & Journeys Mon, 14 May 2012 05:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sue http://suejames.com/indras-net/#comment-101 Sue Tue, 05 May 2009 22:43:49 +0000 http://suejames.com/?p=392#comment-101 A 'sense of duration' is a great phrase to encapsulate how I see that interconnectedness too. Thank you. And as for it dawning in our collective awareness, I think you're right this is a relatively young phenomenon. I also sometimes think that this kind of awareness can become hidden behind the day to day 'busyness' of life. Not only behind the plethora of blogging, tweeting, emailing and other online expressions of Indra's net, but also behind the bustle of other other daily and face-to-face activities. There's an 'ant view' in which we're simply aware of each action, each human transaction, in the moment - not necessarily seeing its connectivity, although we can be fully present with that particular moment and appreciating its depth or significance. Then there's also the 'helicopter' view, in which we lift our eyes from that single moment to see not only the interconnections of Indra's net, but also the durability of them - and that can be an awesome sight. :) For me, both views are important to living a full and 'mindful' life. A ‘sense of duration’ is a great phrase to encapsulate how I see that interconnectedness too. Thank you. And as for it dawning in our collective awareness, I think you’re right this is a relatively young phenomenon.

I also sometimes think that this kind of awareness can become hidden behind the day to day ‘busyness’ of life. Not only behind the plethora of blogging, tweeting, emailing and other online expressions of Indra’s net, but also behind the bustle of other other daily and face-to-face activities.

There’s an ‘ant view’ in which we’re simply aware of each action, each human transaction, in the moment – not necessarily seeing its connectivity, although we can be fully present with that particular moment and appreciating its depth or significance. Then there’s also the ‘helicopter’ view, in which we lift our eyes from that single moment to see not only the interconnections of Indra’s net, but also the durability of them – and that can be an awesome sight. :)

For me, both views are important to living a full and ‘mindful’ life.

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://suejames.com/indras-net/#comment-100 Richard Reeve Tue, 05 May 2009 21:37:54 +0000 http://suejames.com/?p=392#comment-100 What's so neat about our acts in this space is that they really do stick in the net...Your thought here, the tweets and this comment all have a new sense of duration tied to them that I think is only beginning to dawn within our collective awareness. What’s so neat about our acts in this space is that they really do stick in the net…Your thought here, the tweets and this comment all have a new sense of duration tied to them that I think is only beginning to dawn within our collective awareness.

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