Re: "issa" quoted in zen 365 page a day calendar

I did not say it was any concern, since you apparently direct your answer to
your quote of me. I said I think her interview explanation for how she came up
with the name is perfectly understandable. As I said, she explained she got
the name from feminizing Isaiah, working with sounds, and she did not know of
the connection to Jesus until later. And I am sure the energy map of the S's
would be very interesting to her.

With regard to unconventional standards mentioned, I don't really see it as
wildly unconventional to take an Eastern name with spiritual connections and
bring it into the mundane world by using it as a music industry stage or brand
name, rendering it another Pepsi. If one were doing it for reasons to do with
egomania or delusion, that would be the one case I would wonder about, but
that's not the case here.

As to the comment about the name Jesus commonly found in Catholic hispanic
culture, of course the slight difference is that the name is accompanied by a
last name in that culture, not ordinarily chosen as a single name immediately
upon abandoning possessions, but you're certainly right that it's a name lots
of
people use.





In a message dated 1/15/09 12:54:38 PM, [email protected] writes:


> Jesus is a common and acceptable name given to boys in some countries.  I
> don't believe it's of  any concern;  I think she is just doing her thing.
> She is no doubt by conventional standards different/bizarre and that she
> always  has an original take on things, is true to herself and a trail
> blazer is why I adore her.
>
> Many years ago I  attended a workshop weekend she did and we did a group
> study/ponder on how the shapes and directions of letters in a word formed
an
> energy map of sort. I'm curious as to her thinking behind the word Issa in
> that regard. The S's certainly shape an interesting energy direction with
> the roundness and the forward/backward shape and with two S's, it seemingly
> intensifies that.
>
>


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