Comments for Stories of the Journey Home http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com Audio stories created and told by Leo Sofer Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Intuitive Facilitation by Stephns http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/10/18/intuitive-facilitation/#comment-11 Stephns Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:32:01 +0000 http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=875#comment-11 I hear what you say Leo, and I understand that feeling of just letting the words flow. That is just how my writing goes. Sometimes you just have to trust that the words and music will flow, and go with whatever comes up, trusting in the process and knowing that although some "thing" might sound odd, and when the story really flows, then it all makes sense. I'm running a storytelling group at the moment, and hope to cover spontaneous storytelling next week, there are plenty of ideas for creating stories and exercises out there, its just that people don't believe in their own creativity, and will say "Oh no I don't have any imagination"..so that is a bit of a wall to get over. We'll see what comes up. Looking forward to your UK workshop VERY much. I hear what you say Leo, and I understand that feeling of just letting the words flow. That is just how my writing goes. Sometimes you just have to trust that the words and music will flow, and go with whatever comes up, trusting in the process and knowing that although some “thing” might sound odd, and when the story really flows, then it all makes sense. I’m running a storytelling group at the moment, and hope to cover spontaneous storytelling next week, there are plenty of ideas for creating stories and exercises out there, its just that people don’t believe in their own creativity, and will say “Oh no I don’t have any imagination”..so that is a bit of a wall to get over. We’ll see what comes up. Looking forward to your UK workshop VERY much.

]]> Comment on Spiritual Growth Follows Pleasure by matthew hart http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/01/19/spiritual-growth-follows-pleasure/#comment-9 matthew hart Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:49:34 +0000 http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=747#comment-9 Yes! This is brilliantly put Leo, I love it. Matthew Fox I believe was one of the founding fathers of the Quakers. In the days when they really quaked - quite possibly with divine pleasure. But following your bliss in this truest deepest sense just makes so much sense. And I like what you say about relating to Krishnamurti too - I did the same thing, finding that I was constantly trying to get rid of part of me -the me bit! But of course there is no need. What effort I expended - when how can I make effort to be me? I love the image of the North wind and the Sun - I will remember that. Also, “This is a process of Seduction”. Thank-you. Yes! This is brilliantly put Leo, I love it. Matthew Fox I believe was one of the founding fathers of the Quakers. In the days when they really quaked – quite possibly with divine pleasure. But following your bliss in this truest deepest sense just makes so much sense. And I like what you say about relating to Krishnamurti too – I did the same thing, finding that I was constantly trying to get rid of part of me -the me bit! But of course there is no need. What effort I expended – when how can I make effort to be me? I love the image of the North wind and the Sun – I will remember that. Also, “This is a process of Seduction”. Thank-you.

]]> Comment on Intuitive Facilitation by matthew hart http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/10/18/intuitive-facilitation/#comment-8 matthew hart Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:33:06 +0000 http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=875#comment-8 Thankyou Leo, this is spot on, beautifully expressed. I feel a resonance here that sits in me like a treasure waiting for its moment of discovery. It feels like a treasure now, when it has so often felt like a curse - as you put it: 'A true gift sits in us like a curse until it is able to flow.' Hearing your experience gives me heart and courage to keep on toward my goal - of releasing whatever this strange message is that lives inside. Thankyou Leo, this is spot on, beautifully expressed. I feel a resonance here that sits in me like a treasure waiting for its moment of discovery. It feels like a treasure now, when it has so often felt like a curse – as you put it: ‘A true gift sits in us like a curse until it is able to flow.’ Hearing your experience gives me heart and courage to keep on toward my goal – of releasing whatever this strange message is that lives inside.

]]> Comment on The Wan Princess by Leo http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/06/03/the-wan-princess/#comment-6 Leo Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:14:07 +0000 http://www.leosofer.com/blog/2010/06/03/the-wan-princess/#comment-6 Hi Kristin, I'm very touched to read your response to this story. It was a powerful story for me too, and I'm glad you found so much in it that reflected your own experience. I love hearing the meaning people are finding in the stories, and this helps me understand better what I'm doing. What is the interplay between me and the stories and the listeners? I'm not sure, it's mostly a mystery to me. But I'm delighted that I was able to serve as a bridge to help you connect more fully to your earlier experience. Best wishes, Leo. Hi Kristin,
I’m very touched to read your response to this story. It was a powerful story for me too, and I’m glad you found so much in it that reflected your own experience. I love hearing the meaning people are finding in the stories, and this helps me understand better what I’m doing. What is the interplay between me and the stories and the listeners? I’m not sure, it’s mostly a mystery to me. But I’m delighted that I was able to serve as a bridge to help you connect more fully to your earlier experience.
Best wishes, Leo.

