Comments on: Reevaluating the Handshake http://millarian.com/random/reevaluating-the-handshake/ Musings of a startup junkie and Ruby on Rails nerd. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: fearlessadvisor http://millarian.com/random/reevaluating-the-handshake/comment-page-1/#comment-564 fearlessadvisor Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:31:21 +0000 http://millarian.com/?p=2445#comment-564 Wonderful insights, Curtis. What you are touching upon is a great spiritual principle. The body, as an extension of the very essence of who we are, when coupled with the awareness of action, can transmit our highest Self. It reminds me of a similar experience I had in a meditation retreat, in which we broke down the handshake process into pieces. With a partner, we just extended our hand. When I did it at first, it was just a rote exercise, with no awareness. As we practiced, the teacher had us bring our full awareness into the action of just extending our hand. And our partner focused on how they wanted to receive that hand. It was a very amazing experience, and interesting to see how a simple action, like a handshake, when offered with full sincerity and an open heart, becomes a very profound spiritual practice. Wonderful insights, Curtis. What you are touching upon is a great spiritual principle. The body, as an extension of the very essence of who we are, when coupled with the awareness of action, can transmit our highest Self.

It reminds me of a similar experience I had in a meditation retreat, in which we broke down the handshake process into pieces. With a partner, we just extended our hand. When I did it at first, it was just a rote exercise, with no awareness. As we practiced, the teacher had us bring our full awareness into the action of just extending our hand. And our partner focused on how they wanted to receive that hand. It was a very amazing experience, and interesting to see how a simple action, like a handshake, when offered with full sincerity and an open heart, becomes a very profound spiritual practice.

]]> By: fearlessadvisor http://millarian.com/random/reevaluating-the-handshake/comment-page-1/#comment-563 fearlessadvisor Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:17:47 +0000 http://millarian.com/?p=2445#comment-563 I had no idea the handshake originated to show you weren't holding a weapon! I could see how that could be important in some situations...as you suggested, hopefully not a business meeting. I had no idea the handshake originated to show you weren't holding a weapon! I could see how that could be important in some situations…as you suggested, hopefully not a business meeting.

]]> By: Jay McGavren http://millarian.com/random/reevaluating-the-handshake/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Jay McGavren Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:10:30 +0000 http://millarian.com/?p=2445#comment-560 Not sure what I think, but TechCrunch thinks the handshake is unsanitary and needs to be abandoned entirely. (Yes, they saw fit to comment on the subject, I suppose you shake hands a lot when dealing with entrepeneurs.) I do agree with the unsanitary part. And I mean, it's supposedly designed to show you're not holding a weapon, which I hope would be a foregone conclusion in a business meeting. Not sure what I think, but TechCrunch thinks the handshake is unsanitary and needs to be abandoned entirely. (Yes, they saw fit to comment on the subject, I suppose you shake hands a lot when dealing with entrepeneurs.) I do agree with the unsanitary part. And I mean, it's supposedly designed to show you're not holding a weapon, which I hope would be a foregone conclusion in a business meeting.

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