A well-written poem uses words sparsely, paints an idea and invokes a feeling and mood often employing two words alone.  Line after line the verse describes something that prose or dialogue is not able to capture.  The relationship between words, not always obvious, imagines for us a world that transports the soul.  Change the position of a single word and the poem takes on a different life.  It is not only the arrangement that expresses meaning, the choice of one word over another, though th...
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I have listened to many speak of what it would take to live this life well, to transform oneself, to become more conscious and authentic.  Some propagate the idea that learning is the path, some say action is the way, others to be, listen, and on and on.  What amuses me is that all of these mentioned above are aspects of life that will assist you to come to yourself and live in harmony with all life.  If it is action alone that leads you to transformation, who was it that told you that, who p...
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I noticed in an interaction with a friend last night that it is difficult for most people to sit in a pause.  We tend to rush in and fill it, with anything.  With chatter or activity.  In those moments where there seems to be nothing going on, where the silence, or non-action is prevalent, we feel a great desire to make a noise or do something. 

Consider music for a moment, the rest, the pause, belongs to the music as much as the notes.  The rest insists on a contribution to the melody, to th...
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I have been spending many years exploring one idea.  Which is quite simply, what we are, is already what we need, all of it.  What is required is to shift our relationship with it, rather than shift it.  This life is not about becoming a different person from who we already are it is about inhabiting who you are completely.  I am far from being masterful with this principle, I slosh around the planet loosing my way, falling over my own heals time and time again.  Yet regardless of that, for t...
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If you do not take the time to stop and really consider what you care about, you will be at the command of your compulsions.  The will is the natural capacity to organise ones self toward outcomes.  The way you wish to be in life as well as what you want in your life.  The will is interested in what you care about as its source of inspiration.  Whether we are consciously caring about something or unconsciously being driven, the will engages and begins its task of organising you and life about...
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A well-written poem uses words sparsely, paints an idea and invokes a feeling and mood often employing two words alone.  Line after line the verse describes something that prose or dialogue is not able to capture.  The relationship between words, not always obvious, imagines for us a world that transports the soul.  Change the position of a single word and the poem takes on a different life.  It is not only the arrangement that expresses meaning, the choice of one word over another, though th...
Continue reading ...

I have listened to many speak of what it would take to live this life well, to transform oneself, to become more conscious and authentic.  Some propagate the idea that learning is the path, some say action is the way, others to be, listen, and on and on.  What amuses me is that all of these mentioned above are aspects of life that will assist you to come to yourself and live in harmony with all life.  If it is action alone that leads you to transformation, who was it that told you that, who p...
Continue reading ...

I noticed in an interaction with a friend last night that it is difficult for most people to sit in a pause.  We tend to rush in and fill it, with anything.  With chatter or activity.  In those moments where there seems to be nothing going on, where the silence, or non-action is prevalent, we feel a great desire to make a noise or do something. 

Consider music for a moment, the rest, the pause, belongs to the music as much as the notes.  The rest insists on a contribution to the melody, to th...
Continue reading ...

I have been spending many years exploring one idea.  Which is quite simply, what we are, is already what we need, all of it.  What is required is to shift our relationship with it, rather than shift it.  This life is not about becoming a different person from who we already are it is about inhabiting who you are completely.  I am far from being masterful with this principle, I slosh around the planet loosing my way, falling over my own heals time and time again.  Yet regardless of that, for t...
Continue reading ...

If you do not take the time to stop and really consider what you care about, you will be at the command of your compulsions.  The will is the natural capacity to organise ones self toward outcomes.  The way you wish to be in life as well as what you want in your life.  The will is interested in what you care about as its source of inspiration.  Whether we are consciously caring about something or unconsciously being driven, the will engages and begins its task of organising you and life about...
Continue reading ...