]]> Comment on The Wan Princess by Kristin http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/06/03/the-wan-princess/#comment-5 Kristin Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:38:30 +0000 http://www.leosofer.com/blog/2010/06/03/the-wan-princess/#comment-5 Hello Leo! I've been meaning to thank you for sharing this brilliantly touching story. I listened to it in June last year when it was first posted on your site and remember stumbling on it totally by chance. It's as though you were reading my very soul. I had a mystical experience several years back, involving a lovely musician who had drowned the year before. It was a meeting of souls recognizing each other on another plane of existence, I suppose. Needless to say, after that, I was left quite confused and saddened. I've been carrying this sadness within me for a very long time. Your story was the closest remembrance of that event and I am so deeply grateful for your gifts. You are a shaman of sorts, pulling love stories from the ethers and grounding them in physical documentation. Such a rare and powerful man you are! I feel deeply blessed to have discovered you. By the way, this person was very upset with his mother for being very driven about him becoming successful in music because his father was also famous. I could imagine him sitting in his little cloud, writing letter after letter trying to find the right words... It just all clicked so beautifully! I was simply stunned. I only wish the ending would fulfill my own dream of seeing him pierce the sky and fly me away... Hello Leo!

I’ve been meaning to thank you for sharing this brilliantly touching story. I listened to it in June last year when it was first posted on your site and remember stumbling on it totally by chance. It’s as though you were reading my very soul. I had a mystical experience several years back, involving a lovely musician who had drowned the year before. It was a meeting of souls recognizing each other on another plane of existence, I suppose. Needless to say, after that, I was left quite confused and saddened. I’ve been carrying this sadness within me for a very long time. Your story was the closest remembrance of that event and I am so deeply grateful for your gifts. You are a shaman of sorts, pulling love stories from the ethers and grounding them in physical documentation. Such a rare and powerful man you are! I feel deeply blessed to have discovered you. By the way, this person was very upset with his mother for being very driven about him becoming successful in music because his father was also famous. I could imagine him sitting in his little cloud, writing letter after letter trying to find the right words… It just all clicked so beautifully! I was simply stunned. I only wish the ending would fulfill my own dream of seeing him pierce the sky and fly me away…

]]> Comment on Facing The Storm by Mathias Granum http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/10/01/facing-the-storm/#comment-7 Mathias Granum Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:07:02 +0000 http://www.leosofer.com/blog/?p=62#comment-7 Heh, cool! I am looking forward to hearing that story now! I like the theme, which is something that has also been alive for me recently. Especially since I read Peter Singers book "the life you can save" a few weeks ago. It is a book about the ethics on how we use our ressources. While he is a caring and thoughtful man, some of the things he is saying is also like a loud and uncompromising 'wake up' call. But instead of me feeling very guilty, I think I feel some of that fire you describe, and a motivation to make small steps to change things in my own life. But yes, it is tricky, because if I should follow his argument to the end .... well, the money I spent on that t-shirt yesterday could have made the difference so that a family wouldn't have had to go to bed hungry tonight and the rest of the week. Very tricky. I am curious to have this theme explored in your story. Heh, cool! I am looking forward to hearing that story now! I like the theme, which is something that has also been alive for me recently. Especially since I read Peter Singers book “the life you can save” a few weeks ago. It is a book about the ethics on how we use our ressources. While he is a caring and thoughtful man, some of the things he is saying is also like a loud and uncompromising ‘wake up’ call. But instead of me feeling very guilty, I think I feel some of that fire you describe, and a motivation to make small steps to change things in my own life. But yes, it is tricky, because if I should follow his argument to the end …. well, the money I spent on that t-shirt yesterday could have made the difference so that a family wouldn’t have had to go to bed hungry tonight and the rest of the week. Very tricky. I am curious to have this theme explored in your story.

]]> Comment on Hello and Welcome by leo http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/04/26/hello-and-welcome/#comment-4 leo Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:33:04 +0000 http://leosofer.com/blog/?p=3#comment-4 Hi Megan, Check out The Lone Rose, which also addresses the issue of Authenticity. I'm glad you are enjoying the stories. With best wishes, Leo. Hi Megan,

Check out The Lone Rose, which also addresses the issue of Authenticity.

I’m glad you are enjoying the stories.

With best wishes, Leo.

]]> Comment on Hello and Welcome by Megan http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/04/26/hello-and-welcome/#comment-3 Megan Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:10:08 +0000 http://leosofer.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3 Thank you for your blogposting. I have listened to a number of your stories. My work is about authentic living. So is this what your latest story the Wan Princess (i havent had a chance to listen yet) is about. And what of your other stories - which speak to you of authenticity? Thank you for your blogposting. I have listened to a number of your stories. My work is about authentic living. So is this what your latest story the Wan Princess (i havent had a chance to listen yet) is about. And what of your other stories – which speak to you of authenticity?

]]> Comment on Hello and Welcome by steph http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2010/04/26/hello-and-welcome/#comment-2 steph Wed, 12 May 2010 17:48:46 +0000 http://leosofer.com/blog/?p=3#comment-2 Hello, I'm really excited to read about your journey with spontaneous storytelling, for it is indeed my favourite way of telling. I've yet to launch myself into it publicly, all the fears of that you speak of, crashing and burning, and all the rest, are within me, so I would love to really have a go some time in a "safe" place. I've written many stories of my own which are listed on my page on Professional storyteller, but could I tell such a tale, face to face? Who knows. Hello, I’m really excited to read about your journey with spontaneous storytelling, for it is indeed my favourite way of telling. I’ve yet to launch myself into it publicly, all the fears of
that you speak of, crashing and burning, and all the rest, are within me, so I would love to really have a go some time in a “safe” place. I’ve written many stories of my own which are listed on my page on Professional storyteller, but could I tell such a tale, face to face? Who knows.

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