Comments on: Values, Courage, and Evil https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/22/values-courage-and-evil/ A Global Immersion Site Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Colin Pip Dixon https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/22/values-courage-and-evil/#comment-589 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:05:23 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1993#comment-589 I love that you mentioned a sense of play. I’d be curious to hear more about how you came to that as a value? It’s become important to me too. As well as being a musician, I’m a Feldenkrais Method Practitioner (I teach it to musicians, and others…). Feldenkrais is a means of becoming more aware of your body and how you use it to find more fulfilling, integrated, efficient ways of moving and doing everything you have to do. One of the things that is central in this work is always coming at it (and everything) with a sense of play and curiosity. This has been so important to me in my playing and teaching. It’s also been helpful in undoing the knots in relationships, or situations.

I was also really interested in what you brought up about knowing your values, speaking up…being afraid to speak up. I find myself being afraid to speak up because of not wanting to push someone away and being afraid that maybe I don’t understand everything that’s involved. I’m afraid to speak up too because I’m afraid of the vehemence and emotion that might come along with it, which can be violent in its own way. As I read what you wrote it really made me think about the complexity of when to speak up and when to listen and stay silent. You put your finger on something that’s not easy for me.

I was also really interested in everything you said about naming systems and I had a look at the link with the archetypes. This is all new to me and interesting.

Thank you for all of this, it really got me to think about so many things and reminded me of some things that Nina had said that were important to me but I had forgotten or not thought more about.

]]> By: Kassandra Quick-Vana https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/22/values-courage-and-evil/#comment-558 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 01:30:48 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1993#comment-558 David – I too find myself dwelling in the “doer” camp more often than I know is good for me. It is familiar and comfortable and often works well, but I know it cannot be my only operational mode! I also appreciate your insight about Family Systems Theory. I learned about this last year and I am still exploring all of the intricacies of this theory so your insight adds to my learning!

]]> By: Dave Creel https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/22/values-courage-and-evil/#comment-554 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:00:15 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1993#comment-554 David – I love the perspective you shared through the lens of family systems theory and the idea that our values can be a source of courage. This motivates me to draw on my own values when I’m feeling under stress.

]]> By: Brigid Smith https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/22/values-courage-and-evil/#comment-528 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:08:34 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1993#comment-528 This is packed with encouraging thoughts, thank you! I love the idea of letting the driver be that we are seeking ‘freedom from our poison.’ Freedom from the things that are truly death to our true selves, our peacemaker selves. Like you said – it doesn’t have to be about it going well, it can be about living our values more and more.

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