Comments on: Sandpipers and a Mighty River http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/ Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:50:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Senia http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/comment-page-1/#comment-26030 Senia Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:04:13 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/#comment-26030 Grim and Dave - I totally agree with you both! You likely do need the masculine and the feminine. And I wouldn't even necessarily agree that it's masculine = willfulness feminine = natural I think you've both hit the nail on the head. Dave, just like you say, the holistic thinking of Zen... I think of the yin/yang symbol - you need to have one to have the other. You need to have have both to have balance to some degree. And it certainly may not be one-for-one with balance, but it can be 3-to-1 or 1-to-7, but some balance. That's what I think is cool about homeostasis! Grim and Dave – I totally agree with you both! You likely do need the masculine and the feminine. And I wouldn’t even necessarily agree that it’s
masculine = willfulness
feminine = natural

I think you’ve both hit the nail on the head.
Dave, just like you say, the holistic thinking of Zen… I think of the yin/yang symbol – you need to have one to have the other. You need to have have both to have balance to some degree.

And it certainly may not be one-for-one with balance, but it can be 3-to-1 or 1-to-7, but some balance. That’s what I think is cool about homeostasis!

]]> By: Dave Wheeler http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/comment-page-1/#comment-25851 Dave Wheeler Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:22:09 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/#comment-25851 Interesting quote with beautiful imagery... It also points up the either/or thinking that is so common in the Western world (vs. Zen thinking). Either the world is masculine or it is feminine.. Either the world is "Willfulness" or it is "Natural". In business this type of limited, either/or thinking is what prevents people from seeing the world of possibilities beyond weak compromises or win/lose solutions. Senia... thank you for making me think (on a Saturday, no less)! Keep up the good work! Interesting quote with beautiful imagery…

It also points up the either/or thinking that is so common in the Western world (vs. Zen thinking).

Either the world is masculine or it is feminine.. Either the world is “Willfulness” or it is “Natural”. In business this type of limited, either/or thinking is what prevents people from seeing the world of possibilities beyond weak compromises or win/lose solutions.

Senia… thank you for making me think (on a Saturday, no less)!
Keep up the good work!

]]> By: grimo1re http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/comment-page-1/#comment-25829 grimo1re Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:00:04 +0000 http://www.senia.com/2007/08/23/sandpipers-and-a-mighty-river/#comment-25829 "Willfulness is masculine energy, which this society has been built on, but it is not the natural way." Not sure I understand that...don't you need both the masculine and the feminine? “Willfulness is masculine energy, which this society has been built on, but it is not the natural way.”

Not sure I understand that…don’t you need both the masculine and the feminine?

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