Comments for The Journal of a Renegade Yogi

Comment on Proud to be wrong by Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:13:11 +0000

Tell me about it.

Comment on Proud to be wrong by Elona hartjes

Elona hartjes — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:59:23 +0000

Sometimes I am afraid of being right.

Comment on Language learning hack to multiply your vocab and deepen your conversations by Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:35:58 +0000

Yeah. Hack is commonly used to mean a clever and uncommon solution to a problem.

Comment on Language learning hack to multiply your vocab and deepen your conversations by Hal B

Hal B — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:46:00 +0000

Thanks for the idea! It sounds much more fun than asking, “What does that mean?” On an unrelated note, it is interesting that you describe this as a language “hack,” implying that learning a language is like programming a computer or playing a video game.

Comment on Eat homecooked every day for less than 5 minutes per meal by Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:47:35 +0000

Thanks, Tammy!

Comment on Eat homecooked every day for less than 5 minutes per meal by Tammy Strobel

Tammy Strobel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:56:27 +0000

Loved this article! :) This is such a kick ass resource. Have a great day!

Comment on French politeness is the new black by Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:51:51 +0000

It’s simpler than they make it seem.

Comment on French politeness is the new black by Liz Williams

Liz Williams — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:04 +0000

Rick and I were just discussing this.

Comment on What you kill makes you stronger by Eric Normand

Eric Normand — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:08:20 +0000

I was a vegan for over two years. I tried to minimize my impact as much as I could. But my life just got smaller and smaller as I found more and more things I had reason to not eat. I believed that I should not make active decisions--karma would backlash against me.

I remember very clearly the day I realized that I had to act. I had to use my will to survive. It was during a meditation session, and I immediately felt the power I held and the responsibility that came with it. We direct the future evolution of the universe with our every action. Wow.

Thanks for sharing, Nadine! Maybe our paths will cross some day. Your yoga classes look like something I'd like.

Comment on What you kill makes you stronger by Nadine Fawell

Nadine Fawell — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:25:03 +0000

Hi Eric

I found your blog from the link Havi had on her Shiva Nata site. I'm so glad I did! I was a vegetarian for 16 years, because when I was a teenager I had a boyfriend whose family owned a farm and I saw a pig being slaughtered.

I couldn't cope with the life/death/life link it made in my head.

About a year ago, I started eating meat again because (a) I was dreaming about steak (steak!) (b) Nothing I did - and I know all the nutrition stuff - was keeping the anaemia under control. Which was probably why I was dreaming about steak.

I'm a mindful kind of omnivore though. My process is still about doing least harm within what is possible and sustainable to me. But when I think about the least harm thing too much, the circles get wider and wider and then my head hurts.

So, you know. The best I can do.

Oh and? I'm not sure ignorant = blameless. Maybe it just passes the guilt down to the next generation. That's what I think happened with Apartheid. I have carried the genetic, and until recently, unspoken, guilt of being a white South African all my life.