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  • Archive for the ‘Epiphanies’ Category

    April 3

    I’m starting to see things!

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    Shiva Nata has become a practice that I dip into when I think there’s something it can help with, rather than something I do everyday or so as a general practice.  This might change in the future when I get to looking at Levels 6+.
    For now, though, I’ve started to use it with an intention [...]

    March 19

    Intentions, visions and epiphanies

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    Intentions
    For the first time since starting Shiva Nata, I had been able to think of an intention that I was emotionally invested in.  I have struggled with this before, though I’m still not sure exactly why that is, so it was great to finally find myself with a question that I felt I could use [...]

    March 6

    A couple of realisations

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    The question of fatigue
    I recently made public a post from back in December about feeling tired after practicing Shiva Nata.  I even wrote to Havi a while back asking about whether this was normal.
    Well, it seems to have percolated away in the back of my mind for a while and has now re-appeared, along with [...]

    November 13

    You know you’ve had an epiphany when…

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    You’ve been struggling all day
    I had a bit of a ‘grey’ day today.  I didn’t really feel like I was getting anywhere with anything.  I am lucky enough to have a group of friends that get together to talk and help each other out on Wednesday evenings and was able to share how I was [...]

    November 7

    Does this count as an epiphany?

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    A response to Havi’s most recent post about keeping it challenging in the form of the conversation in my head that popped up when I read it.
    A conversation in my head
    Me: Oh yes! I’m just starting to see the patterns and everything and wow I did that whole round (i.e. from one starting position – [...]