Comments on: The Lost Art of Giving http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/ Practical inspiration. For a happier life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2565 Mary Jaksch Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:57:12 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2565 Hi Claudio! thank you for your thoughtful and interesting comment. You pose some great questions, for example: "What is it that makes us give?" I won't offer an answer here in the comments; I wouldn't be able to do your questions and thoughts justice. Instead, I'll soon write a whole new post about your question and comments, Claudio :-) Hi Claudio!
thank you for your thoughtful and interesting comment.

You pose some great questions, for example: “What is it that makes us give?” I won’t offer an answer here in the comments; I wouldn’t be able to do your questions and thoughts justice.

Instead, I’ll soon write a whole new post about your question and comments, Claudio :-)

]]> By: claudio http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2564 claudio Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:46:24 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2564 Mary: I don't read many blogs in this category, books, yes.....I've also written a bit but haven't started officially blogging yet....may be in 09!! ....But about this insightful post....Do you ever wonder what is it that makes us give....?...is not a rhetorical question, nor a lecture trap like question.....Seriously, just us strangers talking for the first time. .....I often feel and wonder at once, if when I'm able to give I'm doing it for the right reasons ....most worthy causes I believe are just....you touched on this briefly as well...do you think it matters? is the end result what's important or should we be a little bit more introspective on the reasons why we, each of us individually, choose to do so.....I think giving at times requires more responsibility and wisdom that sometimes we possess, that however shouldn't rationalize not doing it, I know that... Could we be charitable by taking away as well? ..... I think we are all born in debt...a universal debt of having been given a chance....to not make an effort to repay that somehow, is just ignorance. take care Mary:

I don’t read many blogs in this category, books, yes…..I’ve also written a bit but haven’t started officially blogging yet….may be in 09!!
….But about this insightful post….Do you ever wonder what is it that makes us give….?…is not a rhetorical question, nor a lecture trap like question…..Seriously, just us strangers talking for the first time. …..I often feel and wonder at once, if when I’m able to give I’m doing it for the right reasons ….most worthy causes I believe are just….you touched on this briefly as well…do you think it matters? is the end result what’s important or should we be a little bit more introspective on the reasons why we, each of us individually, choose to do so…..I think giving at times requires more responsibility and wisdom that sometimes we possess, that however shouldn’t rationalize not doing it, I know that… Could we be charitable by taking away as well? …..
I think we are all born in debt…a universal debt of having been given a chance….to not make an effort to repay that somehow, is just ignorance.

take care

]]> By: 43 Memorable Posts In The Blogosphere From 2008 - Spiritual Blog http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2547 43 Memorable Posts In The Blogosphere From 2008 - Spiritual Blog Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:10:43 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2547 [...] How to Deal with Critics: Personal Boundaries at urbanmonk.net Being Right at Quantum Learning  The Lost Art of Giving at Goodlife Zen  The Voices of Angels Around Us at  Evolving Beings Random acts of kindness: [...] [...] How to Deal with Critics: Personal Boundaries at urbanmonk.net Being Right at Quantum Learning  The Lost Art of Giving at Goodlife Zen  The Voices of Angels Around Us at  Evolving Beings Random acts of kindness: [...]

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2537 Mary Jaksch Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:06:06 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2537 Hi Matt! Thank you for this beautiful quote by Bishop Desmond Tutu! Hi Matt!
Thank you for this beautiful quote by Bishop Desmond Tutu!

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2536 Mary Jaksch Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:05:04 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2536 Hi Derek! Yes, those fleeting Zen moments have the power to change our life. Hi Derek!
Yes, those fleeting Zen moments have the power to change our life.

]]> By: Matt http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2530 Matt Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:17:58 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2530 Thanks for your powerful word, Mary! I love what Desmund Tutu says about this. He says, " When we look squarely at injustice & get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing despair and guilt that festers under our numbness." Getting involved at ANY level, as you said, "moves us because it frees us." Love it! matt Thanks for your powerful word, Mary! I love what Desmund Tutu says about this. He says, ” When we look squarely at injustice & get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing despair and guilt that festers under our numbness.” Getting involved at ANY level, as you said, “moves us because it frees us.”

