Noel Kingsley approaches change with the idea “Not what, but How”. With his violin playing, he has decided not to use his chin rest, leaving behind a “crutch” in order to eventually play more freely. But the result is not instant, Continue reading
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LoFi Tribe
Over at LoFi Tribe, Shawn blends a nice brew of religion, philosophy, morality and various playful digs. I recommend a visit. You are sure to find an interesting tidbit, especially if you are like me and don’t fit easily into any slot of religious dogma.
Thank God for Keith Olberman
I don’t usually like to post politics here, but this was just too vivid to pass up. It would be like a minister continuing with a sermon while the holy ghost just appeared as his church is burning down. I turned on the TV to watch a movie, and MS NBC happened to be on. This is what I heard…
“It is the terror and the guilt within your own heart, Mr. Bush, that you redirect at others who simply wish for you to temper your certainty with counsel.”
“A president who since 9/11 so hates or fears other Americans that he accuses them of advocating deliberate inaction in the face of the enemy.”
“Please, sir, do not throw this country’s principles away because your lies have made it such that you can no longer differentiate between the terrorists and the critics.”
Please go read the entire text of this brave commentary “Keith Olbermann on the difference between terrorists and critics”. Our country needs the truth. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. It’s about integrity, leadership and truth. It’s also about preserving the democratic principles on which the US constitution is based.
Poise-on Blogging; An Addiction
Did you get the pun?
You are sitting in front of a computer as you read this. What is your posture like? Are you relaxed? Do you have any discomfort? How long do you do this activity daily? Are you a maniac blogger?
I had to cut back on blogging for awhile because I had so much pain from misusing my body. It nearly consumed me. Plus I was ignoring my real life by spending so much time in front of the computer. The blog filled my every waking thought: what to write, what to edit, how to publicize, who to read….I think some of you know the feeling.
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The Clock’s Lesson
Time tells us things, but never stops to think.
I awoke this morning in Bethesda, MD, in the room I grew up in. I looked out the window, through a high, distant patch of sky, a small hole in the dense foliage. I felt as if I were looking up to freedom from a place of pleasant imprisonment, to a place of infinite love from a world with all too much hate.
I thought of a meditation image where one thinks of the true Self as the blue sky behind the clouds. I lay in bed, thinking about this burgeoning Self, the blue sky I am just beginning to really know at age 46, about the importance of starting the day off right, with clarity and calmness.
I glanced at the clock to see what time it was, what time I was starting my day. The clock said 9:11 AM. Today is September 11, 2006. It was as if I were being reminded by that coincidence, being given my lesson. Today is a day for remembering and learning.
I thought of those who perished on this day five years ago. How many of them were just beginning to find themselves, as I am? How many had already done so and were sharing their love deeply with all those around them? How many hadn’t yet even glimpsed what they might have seen if they had had some more time?
The world changed that day. I wonder if those who perished then would think we’ve really improved things. Have we really tackled the hate behind those attacks? Or have we just obfuscated it, like so many more clouds obscuring the truly clear, blue sky? I wonder. What would “blue sky thinking” tell us? To hate back, or to find some other way?
I decided that my lesson for today was this: Not to add to the clouds of hate and mistrust. I think those who perished on September 11, 2001 would not want to see hate on top of hate. I will live this day actively toward clarity and compassion. I will try to help solve the problem by my actions, my life, rather than simply hating those who fumbled the opportunity we had 5 years ago to avoid war. I will try to forgive those who’s policies of hate have now caused the deaths of thousands of our soldiers. I will try to forgive those who started a war as a smokescreen to cover their own failures.
The clock reads 9:26 AM.