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If You Let It
Something went on in the sky yesterday. We can explain it, predict it, model it, anticipate it. But seeing it—experiencing it? That goes, not beyond, but without measure. Time almost stands still in a total eclipse, it seems. The slow progression can just be discerned. Then that moment of total triumph blares its horn in…
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Considering Considerations: Metacognition
Thinking of the bravest things you have ever done probably brings you down many paths. Stop and think for a moment of those things or moments in your life that you would rate as brave. Just take a moment to think! I rate jumping out of a plane (although strapped to someone who knew what…
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simple treasures
morning dawns, but once a day laughing moon, it goes away a new day beckons, here to stay but no, it goes and knows, no foes toiling hands, and monkey minds never knowing, what she finds a seeing eye, yours to grow located somewhere, here below below the fields, of here and there patterned breaths,…
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Jump into life!
I emailed and texted two people today who are having a particularly hard time with life. (I’ll add commentary afterwords that describes some of the content of the following email I sent.) Here is some of what I wrote to one person: “My recommendation is to do the Chill Drills routinely… to think of them…
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Love. The spirit of what matters
Are you sangfroid and do you possess neart? Do you have “the ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations” (Merriam Webster) and are you strong-spirited, possessing “inner strength, courage, or fortitude”? (Word Guru) Neart is an Irish word, picked up by Word Guru, but is yet to make it to Merriam Webster as…
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A Man Bought Dinosaurs
Have you ever met someone whose very presence instantly changed your life? I suppose everyone we meet fits that category if you let them. A meeting I had last week has left me in awe. Sitting in a hotel breakfast room, there was this guy. He was talking really loudly to his iPad and all…
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The Wild, Wild Western Mind
Grounding. Mindfulness. Meditation. Prayer. Breath. Being present. Qi Gong. Tai Chi. Compassion. Loving kindness. Gratitude. Patience. Letting go. Acupuncture. Yoga. Yoga nidra. Mindful eating. Mindful this. Mindful that. The list goes on. In western hands, (or should I say minds?) are these concepts conceptualized and practiced within a framework of “me”? Have they become buzz…
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Capturing the Essence of This Season: The run-on called life
When do we find time to wrap our gifts and our minds around the true meanings enfolded in what we perceive as a holiday season? While much (time) is spent, (focusing, attempting to control and later judging followed by periods of perseveration, not to mention decorating, purchasing, and don’t forget partaking in merriment the season)…
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Flow Revisited: Freedom within
One of my favorite books to read is, what I later learned, an anthropology text entitled, Millenium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World by David Maybury-Lewis. I didn’t say, “One of the favorite books I have read.” You see, it’s a book you can savor. You can pick it up and learn, and learn, and…
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