Love it!

matt

]]> By: Derek http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2523 Derek Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:50:01 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2523 Lovely and inspiring post. As a Zen practitioner myself, through zazen, I aspire to see how both giver and recipient disappear into oneness. And there are instances (nano-seconds really) in which I experience this. And that alone makes this crazy Zen worth every moment of the discipline I have put into it over the many decades since I first came into contact with it. :-) Derek <abbr><em>Dereks last blog post..<a href="http://piecesofzen.zozuz.com/zazen/zazen-paradox" rel="nofollow">Zazen Paradox</a></abbr></em> Lovely and inspiring post. As a Zen practitioner myself, through zazen, I aspire to see how both giver and recipient disappear into oneness. And there are instances (nano-seconds really) in which I experience this. And that alone makes this crazy Zen worth every moment of the discipline I have put into it over the many decades since I first came into contact with it. :-) Derek

Dereks last blog post..Zazen Paradox

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2496 Mary Jaksch Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:56:37 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2496 Hi Carey! Thanks for your comment. My article at Copyblogger is a personal story about giving and getting: http://www.copyblogger.com/leo-babauta-gave-me-his-blog/ Hi Carey!
Thanks for your comment. My article at Copyblogger is a personal story about giving and getting: http://www.copyblogger.com/leo-babauta-gave-me-his-blog/

]]> By: Carey Suante http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2495 Carey Suante Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:48:38 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2495 Just read your inspiring article at copyblogger and just wanted to say hello! Keep doing that you are doing! <abbr><em>Carey Suantes last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ZoAwBlog/~3/487304601/last-couple-of-weeksculture-contest.html" rel="nofollow">Last Couple of Weeks...Culture, Contest, Crime</a></abbr></em> Just read your inspiring article at copyblogger and just wanted to say hello!

Keep doing that you are doing!

Carey Suantes last blog post..Last Couple of Weeks…Culture, Contest, Crime

]]> By: porillion http://goodlifezen.com/2008/12/15/the-forgotten-art-of-natural-giving/#comment-2489 porillion Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:24:40 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=1439#comment-2489 An inspiring story. Thanks, Mary. My local TV carried a story of a local pub group called "the Humbug Club". At first sight, they appear to be a group of grumpy old men who are cynical about Christmas. Every time anyone in the club says anything about Christmas, they're 'fined' and pay into a collection bin. When you look more closely, though, you start to see a more light-hearted approach. For example, when Santa Claus visited the pub (at their and the landlord's collusion, I suspect), his jovial "ho ho ho" was met by an equally jovial "go away go away go away". Then they bought him drinks. When interviewed, the club president said that there's nothing wrong with Christmas, in his view, when it's celebrated on the day with family. But what he and his friend object to is the commercialisation of Christmas and how it starts in the shops in September. All proceeds from the mentioning-Christmas-collection go to a local charity. After all, what is more Christmassy than that!? <abbr><em>porillions last blog post..<a href="http://porillion.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/tuesday-round-up-for-friends-18/" rel="nofollow">Tuesday Round-up for Friends</a></abbr></em> An inspiring story. Thanks, Mary.

My local TV carried a story of a local pub group called “the Humbug Club”. At first sight, they appear to be a group of grumpy old men who are cynical about Christmas. Every time anyone in the club says anything about Christmas, they’re ‘fined’ and pay into a collection bin.

When you look more closely, though, you start to see a more light-hearted approach. For example, when Santa Claus visited the pub (at their and the landlord’s collusion, I suspect), his jovial “ho ho ho” was met by an equally jovial “go away go away go away”. Then they bought him drinks.

When interviewed, the club president said that there’s nothing wrong with Christmas, in his view, when it’s celebrated on the day with family. But what he and his friend object to is the commercialisation of Christmas and how it starts in the shops in September.

All proceeds from the mentioning-Christmas-collection go to a local charity. After all, what is more Christmassy than that!?

porillions last blog post..Tuesday Round-up for Friends

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