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ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, FUN AND … MUCH LESS …
Health A compelling theory on why social media promises fun but ultimately leaves us bored and listless Tod Perry 23.03.2022 The advent of social media and smartphones has nearly eradicated the idea of the empty moment. We no longer have to sit with our thoughts when waiting in line at the supermarket. There’s no need …
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT
Am I asking for the moon? Is it really so implausible? That you and I could soon Come to some kind of arrangement? I’m not asking for the moon I’ve always been a realist When it’s really nothing more Than a simple rearrangement With one roof above our heads A warm house to return to …
MISSING THE BOAT ?
“Missing the Boat” by Naomi Shihab-Nye « It is not so much that the boat passed and you failed to notice it. It is more like the boat stopping directly outside your bedroom window, the captain blowing the signal-horn, the band playing a rousing march. The boat shouted, waving bright flags, its silver hull blinding in …
SOMETIMES A WILD GOD | PARFOIS UN DIEU SAUVAGE
Sometimes a Wild God Sometimes a wild god comes to the table. He is awkward and does not know the ways Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver. His voice makes vinegar from wine. When the wild god arrives at the door, You will probably fear him. He reminds you of something dark That …
LIVING TRUTH
Q: “ This is my first seminar with you and I would appreciate knowing something about your life, your background, your path, how you came to where you are. I have heard that you don’t tell, so I decided to ask myself.” A:” Do you know your motive for coming here? Don’t be too quick; …
RUN TO THE RESCUE WITH LOVE, AND PEACE WILL FOLLOW
Joaquin Phoenix’ 2020 Oscars’ acceptance speech I’m full of so much gratitude now. I do not feel elevated above any of my fellow nominees or anyone in this room, because we share the same love – that’s the love of film. And this form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life. I don’t …
STANDING ROCK !
STAND STRONG LIKE A ROCK! Don’t focus on what’s ‘wrong’ with the world. When you fight against a broken world you become violent inside and you contribute to the conditions that created the violence you now witness. See the world as it is, the way an artist would see a face, with all its flaws, …
SWEET DARKNESS
SWEET DARKNESS When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone, no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark will be your …
OBEDIENCE
Civil desobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders. Millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty, starvation, supidity, war and cruelty. …
EVERYTHING IS WAITING FOR YOU
Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array; the swelling presence, and …
THE SECRET TO HEALING SHAME
The secret to healing shame is found deep inside shame itself, the last place we’d ever think to look. Shame is a misunderstood vessel of self-love, weaved of non-ordinary materials and only longing to be infused with your warm awareness, curiosity, and heart. The secret to healing shame lies in finally meeting it from the …
TO A FRIEND IN CRISIS
Friend, I don’t know how to help you. I don’t know how to take away your pain. I don’t know how to remove your heartache, your fear, your sorrow, the longings that burn deep inside. I have known these visitors. I have never found a way to annihilate them in myself. I am as broken …
WHAT I KNOW NOW
WHAT I KNOW NOW by Hal Stone, PhD April 2019 For me, my dreams express a new and deepening phase of where the Aware Ego process moves us in our evolutionary journey of consciousness. I feel over these past few months that I am leaving something behind as I am being gently pulled into a …