Comments on: Dialoging Transition with Heart and Soul http://transition-times.com/blog/2009/12/31/dialoging-transition-with-heart-and-soul/ Information, insight, and inspiration for The Long Emergency Sat, 29 May 2010 11:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: margaretemerson http://transition-times.com/blog/2009/12/31/dialoging-transition-with-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-37 margaretemerson Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:57:53 +0000 http://transition-times.com/?p=1577#comment-37 Carolyn, You're an inspiration! I will be co-facilitating a "Work That Reconnects" workshop in the next few weeks in either Boulder or Broomfield. If all goes well, I hope this can become a regular event. I like the idea of doing a book discussion group using your book, too. This is such an important and necessary aspect of transition. I personally struggle with feelings of inadequacy: am I doing enough? Am I a hypocrite for still driving a car everywhere? Am I weak for wanting things (shouldn't I be ok with not wanting any THING)? Is all this stuff about peak oil and climate change real? The latter is an interesting phenomenon. In between feeling energized and saddened whenever I see a documentary or read something about PO or impending industrial collapse, I seem to slip into a paradigm "coma." It's as if my brain can't sustain that level of urgency and negativity for so long, and I begin to believe that somehow everything will be ok and that nothing "bad" will happen to our communities. It feels like going back to sleep. Then I read an article, or see a movie like "Collapse" and I wake up, snap to, get some coal into my furnace! Why do I keep falling back asleep? Is it that difficult to sustain the new paradigm? I guess it must be. Or else I'm still in some sort of deep denial about the whole thing. Thank you again, and keep up the excellent work. Margaret Carolyn,
You’re an inspiration! I will be co-facilitating a “Work That Reconnects” workshop in the next few weeks in either Boulder or Broomfield. If all goes well, I hope this can become a regular event.

I like the idea of doing a book discussion group using your book, too.

This is such an important and necessary aspect of transition. I personally struggle with feelings of inadequacy: am I doing enough? Am I a hypocrite for still driving a car everywhere? Am I weak for wanting things (shouldn’t I be ok with not wanting any THING)? Is all this stuff about peak oil and climate change real? The latter is an interesting phenomenon. In between feeling energized and saddened whenever I see a documentary or read something about PO or impending industrial collapse, I seem to slip into a paradigm “coma.” It’s as if my brain can’t sustain that level of urgency and negativity for so long, and I begin to believe that somehow everything will be ok and that nothing “bad” will happen to our communities. It feels like going back to sleep. Then I read an article, or see a movie like “Collapse” and I wake up, snap to, get some coal into my furnace!

Why do I keep falling back asleep? Is it that difficult to sustain the new paradigm? I guess it must be. Or else I’m still in some sort of deep denial about the whole thing.

Thank you again, and keep up the excellent work.

Margaret

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