Comments for Just 1 Foot in Yellow http://johnherberger.wordpress.com Blogg'n about life, observing development, attempting to keep it real Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on get over it already by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/get-over-it-already/#comment-410 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:38:03 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=407#comment-410 http://www.van-renselar.com/ is where the art comes from

]]> Comment on get over it already by Mitch Ham http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/get-over-it-already/#comment-409 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:14:50 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=407#comment-409 Where did this art work come from. Looking for art for a new album.

]]> Comment on A Fish Does Not Know It Is In Water by Shadow Jackson http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/a-fish-does-not-know-it-is-in-water/#comment-336 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:42:56 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-336 This is deep. I’m looking for quotes that parallel this idea of being totally immersed in something to being disciplined. When you learn to play a sport and learn a new skill or subject in school, you have to maintain a certain level of focus and commitment forgoing distraction of all many kinds in order to master it. In order to do this you may need to forget that you’re doing it. Those who think about doing it are probably not doing it right. That’s the secret of the 1% of mega successful people who make success look effortless. That’s because it is effortless for them. They don’t think about it. They are the fish in the water. They don’t even realize they’re swimming any more, because not swimming has become inconceivable.

]]> Comment on kinda like the beginning of meditation – might as well just let it go by Eisya http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/kinda-like-the-beginning-of-meditation-might-as-well-just-let-it-go/#comment-309 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:08:58 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=653#comment-309 Seriously, I like this so much :)

]]> Comment on Visual Zen Moment (The Monk, The Madame and the Icon – a look from an archetype’s eyes) by Friday Glam Spam | Garbo Laughs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/visual-zen-moment-the-monk-the-madame-and-the-icon/#comment-296 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:40:43 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=580#comment-296 [...] Image Source: Just 1 Foot in Yellow [...]

]]> Comment on Waking up by La vida es sueño http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/waking-up/#comment-295 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:21:55 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=596#comment-295 Alles, was wir sind, ist das Ergebnis dessen, was wir gedacht haben.”

]]> Comment on today’s state of mind by La vida es sueño http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/todays-state-of-mind/#comment-294 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:16:58 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-294 Glauben… können nur noch die wahrhaft Verrückten!

]]> Comment on Along the Way by plastycframe http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/along-the-way/#comment-293 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:19:28 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-293 very cool advice

]]> Comment on sometimes easy, sometimes work by Frizz http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/sometimes-easy-sometimes-work/#comment-287 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:02:46 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=657#comment-287 Awesome!!!

]]> Comment on About John by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-285 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:37:36 +0000 #comment-285 Wow! 19 yrs old – it has been awhile. I hope that life is going well for you both. Your comment makes me feel my age lol, wow 19 yrs old. Thanks for stopping by and commenting it was a nice blast from the past

]]> Comment on About John by Tammy Hamlett Epperson http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-284 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:28 +0000 #comment-284 Hey John! It has been a very very very long time…like so long that Amber grew up from a 6 year old to 19 years old! I don’t know if you remember me or not…but I rambled across your name in my thoughts today and I found you!

I see life is treating you good and I am glad. I enjoyed reading your blogs…will drop by again sometime!

Take Care!

Tammy

]]> Comment on Along the Way by Barry Briggs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/along-the-way/#comment-274 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:08:08 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-274 Great eye candy. Great mind candy.

]]> Comment on you say you want a revolution . . .well, ya know by Lama Rangdrol http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-well-ya-know/#comment-264 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:58:24 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=572#comment-264 yes.

]]> Comment on today’s state of mind by birdbee http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/todays-state-of-mind/#comment-263 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:30:14 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-263 Perfect! Me and my monkey mind can relate to this!

]]> Comment on About John by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-261 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:30:30 +0000 #comment-261 Aloha Kathryn,
I hope you are well and thanks so much for your kind words. There are so many forms of meditation and so many roads to get you there. . . it’s about making the right match or fit. I recommend two authors as a start: Thich Nhat Hanh’s “You are Here” and Dennis Genpo Merzel’s “Big Mind – Big Heart”.
When meditating, I am mainly observing whatever is arising (thought and emotion and physical sensations). The question I like to ask myself is “who is doing the observing of what is arising?”
Most of my blog posts are what comes up before, DURING and after the “sitting”
I wish you much success as you figure this shit out . . .
John

]]> Comment on About John by Kathryn http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-260 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:13:37 +0000 #comment-260 Hey there,

I googled “How the hell do I meditate?” and you came up and despite reading your lovely words I still can’t get the hang of the meditating lark. However, I’m happy I’ve found your blog.
I like the idea of finding people this way.
Let me introduce myself, I’m Kathryn, I’m english, I live in Paris, I’m 32, I’m into art and people and food and drinking….and I’m a nice person!
Thanks for writing your blog,
Maybe I’ll be in touch again soon,
Ciao for now,

Kathryn

]]> Comment on My Problem by Barb Black http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/my-problem/#comment-256 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:54:00 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-256 Hi John,

I just (blissfully) tripped over your blog in the process for searching up information on the Gordian Knot.

Wonderful stuff you’ve got posted here.

