“In old notions of growth and development there was always this idea…that somehow we needed something to push against in order to grow. Now there’s almost a feeling that growth should be delivered to us… “Around us, the forces are not kind in terms of either recognizing, awakening or encouraging beauty. But, actually, this should…
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“Silences in which you can actually breathe again”
“… Silences in which you can actually breathe again, and breathe in a way in which your body is not tense or set against the world — you know? A silence in which there’s a sense of spaciousness and of discovery … “There’s a way in which we’ve been treating ourselves as some kind of…
Human Endeavor
The greatest human endeavor is to bring imagination’s yearning into the preset limitations of a circumstance that won’t allow for it. You could say that this is how we create heaven on earth, at least for and in that moment. Photo from Aleppo by Joseph Eid
Fingerspitzengefühl
One advantage of having an online blog is that you can come back and correct various errors made in public, or at least insert parts to your presentations that you’d forgotten. After my last workshop in Los Angeles, I went back over my notes looking for the usual missing 50% – 70% that I’d accidentally…
What good training have I done today?
“Many, many thanks for the recent seminar. As with all the previous events, I found it overflowing with so much of what I consider to be excellent, necessary, useful and precious content. I’ve been thinking about the weekend and going over my notes on and off since then and I’m constantly amazed at the sheer…
Engaging Reality
“At your last seminar you mentioned the dimensional difference between understanding and engaging reality. I feel I missed the moment. I thought I would find it on your blog. Would you point me to this writing?” I think I hit that theme directly or indirectly in a number of my writings, but here’s what I…
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