Toward a World that Works for Everyone
When Jesus said the proverb, “There is nothing hid that shall not be known,” (1) what exactly did he mean? His truths have so many levels, and he himself views things from such a high perspective, that I cannot, with my Model T version of a brain, possibly know all of them. However, one […]
I got what’s happening right now. It’s very embarrassing to talk about it but this is my job. The pummeling doesn’t stop. One crisis after another, large or small. The emotional truth is that whatever I turn my hand to right now does not work. So “it feels like” I’m carrying a a large rock […]
There isn’t much we can do, individually, about the conflict building outside of us. But we know there’s more at play than meets any ground-level eye (ours included). And we know that it’s guided by universal laws. One of them is the Law of Balance, also called As Within so Without, As Above so Below. […]
We certainly should have mastered the wait by now. What we may have trouble with is the start after, or even during, the wait. It may be hard to get going again. Lethargy may have set in. The growth movement had quite a few tools to get us going, nurture our self-responsibility, etc. What I’d […]
There’s no doubt that I’m using this “quiet” time for introspection and purification. When it’s as quiet as this, I can observe myself and notice my thoughts, and all the crossed connections and potential short circuits. So I’m not just having the thoughts, but watching myself having them. (This is the awareness path.) I noticed […]
Part One. I have a conference call in a short while and I asked myself: “How do you feel?” And the answer that came back surprised me: “I feel insecure.” Not “unsafe.” I don’t feel unsafe on any level. Michael has my back, front, and sides. But insecure. The distinction I make between them is […]
I’ve said this is a rich time for the student of awareness. Creative chaos shakes everything up and makes change possible. There’s a saying from Jesus in this regard. He stated that “there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known.” I think this is the time he […]
Clearly my personality survives intact in some way, shape or form. I don’t know what the road ahead holds. I can only report. What I report now arises from my practice, on the path of awareness, of maintaining awareness of myself. I detected a pattern. I was people-pleasing. I was complimenting someone on a coat […]
Put a Human Face on a Human Face and We Get … Put a human face on a human face and whaddya get? Love. Whazzat? So many people put a mask on a human face and whaddya get? Pretence, insincerity, complication, failure, dissatisfaction. People put on a mask to get what they want. It’s peculiarly […]
I’m finding there comes a time when a bridge is crossed. It’s one of many bridges, one of them being Ascension itself. (1) And, like so much else, for the experience to flower, I have to consciously recognize what’s happening. I have to move from unconscious awareness of the thing in question to conscious awareness. […]
When tension increases, awareness decreases. The converse should also be true: When tension decreases, (1) awareness should increase. And so, in the midst of chaos, my awareness appears to be increasing. Having dropped Constant Comment, weathered the eruption of Humiliation that followed, (pant, pant) I notice that I have reached a place of … well, […]
It seems that sometimes our experiences are more clearly understood with the passage of time. The clearing of my “humiliation thread” or vasana (core issue) was super-painful. But more about it is becoming available several days later. I now find that even the smallest infraction of the rules brings with it an experience of humiliation. […]
Triggers just seem to keep going off. I have to be supervigilant not to launch into extreme thoughts and behavior. And not to then swing out onto the other extreme and super-protect myself from them, until the guardian again becomes the guard. (1) How to stay in the middle and yet be strong, resolute, determined? […]
Are we the best judge of our own failings? I don’t want to choose a particular “failing” because I’d immediately open the door to a passionate, perhaps angry debate. And the debates tend to skyrocket easily. Before long we’ve gone nuclear and we’re lobbing memes at each other. That isn’t what I want. You’re welcome […]
I created a subgroup in the Forum on “Sharing.” (1) Why did I do that? What is the draw in “sharing” for me? I’ll tell you but please keep in mind that I’m aware, as a Sociology grad student of small groups, that it doesn’t work to force a vision on a group. I’m simply […]
