tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post7404612587249989826..comments2023-10-08T02:34:16.288-07:00Comments on Confessional Highway: Reach Out and Touch Someonedeezeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829679415032937346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-82888506316053708792007-07-06T08:34:00.000-07:002007-07-06T08:34:00.000-07:00Something like this: http://www.liberationprisonpr...Something like this:<BR/> http://www.liberationprisonproject.com/index2.html<BR/>might also be of interest to you.<BR/>I have not been involved in anything along these lines myself (nor am I 'officially' buddhist) but I have been thinking about it. I believe that e.g. the zen centers in many cities will have programs like this. As I understand it they specifically don't proselytise in that the prisoners come to them requesting contact rather than the reverse. I believe it often helps the requestors a lot to have this kind of contact (especially when they are denied other kinds) and to help them grapple with their incarceration better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-42070589747291124432007-07-04T21:43:00.000-07:002007-07-04T21:43:00.000-07:00As always, your words hold so much meaning. Littl...As always, your words hold so much meaning. Little by little, amongst all of the horrible things happening in this world, it seems like there may be hope for healing. Whether it's finding a way to add touch to an inmate's rehabilitation, to touching children who are lacking a loving example in their lives, to signing the pledge on supermarket swindle, if enough of us begin to look outside ourselves and think about our fellow humans, we may just tip the balance to decency.Deltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793637230503810006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-17962255310672460752007-07-04T07:24:00.000-07:002007-07-04T07:24:00.000-07:00sister, there is so much here. the societal isola...sister, there is so much here. the societal isolation, the imposed isolation, the utter loneliness and what it can do to a soul...and how easy it can be to assume that once the "incident" of isolation ends that everything returns to normal.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-87615241068854854182007-07-03T11:08:00.000-07:002007-07-03T11:08:00.000-07:00Honestly I've never thought of it this way, but it...Honestly I've never thought of it this way, but it makes perfect sense. <BR/><BR/>"If you have ever lived in the absence of touch, if you have ever lived in pockets of aloneness that turned to pockets of loneliness, you know that that is not the way to become whole."<BR/><BR/>Yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-70333196565794438462007-07-02T15:39:00.000-07:002007-07-02T15:39:00.000-07:00What a great post. It makes me think that my curre...What a great post. It makes me think that my current drought of touch can have the purpose of making me more attuned to those whose drought has been even longer.<BR/><BR/>You are right, we must begin to talk more about this.<BR/><BR/>Also, the link to the supermarket swindle video was very related. I think that the isolation we experience when taken to extremes is what allows one human being to be oblivious to the struggles of another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-30112575258560285872007-07-02T13:11:00.000-07:002007-07-02T13:11:00.000-07:00What a great post and I think, very true. Many peo...What a great post and I think, very true. Many people in prison have not had a kind words aid to them even as a small child.<BR/><BR/>What makes one person raised in that environment grow up to be a "model citizen", and another, in the same environment, end up in jail? That is what I wonder. Because if we can find out, maybe we can bridge the gap.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-12069837298103130902007-07-02T11:30:00.000-07:002007-07-02T11:30:00.000-07:00As I read this, I was reminded of a quote by Princ...As I read this, I was reminded of a quote by Princess Diana, of all people....I have never forgotten it.<BR/>She was talking about her humanitarian work. And how it was so important to give a hug, a touch on the hand. <BR/>(i'll have to search for the actual quote).<BR/><BR/>This post is so true.<BR/>There is a long road of hurt that many people have travelled.<BR/>And we all need to show we care. We need to be kind.<BR/><BR/>Excellent, excellent post.Tabbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571583646468537273noreply@blogger.com