instinct and learned behavior… subconscious and consciousness

BEWARE… heady stuff below! here is more from dr. bruce lipton i’m still digesting! As one ascends the tree of evolution, moving from more primitive to more advanced multicellular organisms, there is a profound shift from the predominant use of genetically programmed perceptions (instinct) to the use of learned behavior. Primitive organisms primarily rely upon […]

a meditation graciously shared with me, that i am pleased to share with you. enjoy. sitting comfortably, leaning against the big ball, listening to movements of breath, sensing subtle threads of charge spinning out from my core, the quiet depths filled with time’s turning tendrils. attention melts into a line of force drawing left scapula […]

poets and scientists

i found this interesting quote today in Autobiography of a Yogi: “The poet is intimate with truth, while the scientist approaches awkwardly.” the scientist who said this also said, “How admirable is the Western method of submitting all theory to scrupulous experimental verification! That empirical procedure has gone hand in hand with the gift for […]

foundations of community

community has been a favorite pondering of mine lately. i was looking at the conversation between christy and i about community education. christy said The Latin root of “education” is something like “e” = “out”, and “ducare”=”lead” So I liken “education/leading out” to “invitation” in the sense of inviting someone/something that’s already there, to come […]