Comments on: The purpose of my life http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:36:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: LWIII http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7118 LWIII Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:02:29 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-7118 Thanks Gwen. Somebody said the greatest possession a person can have is a healthy self-esteem, and part of that is valuing one's own insights over other peoples'. I've had portentious dreams before that came to naught, at least as far as my conscious mind could tell, but I sure hope I remember this one. For a oerson raised in our homophobic culture, for a man to admit to his own femininity, however slight or large it may be, is an act of cultural terrorism. Or used to be, thank goodness. Viva la Mama! I am the Great Goddess, or part of Her. It may have been Heinlein who said, "Pure masculinity is nothing but a closed fist." Or something like that. Here's to souls first, genders second. LWIII Thanks Gwen. Somebody said the greatest possession a person can have is a healthy self-esteem, and part of that is valuing one’s own insights over other peoples’.

I’ve had portentious dreams before that came to naught, at least as far as my conscious mind could tell, but I sure hope I remember this one. For a oerson raised in our homophobic culture, for a man to admit to his own femininity, however slight or large it may be, is an act of cultural terrorism. Or used to be, thank goodness. Viva la Mama!

I am the Great Goddess, or part of Her.

It may have been Heinlein who said, “Pure masculinity is nothing but a closed fist.” Or something like that.

Here’s to souls first, genders second.

LWIII

]]> By: Gwen McCauley http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7117 Gwen McCauley Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:48:50 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-7117 I get paid to help people discover their life purpose! And I laughed heartily when I read 'life purpose according to ...'. I'm going to share that with a lot of clients because so many of them are stuck in that place. It is always a wondrous day when folks let go of everybody and everything else and start to focus on themselves. I believe that the world would be a much better place if we had less 'self-lessness' and much more 'self-ishness'. Explore your feminine, discover new ways of being in the world, oh great she-wolf unfolding into herself! I get paid to help people discover their life purpose! And I laughed heartily when I read ‘life purpose according to …’. I’m going to share that with a lot of clients because so many of them are stuck in that place.

It is always a wondrous day when folks let go of everybody and everything else and start to focus on themselves. I believe that the world would be a much better place if we had less ’self-lessness’ and much more ’self-ishness’.

Explore your feminine, discover new ways of being in the world, oh great she-wolf unfolding into herself!

]]> By: What is My Life Purpose? http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6834 What is My Life Purpose? Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:55:24 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6834 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Purpose in Life http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6826 Purpose in Life Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:29:20 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6826 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: LWIII http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6822 LWIII Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:25:49 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6822 Thank you Jaliya. It is funny how stuff works. I used to always be amazed how my reading seemed to form one long novel, as if I was being steered to read books in the correct order. Synchronicity is amazing. Glad you enjoyed the post, and you're welcome. Love and peace, LWIII Thank you Jaliya. It is funny how stuff works. I used to always be amazed how my reading seemed to form one long novel, as if I was being steered to read books in the correct order. Synchronicity is amazing. Glad you enjoyed the post, and you’re welcome.

Love and peace,

LWIII

]]> By: Jaliya http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6820 Jaliya Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:46:28 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6820 Synchronicity never fails to amaze me ... This is my first visit to your blog ... and just yesterday I brought a fridge magnet home that says, LET GO OR BE DRAGGED. I burst out laughing in the shop when I first saw it ... Tonight I find your blog and this post ... Thank you, and enjoy your new anima-friendship :-) Synchronicity never fails to amaze me … This is my first visit to your blog … and just yesterday I brought a fridge magnet home that says, LET GO OR BE DRAGGED. I burst out laughing in the shop when I first saw it … Tonight I find your blog and this post … Thank you, and enjoy your new anima-friendship :-)

]]> By: LWIII http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6795 LWIII Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:34:56 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6795 Well, I can tell you right off the bat, Pamala, that if I say something profound it ain't coming from me, unless it's a profound complaint, maybe. Thank goodness most of me ain't me, or I'd be screwed. Who knows wherefrom we come? Not I. My anima has a better idear, I hope, but we are mostly at loggerheads. Until recently, anyway. Now we're pals, I hope, if I have the courage to be that feminine. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I will remember to share, dear one. Thanks so much for your generosity of spirit. And man I'm psyched to see you're no longer a Tormented Soul! Wow! Your courage and mighty heart continue to amaze and gratify. Well, I can tell you right off the bat, Pamala, that if I say something profound it ain’t coming from me, unless it’s a profound complaint, maybe. Thank goodness most of me ain’t me, or I’d be screwed.

Who knows wherefrom we come? Not I. My anima has a better idear, I hope, but we are mostly at loggerheads. Until recently, anyway. Now we’re pals, I hope, if I have the courage to be that feminine. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I will remember to share, dear one. Thanks so much for your generosity of spirit. And man I’m psyched to see you’re no longer a Tormented Soul! Wow! Your courage and mighty heart continue to amaze and gratify.

]]> By: LWIII http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6793 LWIII Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:00:58 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6793 As a now-passionate supporter of the feminine process, I applaud his efforts, but may not emulate. Thanks Ron, for the comment! As a now-passionate supporter of the feminine process, I applaud his efforts, but may not emulate. Thanks Ron, for the comment!

]]> By: Pamala (a no longer Tormented Soul) http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6792 Pamala (a no longer Tormented Soul) Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:48:51 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6792 Jung once said that “confronting one’s shadow self is an ‘apprentice-piece,’ while confronting one’s anima is the masterpiece.” Jung viewed the anima process as being “one of the sources of creative ability.” As such, your dream provided me with an answer to a question I have had for many months. My question: From where does his genius; his profound words, come? (he, being you) So now I know, and I am both satisfied and pleased with the answer. Tom Howe’s profound words come from his own masterpiece, the beauty of his anima. So, as you “let that goddess in you be free,” please remember to continue sharing every subtle discovery made along the way. Much gratitude to you for sharing, my friend. Jung once said that “confronting one’s shadow self is an ‘apprentice-piece,’ while confronting one’s anima is the masterpiece.” Jung viewed the anima process as being “one of the sources of creative ability.” As such, your dream provided me with an answer to a question I have had for many months. My question: From where does his genius; his profound words, come? (he, being you)

So now I know, and I am both satisfied and pleased with the answer. Tom Howe’s profound words come from his own masterpiece, the beauty of his anima. So, as you “let that goddess in you be free,” please remember to continue sharing every subtle discovery made along the way.

Much gratitude to you for sharing, my friend.

]]> By: Ron de Weijze http://tomhowe.org/blog/2010/02/11/the-purpose-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6789 Ron de Weijze Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:49:11 +0000 http://tomhowe.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-6789 Here in Holland there is a famous writer, Maarten 't Hart, whose work I appreciate very much, who had a period in his life when he dressed up as a woman. When he was asked why, he always said it was *because he loved women so much but couldn't get them, that he had (unconsciously) decided to go do what he did*. http://www.witmankleipool.nl/news/index.php?contact=1 (scroll to "September 2009") Here in Holland there is a famous writer, Maarten ‘t Hart, whose work I appreciate very much, who had a period in his life when he dressed up as a woman. When he was asked why, he always said it was *because he loved women so much but couldn’t get them, that he had (unconsciously) decided to go do what he did*.
http://www.witmankleipool.nl/news/index.php?contact=1 (scroll to “September 2009″)

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