Comments on: A leap of faith

By: Sunada

Sunada — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:09:00 +0000

Patricia,
You go girl yourself! If you don’t go for it now, I bet you’ll look back years from now and totally regret it. As you say, the worst that can happen is that they say no. Being a musician is such a tough road to follow. I wish you all the best as you go take your leap!

with metta,
Sunada

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:10:04 +0000

Thanks for this…as a professional musician…I have been stuck at the B-List…never believing I could reach the A-List performing arena…I am now 60…it is time for the leap of faith…in my case…to study with beginner’s mind with the best and not be afraid of the undervalued self’s fear of rejection…the worst that can happen is that they say no…the best has already happened in that I took the risk to leap…you go girl!

By: Sunada

Sunada — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:37:06 +0000

Michelle,
Thank you for your kind words. I’m THRILLED to hear that you’re getting back to your performing career! You have a such a gift to share with the world.

with metta,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

By: Michelle Mares

Michelle Mares — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Dear Sunada,

What a timely article, as I am poised on the brink of performing my first solo recital in many years. It is encouraging to read about your experience. I completely relate to that fear which can be so utterly paralyzing. It robs one of any joy in the experience until the performace is finally over!

Like you, I am focussing on letting go to let the joy in. It is a challenge like no other. Thank you for sharing your experience and for your encouragement!

With warmest wishes,
Michelle

By: Sunada

Sunada — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:41 +0000

Thanks to you all for your supportive comments!

with metta to you,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:59:20 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing this with us, I’m a visual performance artist and Mitra in the Western Buddhist Order. I have been performing to a live audience since I graduated from my textiles degree in 2003. Opening to my human vulnerability whilst communicating in my performance language is very close to my heart, so it was wonderful to hear of your experience and I shall think of it next time I perform with my nerves and all x

By: The Conscious Life

The Conscious Life — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:28:21 +0000

Congratulations, Sunada! I’m very happy for you. You’ve seized the opportunity to face your demons. It’s never easy to look at our demons face-to-face, but you’ve did it. The next time they surface again, you’ll be in a better position to overcome them again. Rejoice!

By: EternalJoy

EternalJoy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:28:11 +0000

I feel letting go in faith can only occur when we realize ourselves beyond our identification with thought, emotions and the root cause of dillusion of being a seperate individual. Once we experience we are the one who SEEs the play of change in this world and the inner world of thoughts and emotions but we are not limited to this, we come to recognize ourselves as the space in which all thoughts, emotions occur in. They appear for some time and then disappear , just like the space in a room, objects may appear in the room and then be removed but the space in the room remains. If we knock the walls of the room down, the space in the room is one with the space outside. In truth there is no inside or outside space, the space was always one even when appearing to be seperate. This is like how the essence of what we are is the same as the essence of everything, seperation is an illusion and a superimposition of the mind. Letting go in the realization that we are ONE, not as an intellectual knowledge but as an intuitional feeling, is leaping into faith of ones undoubtable experience of oneself.

How can we reach this stage? how can we plan to reach this stage in our disillusioned state?? a longing, an intensity to dissolve into what is beyond our intellectual understanding has to take place. This will take us to insights, practising techniques, all to purify our sensitivity to our bodies and minds so we can see the true nature of what we call ourselves. Seeing what IS, what we Truly are, Knowing this, We automatically surrender and let go in the seeing of THIS!

By: samadee

samadee — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:16:59 +0000

This is very good community because this moment haven’t any more without Buddha’s teaching

that is the only one path to understand every truth of the life So I like to wish you May you attain Nibbhana………..

with much love and compassion