existence

“you are not accidental. existence needs you. without you something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. that’s what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. the stars and sun and moon, the trees and birds and earth — everything in the universe will feel a small place is […]

potential

birgitt williams posted this on the oslistserv: “For those who study the ICHING, you will know that the first hexagram is all masculine or dynamic energy. I see this equal to the energy of wanting to scatter seed (very masculine) anywhere, see where it lands and whatever happens is the only thing…. The second hexagram […]

conditioning

lama surya das spoke about conditioning. everything is about conditioning. re-condition skill-fully to de-condition. osho speaks of society as being the force that constructs personality. we must de-condition this personality and re-condition our own individuality, individuality that is given to us by existence. Osho states that society “gives you a personality, a cozy personality, nice, […]

Passover

in the jewish religion, we celebrate the first night of passover at sundown tonight. i’d like to share with you some words from a hagadah (the book that guides the evening seder) that my friends Mandi and Brad Rubenstein wrote: “The Passover Seder…provides a setting of family and love and unity in which all can […]

as many of you may know, i enjoy following the mayan calendar and a 13 moon calendar as a way to keep up with a different rhythm than the pace that is set by the gregorian calendar. for me, the mayan calendar has been a tool that allows me to play with the concept of […]

christy lee-engel commented on “the quality of exposing/acknowledging/opening the tender underside, one’s down-to-the-ground ordinariness?” i start to shiver all over thinking about and feeling individuals and whole social systems exposing, acknowledging, and opening to their tender undersides. of honoring down-to-the-ground ordinariness. accepting each other and ourselves, completely as is. anyone want to share a moment […]