Comments on: The Power of “Yes, and…!” http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/ Revitalizing Riddles, Mythic Story, Family, Village and Land. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » Storyjamming: Warming Up and Working With Energy II http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24460 The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » Storyjamming: Warming Up and Working With Energy II Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:56:34 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24460 [...] cool. If you’ve listened to my “Yes, and…!” podcast (and read the corresponding article), or my interview with Lisa Wells, you know how no matter how simple the intuition/improv game, it [...] […] cool. If you’ve listened to my “Yes, and…!” podcast (and read the corresponding article), or my interview with Lisa Wells, you know how no matter how simple the intuition/improv game, it […]

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24110 Willem Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:05 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24110 Yes, forgiveness has a lot in common with "Yes, and...". Especially forgiveness at lightspeed, as quick as a cobra! Yes, forgiveness has a lot in common with “Yes, and…”. Especially forgiveness at lightspeed, as quick as a cobra!

]]> By: mrgloamyhead http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24103 mrgloamyhead Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:06 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24103 No need to make it more complicated. What you have said is more than enough to create resonance with those who have "just a little dust in their eyes." Hm, was I just egotistically referring to myself? How quickly such energies manifest when one pays attention! Once, I would have chastised myself for such an unskillful thought. But I am learning how to forgive easily. And forgiveness, I think, will evolve naturally into ecstatic love and acceptance. From there, creative utilization of said energy, the freedom and skill of the bodhisattva to assist the world in awakening with whatever tools are available. That is what "Yes, and..." means to me. Thanks for the post. No need to make it more complicated. What you have said is more than enough to create resonance with those who have “just a little dust in their eyes.” Hm, was I just egotistically referring to myself? How quickly such energies manifest when one pays attention! Once, I would have chastised myself for such an unskillful thought. But I am learning how to forgive easily. And forgiveness, I think, will evolve naturally into ecstatic love and acceptance. From there, creative utilization of said energy, the freedom and skill of the bodhisattva to assist the world in awakening with whatever tools are available. That is what “Yes, and…” means to me. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » Podcast: The Power of “Yes, and…” http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24058 The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » Podcast: The Power of “Yes, and…” Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:23:47 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-24058 [...] The Power of “Yes, and…!” (blogpost) [...] […] The Power of “Yes, and…!” (blogpost) […]

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-23797 Willem Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:11:27 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-23797 Richard- I'd like to empahsize that "Yes, and...!" differs fundamentally from the more new-agey "Yes!" that one might say to a sunset, or crashing waves. For example, would you say "Yes!" to your house catching fire and burning to the ground? Or if a car hit you while crossing a street? I would hope not...but "Yes, and...!" comes into its own precisely in these situations. "Yes, and...!" means to take what comes, and channel it (without resistance) into something that will continue to affirm life. Very much like principles of Aikido. Constant attention to "Yes, and...!" can really exhaust a person, like any new habit. It pays to remember this has nothing to do with virtuous behavior, but with getting as much out of life as you have the current resources to ask for. As Morihei Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido) said, "It's not that I never lose my center, its that I return back to it faster when I do lose it, than most people." Richard-
I’d like to empahsize that “Yes, and…!” differs fundamentally from the more new-agey “Yes!” that one might say to a sunset, or crashing waves.

For example, would you say “Yes!” to your house catching fire and burning to the ground? Or if a car hit you while crossing a street? I would hope not…but “Yes, and…!” comes into its own precisely in these situations. “Yes, and…!” means to take what comes, and channel it (without resistance) into something that will continue to affirm life. Very much like principles of Aikido.

Constant attention to “Yes, and…!” can really exhaust a person, like any new habit. It pays to remember this has nothing to do with virtuous behavior, but with getting as much out of life as you have the current resources to ask for. As Morihei Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido) said, “It’s not that I never lose my center, its that I return back to it faster when I do lose it, than most people.”

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-23796 Richard Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:46:37 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/04/25/396/#comment-23796 >>Sorry. Yes, you are, and you should be. J.K/ There are some fireworks till fizzling neath the skin. Not exactly the chinese secret recipe -don't sell these to disney- kind. Common ditch sparklers. But I hain't apologizing. Okay, serious scholarly mode. I don't have one. Okay. -- The Tao that can be spoken? "Yes, and" sounds to me like "Spontaneity is mandatory"... A constant unspoken YES - YES fusion sounds more like it to me, and I offer up my thought on that without saying it's right. > It doesn’t tell you what to do, it tells you what to reject. Liked this. The cornered mouse, the stampeding elephant, the screeching kitty. Do they panic? Only they experience it, only the can understand it [same thing?], and only they can weigh the value of that reaction in retrospect - if they do stuff like that. Back to my world :) >>Sorry.

Yes, you are, and you should be.

J.K/ There are some fireworks till fizzling neath the skin. Not exactly the chinese secret recipe -don’t sell these to disney- kind. Common ditch sparklers. But I hain’t apologizing.

Okay, serious scholarly mode. I don’t have one. Okay. — The Tao that can be spoken? “Yes, and” sounds to me like “Spontaneity is mandatory”… A constant unspoken YES - YES
fusion sounds more like it to me, and I offer up my thought on that without saying it’s right.

> It doesn’t tell you what to do, it tells you what to reject.

Liked this. The cornered mouse, the stampeding elephant, the screeching kitty. Do they panic? Only they experience it, only the can understand it [same thing?], and only they can weigh the value of that reaction in retrospect - if they do stuff like that.

Back to my world :)

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