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My literal horizon (through the glass darkly) is of bird activity at a feeder, small garden and hillside beyond - as in the photo pretty much. Metaphorically it's an interesting exercise to 'both be in... More »
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physically, as a woman, I'm over the other side of the menopausal mountain. A friend stopped to chat in the street on her way to have a smear test, and spoke of the pain of... More »
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By noticing that i breathe in the air you breathe out and vice versa and that trees make this possible.
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I'm a fan and forever-on-going student of Non-violent communication, and the following is wisdom from that source: Receiving empthically requires 'presence'; being with the other with our whole being; not just listening with our ears... More »
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I support the Integral world view that we all evolve through developmental stages ( First Tier:archaic/magic/mythic/rational/pluralistic - 2nd Tier - integral, super-integral and up), and that as a whole our centre of gravity is also... More »
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Acts of Grace, luck and synchronicity for starters... In the integral meeting with Terry Patten he went into the 2nd person relationship with God/Spirit/ISness/Whatever-you-want-to- call-it - The 'Thou' of all that. I'd been having some... More »
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Freedom is a state of consciousness. The time i probably felt most free was ironically on a very strict vipassana 10 day silent retreat. There were lots of rules of containment: [ no talking, no... More »
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Externally to some place of awesome natural beauty - the Niagra Falls sprang to mind. Angel Falls. Victoria Falls. Some stupendous waterfall that makes rainbows in its spray. Perhaps I'm a bit of a pantheist;... More »
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I remember as a child coming across the concept that 'i n a hundred years all the beings you know will be dead, including yourself'. An early lesson in impermanence; the world of form... More »
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Still full of awe, and always with a growing edge.
QaR
September 2008 