Comments on: Awesomeness has No Cost

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:37:23 +0000

Tom, I did the walking meditation thing too, if that’s what you call it. That’s when I experienced all kinds of awesomeness: the clouds, the leaves, the crickets, etc. It was great. Or really awesome is the only way to describe it.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:34:48 +0000

@Lance: Yes holidays can be a nice reminder, we just have to remember to see it everywhere.

@Tom: It blows your mind indeed, but I think it is more the sensation of the mind being blown away

By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work

Tom Volkar / Delightful Work — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:30:42 +0000

“To reach this stage you have to drop the idea of what a rock is. Forget what the sky looks like, see the pavement for the first time.”

I love this. I recall the first time I did a walking meditation and decided just to be and observe without any labels. It blows your mind!

By: Accurate Thinking and Removing Preconceptions | Principles for Peace

Accurate Thinking and Removing Preconceptions | Principles for Peace — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:11:10 +0000

[...] positive attitude at all times always seeking truth and good. I learned Jarrod’s post on awesomeness first hand: When you seek to see things as they are you experience awesomeness automatically. [...]

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:53:07 +0000

This is powerful when you really think about it Jarrod. Awesomeness IS all around us – if we’ll just open our minds and hearts to see it. I’m reminded of a vacation we went on recently to a remote section of Idaho. No communication with the outside world for four days – and I felt surrounded by awesomeness the whole time. It was an amazing experience to get away from the daily distractions that can hold me back from really seeing how awesome our world is. And then, I’m reminded here that we are always surrounded by this awesomeness – we just need to be open to seeing it!

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:52:26 +0000

@Sara: It is funny how often we choose to see things other than awesomeness without even knowing we have made the decision.

@Ariel: Thanks, it is wonderful when ordinary losses any sense of meaning.

@Jennifer: I hope your explorations into no preconceptions prove fruitful, I think it is a very ripe ground. Thank you for the ‘awesome’ feedback

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00:49 +0000

Jarrod, this really is a little scary to me. We are definitely along the same wave length. As I said on my response to your comment at my blog, I was just toying with this same idea this morning… To look at everything with no preconceptions or negativity, but just observe it for what it is – as neutral – and soak it in, realizing I can attach negativity to it or I can find the good in it and attach that to it. It really is like looking at something for the first time with no preconceptions or memories. This is a thought that’s just begun turning in my head now, but I see more of it coming.

Just this morning I noticed a dog on our walk that I usually get annoyed at. But this time I just decided to observe the dog. No annoyance was there. It was really neat.

I really like paragraphs 2 and 3 under your second heading! That’s a lot of what I’ve been thinking.

All I know is this post is awesome! I just had to say that, but the truth is I believe that.

By: Ariel - We Are All One

Ariel - We Are All One — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:57:37 +0000

Awesome post, Jarrod. I love how you give examples of awesomeness: the extraordinary hidden amongst the ordinary.

By: Sara at On Simplicity

Sara at On Simplicity — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:26:11 +0000

This is such fun, open way of looking at the world. Like you, I think it’s foolish to think the world isn’t awesome. From gorgeous nature to spontaneous kindness to the depths of human creativity, there’s awesomeness freely available to those who simply look.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:11:57 +0000

@Evelyn: Any time . I’ve been thinking about using tools to remind me throughout the day but I think a single review at the end of the day and a decision at the start of the next is all we need. After that it is just determination.