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~thomas~ there is a moment when our pulpy delight is suspended at the peak between willful intention and surrender to gravity’s grace, no longer rising, not yet falling. in that perfect moment of absolute stillness we may gaze into each others eyes as dear friends, recognizing the quiet poise of our fully lifted nature. linger(ing) […]

there’s been a conversation between thomas and i in a comment box below filled with talk of… well, all kinds of things! one of the topics has been toning and the power of sounds. a few mentioned were ahhhhhh, oops, chk chk, mmmm, Huuu, Hmmm, and Haaa! Peggy Jentoft writes about Sound, and Toning Music […]

oh, how i’m loving this book I Love You Rituals. i think you’ll be hearing about it for a bit! most of the words below are direct quotes… Routines — help children learn to tell time and regulate their own internal clocks…they learn to predict what happens next… the goal of routine is continuity. Rituals […]

I started reading the book I Love You Rituals by Becky A. Bailey today. I am currently writing a lesson plan of rituals to complement the 10 week parenting group that I have been facilitating. The model, type of therapy, that I have been studying is called Filial Therapy. There are various methods for leading […]

charlesb posted this at integral naked in the discussion about work as practice Work is one of the three main channels for the realization of human potentials. What Michael observed about it supports the notion i found to be true, that at best, work is a barometer of consciousness. If we take some simple task, […]

here’s a little diddy from a translation of Abraham Isaac Kook, Lights of Holiness The Renaissance of Intention Humanity must go through extensive development before it will recognize the great value of the intention and the will, of the hidden idealism in the depths of the soul, which continually adorns itself in an array of […]

some gathered thoughts from around the neighborhood. ***empowerment illustrated*** ‘What would you do if you knew that you would die tomorrow?’ “Who would you BE, if you knew that you were going to die tomorrow?” who are you dying to be? ***easily amazed comments(!!)*** what we *are* is really fully precious.