tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post7291288296819340776..comments2024-02-23T02:03:23.020-07:00Comments on The Eco Cat Lady Speaks: On Monsters and MirrorsEcoCatLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-86220602512619922942012-07-10T14:18:35.250-06:002012-07-10T14:18:35.250-06:00Yuck! I had Barfing Cat wake me up in the middle o...Yuck! I had Barfing Cat wake me up in the middle of the night a few months ago- the barf is bad, but so is changing the bed in order to sleep again- and worrying about Barfing Cat.<br /><br />We used to have Obsessive Chlorine Cat, who would lick your hair when it was all chlorine-y from the swimming pool.....<br /><br />Obviously my computer did not translate the sinister voice well- perhaps I should turn the sound up...:pNicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-53761632531406414552012-07-10T00:00:09.539-06:002012-07-10T00:00:09.539-06:00I wasn't admonishing you for the lack of capit...I wasn't admonishing you for the lack of capital letters, I was just repeating "Demon Cat!!!" with a sinister sound in my voice (which, I'm sure, you could hear loud and clear through your computer screen - ha ha.)<br /><br />Hungry Cat and Pillow Cat often wake me up too, but the WORST is waking up to "Barfing Cat" - especially when he's perched on the shelf above your head spewing all over the bed.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-7039230062093283862012-07-09T14:16:10.264-06:002012-07-09T14:16:10.264-06:00I forgot his Capital Letters!
I often wake up wit...I forgot his Capital Letters!<br /><br />I often wake up with Hungry Cat looking at me, or Pillow Cat curled up round my headNicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-87027012080925111892012-07-09T14:14:54.293-06:002012-07-09T14:14:54.293-06:00I suppose your mind (?) is relaxed and all those f...I suppose your mind (?) is relaxed and all those feelings come whooshing out...perhaps!<br /><br />Apparently your mind wanders because it doesn't want to be still as this will allow you to, err, look internally I guess, and do he confronting thing... So apparently the not wandering mind takes time to cultivate.<br /><br />I say 'apparently' because I've not really explored this myself!! I do find just sitting and breathing calming though, so I am going to make the effort.<br /><br />Probably.NicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-84991764594648766912012-07-07T22:21:32.108-06:002012-07-07T22:21:32.108-06:00Demon Cat!!!!!!!!!Demon Cat!!!!!!!!!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-45899795655339611162012-07-07T22:21:14.698-06:002012-07-07T22:21:14.698-06:00Interesting. I haven't done much classic medit...Interesting. I haven't done much classic meditation - I do find it hard to keep my mind from wandering. But sometimes when I'm doing Shavasana (corpse pose) at the end of my yoga practice I experience what I call the "yoga breakdown." I'll just be laying there not really thinking anything and all of a sudden I'm just sobbing uncontrollably. I suppose that's a form of facing oneself, although I never really know why I'm crying.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-73405752935093429302012-07-07T12:01:06.011-06:002012-07-07T12:01:06.011-06:00PS love how demonic demon cat isPS love how demonic demon cat isNicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-60728509833493669112012-07-07T12:00:32.768-06:002012-07-07T12:00:32.768-06:00My yoga teacher keeps saying that meditation is go...My yoga teacher keeps saying that meditation is good for you (well, for your mind I guess) but that most people resists meditation because you have to face yourself... I'd always thought I was pretty straightforward and boring (no epic dreams like yours!) but this theme of facing yourself seems to be recurring at the moment...and weirdly appealing...so perhaps I have some facing of self to do...all those annoying things I notice myself doing... So a thought provoking post for me :)NicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-59670139055523227702012-07-05T17:18:33.052-06:002012-07-05T17:18:33.052-06:00Yup, that was a real dream. Actually... I wasn'...Yup, that was a real dream. Actually... I wasn't totally sure if the monster ripped his chest open or if it was a zipper, but I woke up smiling... which was a refreshing change, because I used to have terrible nightmares about monsters and bad guys - I've dreamed of being shot and stabbed and drowned and beaten and thrown over cliffs and hit by cars and every other horrible death you can imagine. But the nightmares stopped after this one.