“Try Not to Express Negativity” by Stephen Aronson Stephen Aronson Of all Gurdjieff’s directions and suggestions for the practical implementation of his ideas, the one which seems most persistently misunderstood is his recommendation to “Try not to express negativity”. Regardless of how often students may be reminded that the Work may be about psychological evolution, […]
Man Prayer Part 2: May I love my father, and the men in my life, and may I acknowledge and support men who have been taught to disregard their lives as unimportant and only fodder for war, who have been taught that their worth comes through working themselves to death and denying the needs of
Wisdom of the Dalai… At the end of his talk someone from the audience asked the Dalai Lama, “Why didn’t you fight back against the Chinese?” The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, “Well, war is obsolete, you know.”
The Wisdom of the Dalai Lama Jan 11, 2021…when the World has been shocked… Read More »
PUMPKIN by Michael Naylor I am thinking of my brother Peter flung…catapulted through a windshield like a cannonball his lifeblood spilled smeared, scattered like shattered glass by the crazy thunder of metal, windshield, flesh mixed in a blender of pavement and night and veins hurled into eternity, and headlights flying at him like blazing saucers
To my Beloved Brother, Peter…He who loved me first. Read More »
This song was one that inspired me through many journeys of darkness, confusion, heartbreak and suffering, telling me to keep coming forward, keep coming forward, you will find your way home. This has a darker, more serious tone to it than the original, a gutsy, jazz feel to it.
Maurice Nicoll is perhaps one of the most profound writers that is nearly completely unknown, and provided thorugh his work, a huge collection of inner practices and perspectives. Once you have your Enneagram type in hand, your are all dressed up with often no place to go, except into your imagination and thinking center, wherein
Essence, Personality and the Nature of Transformation by Maurice Nicoll Read More »
This gorgeous invocation by Maya Angelou “When great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety. When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil into silence,their senseseroded beyond fear. When great souls die,the air around us becomeslight, rare, sterile.We breathe, briefly.Our eyes, briefly,see witha hurtful clarity.Our memory, suddenly sharpened,examines,gnaws on
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg–a beautiful Type One Read More »