Thank you!
Barb

]]> Comment on My Problem by Frizz http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/my-problem/#comment-249 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:40:43 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-249 Absolutely perfect! Quite familiar here also.

]]> Comment on My Problem by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/my-problem/#comment-248 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:53:09 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-248 So familiar – I had to post it the minute I ran across it. Being in the same boat is somewhat validating, Barry. Thanx

]]> Comment on My Problem by Barry Briggs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/my-problem/#comment-247 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:33:07 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-247 This is familiar. A bit too familiar.

]]> Comment on visual zen moment (the original, the corporate and the current) by Frizz http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/visual-zen-moment-the-original-the-corporate-and-the-current/#comment-245 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:46:34 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=588#comment-245 Very nice. Love the photos with the description.

]]> Comment on i’m a creep by Riah http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/im-a-creep/#comment-243 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:47:00 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-243 i really loved this guy….the pation & sincerity in his vioce was breath taking…

]]> Comment on If you’re not ready to listen – then don’t speak by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/if-youre-not-ready-to-listen-then-dont-speak/#comment-237 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:16:38 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-237 Hmm, similar to what once I read somewhere:

How can one say he truly loves and accepts another–while he himself does not fully love and accept himself?

Nice one. Thanks :)

]]> Comment on If you’re not ready to listen – then don’t speak by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/if-youre-not-ready-to-listen-then-dont-speak/#comment-236 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:15:42 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-236 Thanks Michael. I agree and would add to that, when you are standing up to something or someone, listening can let you know whether it is the ego standing up in self righteousness or whether it is true compassion. The outcome of standing up varies with where it originated.
John

]]> Comment on If you’re not ready to listen – then don’t speak by contoveros http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/if-youre-not-ready-to-listen-then-dont-speak/#comment-235 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:25 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-235 I listened and heard the past trying to intrude onto the present and I relaxed, focused on the moment, and then let my fingers type what my inner self wanted you to hear. The present isn’t always fun and games, but can be an exercise in caring. Viewing things with compassion doesn’t mean you let people walk all over you. Standing up to someone or for something can often provide more compassion than non-action.

michael j

]]> Comment on spacious enough to contain painful parts, and not trying to pretend things are other than they are by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/spacious-enough-to-contain-painful-parts-and-not-trying-to-pretend-things-are-other-than-they-are/#comment-234 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:26:13 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=575#comment-234 Pain is part of the reality of human experience, and thus, an opportunity for us to grow and evolve.

A good reminder. Love this.

Thanks, John :)

]]> Comment on you say you want a revolution . . .well, ya know by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-well-ya-know/#comment-233 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:51:01 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=572#comment-233 If I may, I’d like to add (or paraphrase);
“Our reality is manifestation of our state of mind.”
:D

]]> Comment on i’m a creep by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/im-a-creep/#comment-232 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:34:09 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-232 Hmm… interesting :)

]]> Comment on watch the ripples change their size but never leave the stream of warm impermanence by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/watch-the-ripples-change-their-size-but-never-leave-the-stream-of-warm-impermanence/#comment-230 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:16:47 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-230 Attachment and desire are indeed the source of suffering. But yes, change is a law of manifestation, and only by letting go of attachment one can go along the flow of change. Nice post. Thanks! :)

]]> Comment on Spanking the Monkey won’t help – but patting it gently will by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/spanking-the-monkey-wont-help-but-patting-it-gently-will/#comment-229 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:39:57 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=562#comment-229 Hi Johnberger! Nice post!

So, apart from meditation… is there any other practical solution to this?

]]> Comment on Spanking the Monkey won’t help – but patting it gently will by contoveros http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/spanking-the-monkey-wont-help-but-patting-it-gently-will/#comment-228 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:51:44 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=562#comment-228 Meditation has been the best defense against the many “intrusive” thoughts I get with PTSD. I recommend it to all veterans and other “survivors.”

michael j

]]> Comment on About John by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-225 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:56:41 +0000 #comment-225 BTW, I really love your blog. So simple in message–so powerful in meaning :)

]]> Comment on About John by Rizal Affif http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-224 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:00 +0000 #comment-224 Hi John…

Never thought I would meet someone with similar life experience with me!

I’m also a bachelor degree in Psychology, self-learned Philosophy, and found out that deeper life lessons come from day-to-day life–after graduated.

I love meditating too, love animals, love the nature, the mountains, the sea, the sky, the stars…

But currently I’m working as freelance. Living from industrial psychology projects, but dedicated some times as volunteer for psychotherapy for the victims of natural disasters–most are children.

I was deeply in love with Existential Psychology by the end of my bachelor degree study, but now I found myself hold on fully to spiritual intuition. And yes–I’m moving into greater integration that I no longer make plans; possibilities just come, things just happen!

Very glad to know you John, hope we can be friends :)

]]> Comment on Multitasking is Overrated and Over Valued by tzugidan http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/multitasking-is-overrated-and-over-valued/#comment-219 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:27 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-219 Well stated. when I ride my mountain bike, as I’m about to do, I am riding my bike. It’s my meditation. We are human BE ings, yet we have become human DO ings…

]]> Comment on About John by syn http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-217 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:28:53 +0000 #comment-217 Hi John,
i read a few of ur thoughts…..
will come back and absorb more…
meditation….
intuition…..
serenity….
peace…
love…..
light….
life…
what else?