<br /><br />But nightmares aside, I've always had epic bizarre dreams - a fellow I used to work with was studying Jungian dream analysis, and he needed dreams to analyze, so he started this dream analysis group. I joined the group and was totally amazed by the simplistic dreams that other people reported. We'd all go around the circle and describe a dream we'd had that week and most people would be like - "I dreamed of an empty chair in a meadow."<br /><br />When my turn came around it was like "Well... I was sitting in an outdoor cafe with Robert Redford whispering sweet nothings in my ear, when suddenly a gang of monkeys on motorcycles came along and swept me up onto a Harley Davidson. We're screaming along a back road when all of a sudden a huge sink hole opens up, so the motorcycles stop and I get off and run into a giant warehouse. But there's a huge fire breathing dragon blocking the elevator, so I run up the stairs and realize that I'm at work, and everybody is just doing normal work things, and then somebody goes and pushes a big red button on the wall and the entire building starts to roll... I suddenly realize that the building is on roller coaster tracks. But fortunately there are ballet bars on all of the walls, so everybody grabs hold and people's bodies are stretched out parallel to the floor as we're flying along the tracks. And then it stops and everybody just goes about their business like nothing happened... and then there was something about dolphins and rising seas, but that part was sorta fuzzy."<br /><br />They'd all be looking at me with their jaws on the floor. I finally quit the group because I felt so sorry for the poor fellow!<br /><br />BTW, I love your poem about the dishes!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-47360687717143684612012-07-05T16:52:21.421-06:002012-07-05T16:52:21.421-06:00I left a word of out one of my sentences. It shoul...I left a word of out one of my sentences. It should read, but DON'T necessarily believe..."Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-70744149352783200602012-07-05T16:50:24.474-06:002012-07-05T16:50:24.474-06:00So that wasn't symbolic of different experienc...So that wasn't symbolic of different experiences and feelings? You actually had that dream? I have a lot of anxiety dreams, but they are not quite that well put together. Usually, I'm late for something and keep having something that prevents me from leaving.<br /><br />I believe that dreams can express general feelings, but necessarily believe that every dream means something. Of course, I've never had a dream like you had. Mine are usually more like this--http://liveandlearn-tossandturn.blogspot.com/2011/10/silly-dreams.htmlLive and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-40874714459445951222012-07-05T14:17:00.716-06:002012-07-05T14:17:00.716-06:00I really believe that learning to face ourselves i...I really believe that learning to face ourselves is our biggest challenge in life. And it stopped being so scary once I realized that the monsters were my own creations, my protectors against things I wasn't yet ready to let myself feel.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-16692961434610287252012-07-05T14:09:45.694-06:002012-07-05T14:09:45.694-06:00True indeed. But honestly, it was a heckuva lot le...True indeed. But honestly, it was a heckuva lot less terrifying than the recurring nightmares I had every night for years and years before having this dream!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-28332421258194494552012-07-05T14:08:46.038-06:002012-07-05T14:08:46.038-06:00Thanks. It was actually one of the more powerful e...Thanks. It was actually one of the more powerful experiences life has ever handed me.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-41482009274582223552012-07-05T12:25:18.485-06:002012-07-05T12:25:18.485-06:00AWESOME. You have Divine Perfect Timing with this...AWESOME. You have Divine Perfect Timing with this post, you do. I just had a 'dark night of the soul'... which was, ahem, a journey into my own soul. Where I got to see all of the dark places that lie within me. Scary? Yup. But I am here. Now. And super grateful for the glimpse of all that is and ever will be. This is truly a brilliant post. Thank you so much for being brave enough to share this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-49533942325813509332012-07-05T05:12:23.926-06:002012-07-05T05:12:23.926-06:00Self realization can be terrifying, can't it?Self realization can be terrifying, can't it?Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-75546908627503495272012-07-04T17:20:01.125-06:002012-07-04T17:20:01.125-06:00Powerful.Powerful.Steph(anie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01345590378662641435noreply@blogger.com