Comments on: Dancing with Memory http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/ Let us act our dreams with open eyes, and make them possible. Thu, 17 May 2012 13:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jarandhel Dreamsinger http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-47 Jarandhel Dreamsinger Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:54:04 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-47 I wish Arhuaine was still around and could talk with you about this. Apart from bladedancing, in that life I didn't do much direct work with the Song. That was more her forte. I've worked with similar concepts in other lives, though. <blockquote>“The Sword of Yllirien, the Star of Yllirien, and the Waters of Yllirien”. It never occurred to me that all these may be the same thing until I read,[...]</blockquote> Hmm... that makes me think of something from the listari language page. Barith, "Seas of Chance" as well as Halae-Han, "Walk the Water". Could water in this context be a metaphor for probability? Walking the Water a poetic term for Flow-Working, of which I would see Bladedancing as a specialized subset? I'm not sure I understand the connection with the star, though. I wish Arhuaine was still around and could talk with you about this. Apart from bladedancing, in that life I didn’t do much direct work with the Song. That was more her forte. I’ve worked with similar concepts in other lives, though.

“The Sword of Yllirien, the Star of Yllirien, and the Waters of Yllirien”. It never occurred to me that all these may be the same thing until I read,[...]

Hmm… that makes me think of something from the listari language page. Barith, “Seas of Chance” as well as Halae-Han, “Walk the Water”. Could water in this context be a metaphor for probability? Walking the Water a poetic term for Flow-Working, of which I would see Bladedancing as a specialized subset?

I’m not sure I understand the connection with the star, though.

]]> By: helen99 http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-44 helen99 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:28:32 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-44 I remember the song within songs, the deep song within the land, the song trees. I also remember something that I thought of as "The Sword of Yllirien, the Star of Yllirien, and the Waters of Yllirien". It never occurred to me that all these may be the same thing until I read, <i>"I remember dancing with a rippling blade of sky-blue metal, like a mountain lake reflecting a clear sky in summer. The blade felt warm and alive in my hands as I moved, our motions flowing together with the deep inner Song of the land. We did not move to some fixed pattern, but in constant relation to the world around us, physical and nonphysical, what is and what may be. It is a skill I am trying to relearn.</i>" A sword, a star, waters. Aliande, the joyful land. I remember the song within songs, the deep song within the land, the song trees. I also remember something that I thought of as “The Sword of Yllirien, the Star of Yllirien, and the Waters of Yllirien”. It never occurred to me that all these may be the same thing until I read,

“I remember dancing with a rippling blade of sky-blue metal, like a mountain lake reflecting a clear sky in summer. The blade felt warm and alive in my hands as I moved, our motions flowing together with the deep inner Song of the land. We did not move to some fixed pattern, but in constant relation to the world around us, physical and nonphysical, what is and what may be. It is a skill I am trying to relearn.”

A sword, a star, waters. Aliande, the joyful land.

]]> By: Jarandhel Dreamsinger http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-41 Jarandhel Dreamsinger Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:31:11 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-41 I miss her too. And you're very welcome, Cas. Glad you like how it turned out. It took me a while to find the right balance between what to share and what to hold back, for various reasons. I miss her too. And you’re very welcome, Cas. Glad you like how it turned out. It took me a while to find the right balance between what to share and what to hold back, for various reasons.

]]> By: casteylan http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-39 casteylan Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:05:38 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-39 Those are lovely. I miss Arhuaine. I should write down some of my own memories. Thank you. Those are lovely. I miss Arhuaine. I should write down some of my own memories. Thank you.

]]> By: Jarandhel Dreamsinger http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-38 Jarandhel Dreamsinger Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:38 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-38 You're welcome :) I've been trying to get around to posting more of my memories publicly. I've noticed a trend in the otherkin community to move away from discussing memories, and I'm not certain it's healthy to the degree it's taken. I'm very much a proponent of being functional in the here-and-now, but I don't believe those of us who have non-human past life memories need to divorce ourselves from our memories to do that. As for not having memories, I wouldn't worry about it. Memories are, in my opinion, one useful tool to understanding one's otherness. They're not the only one, though. You’re welcome :) I’ve been trying to get around to posting more of my memories publicly. I’ve noticed a trend in the otherkin community to move away from discussing memories, and I’m not certain it’s healthy to the degree it’s taken. I’m very much a proponent of being functional in the here-and-now, but I don’t believe those of us who have non-human past life memories need to divorce ourselves from our memories to do that.

As for not having memories, I wouldn’t worry about it. Memories are, in my opinion, one useful tool to understanding one’s otherness. They’re not the only one, though.

]]> By: ViridianElf http://dreamhart.org/2009/11/dancing-with-memory/#comment-37 ViridianElf Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:04:31 +0000 http://dreamhart.org/wordpress/?p=376#comment-37 I'm glad you shared these. I don't have similar memories, or have not yet managed to recover them yet. I’m glad you shared these. I don’t have similar memories, or have not yet managed to recover them yet.

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