]]> Comment on avoiding my shit by Mark H http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/avoiding-my-shit/#comment-216 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:52:14 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=545#comment-216 I am glad to read this for self(ish) reasons as I am ‘working’ a little at a time at my
(a)VOID…

]]> Comment on What Color is your Christ? by Benjamin Steele http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/what-color-is-your-christ/#comment-214 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:21:15 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=435#comment-214 I used to read that magazine, but haven’t looked at it in a while. I’ve seen others who’ve written about Christianity from a developmental perspective. It’d be great if such ideas became more popular. For various reasons, spiral dynamics and similar models have become almost entirely identified with New Age spirituality.

]]> Comment on Wonderful Insignificance by inwardsun http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/wonderful-insignificance/#comment-205 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-205 What a beautiful picture, a myriad of lights and perfect circles of life. I love it and I am thankful too. :)

]]> Comment on It passes away . . . So what’s left? by AchieveAlign — a succession of physical and mental events http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/it-passes-away-so-whats-left/#comment-201 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:58:07 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=536#comment-201 [...] via It passes away . . . So what’s left? « Just 1 Foot in Yellow. [...]

]]> Comment on About John by inwardsun http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-200 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:23:33 +0000 #comment-200 Hej from Sweden!

I really dig your blog and will be back for more reading soon! You have a profound, calm sense of writing and I am with you on much of what you say.

Love and light,

Helen

]]> Comment on Wonderful Insignificance by AchieveAlign — Breath = Wonderful Insignificance http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/wonderful-insignificance/#comment-196 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:02:29 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-196 [...] via Wonderful Insignificance « Just 1 Foot in Yellow. [...]

]]> Comment on Being Still by AchieveAlign — Instruction manual for stillness http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/being-still/#comment-194 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:29:39 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=520#comment-194 [...] are lovely words from Just 1 Foot in Yellow … Be [...]

]]> Comment on Great post – by Oxherding – thought I’d share by Barry Briggs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/great-post-by-oxherding-thought-id-share/#comment-182 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:29:10 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=518#comment-182 Love your illustration, John! Thank you!

]]> Comment on Essentials by johnherberger http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/essentials/#comment-180 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:01:54 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-180 Exactly – that’s why I am grateful for “grace”

]]> Comment on Essentials by Barry Briggs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/essentials/#comment-178 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:56 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-178 Thanks, John. For me, it’s hard enough simply to get the questions right (much less, the answers).

]]> Comment on Choices by Molly http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/choices/#comment-176 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:18:51 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-176 NIce. Sweet kitty.

]]> Comment on About John by Elva Castaneda de Hall http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/about/#comment-174 Fri, 29 May 2009 03:47:57 +0000 #comment-174 Hello, John,

My name is Elva. it means “mischievous elf”.

I was browsing around for the correct phraseology for the expression “Does the fish know it’s in water?” and came across your site.

I read “About John” and was struck by your intention “. . . attempting to move into a greater sense of integration and isn’t at all clear about his next step – but he can say he’s getting more open to possibilities.”

If this is still the case, I offer you the Hall-Tonna Values Inventory as a courtesy. It is based on many developmental theories, existential and New Physics. I am a principal at Values Technology, Inc. I have been working with the founder of VT and author of the Hall-Tonna for over 20 years (and married 17 of these!)

This values survey is based on Clare Graves work and it is predictive of futures! It identifies a cluster of values pulling you into the future.

I am in Santa Cruz, California, nestled in a Redwood forest but just 15 minutes from the ocean.

Best wishes to you. Warmly, e

]]> Comment on Haiku for May 27 by Barry Briggs http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/haiku-for-may-27/#comment-173 Thu, 28 May 2009 21:59:41 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-173 Great haiku, especially in combination with the Miro!

]]> Comment on The Mindfulness of Sisyphus by Cole Faulkner http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/the-mindfulness-of-sisyphus/#comment-172 Mon, 25 May 2009 11:38:17 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=495#comment-172 I have been staring @ the computer too long. At first I thought I clicked on the Mindlessness of Syphillis lmfao jk… Deeeeep deep deep deeper still….So this whole time I have been burning my wheels I should just let go… I truly live in retrospect and it is empty in the projected “Real World”. I find myself chasing a comfort zone that I am never really getting a grasp of…and it slips away even further and further…For the most part it never was really real(the comfort) its just how I want to remember certain things to eclipse the trauma and the struggles…I also find the older I get the more emotionally vulnerable I am as this wall that I held up for so long just crumbles and on the other side is this baby boy who is victim to mental and emotional torture his whole life but is just now able to feel it rather than just recognize and dismiss as before… I am kinda going backwards I guess. Spinnning my wheels again….

]]> Comment on Being in the moment by Molly http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/being-in-the-moment/#comment-171 Wed, 20 May 2009 02:18:42 +0000 http://johnherberger.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-171 Nice!

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