Posted in General on January 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
“When the heart is breaking, the self bleeds self-pity, but Presence bleeds love.” Several people have mentioned to me lately (including some in shaky economic situations) how greatly relaxing it is to witness the machinations of oneself with only compassion and warm attention. I guess this is hard to express, but well worth the attempt.
Posted in General, Journaling on January 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
I think I was set up…. Yesterday was a lovely day with visiting family, showing off some of our gorgeous coastline. A clear wintry blue sky, cool but comfy, endlessly inviting walks and viewpoints, sea lion roars, crashing surf, surging swell hiding then revealing the contours of the sea. Afterwards, the puppies (and several of […]
Posted in General, Relationships on January 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
I have had so many interesting conversations this week. Several fascinating realizations occurred in the process, among them: • Under the glow of warm, unjudging attention, anger reveals something true about a person that until then was unavailable to their awareness. The anger disappears, and deep ease replaces it. New directions appear… • When there […]
Posted in General, Introduction on January 6th, 2007 14 Comments »
Life is so good. This is a new enterprise for me – writing a blog. I want it to blast me and others to wake up to the exquisite possibility of living as a new kind of human being. I’ll start by saying something about myself. Something happened to me that I cannot fully explain. […]