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2012 blog review: Living with Open Hands

December 30, 2012

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 13,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 3 Film Festivals. Total views have been over 26,000 from 122 countries around the […]

thoughts on thought

December 21, 2012

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Thought is limited. Attention is unlimited. David Bohm, a physicist, in his book On Dialogue, examines the role of thought in our lives. Often thought takes on a life of its own, especially in the middle of the night. Thought is full of worry, regret, and fear. It creates inequality, racism, classism, ableism, sexism, and […]

the power of the human spirit

December 14, 2012

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Presuming competence … … an ally of equality and empowerment. … a tool of peace. When you believe in a person, you awaken the power of the human spirit. Your belief, when clearly expressed, synchronizes with the desires and dreams of the person, and results in transformation that continues to surprise us in such wonderful […]

marginalized

December 13, 2012

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Every person on this earth comes here with what I call birthright gifts. Using those gifts gives us purpose and meaning in life. This world suffers when even one person is denied the opportunity to use their gifts to make a difference. . Full inclusion, meaningful participation, and active citizenship in a community require equality; […]

OPEN HANDS are an expression of an open mind, open heart, and open will

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I have NO interest in convincing others to think in any certain way. Anything I post is simply something to think about. Everything I post is continually progressing and evolving so expect nothing to be static and all to dynamic. So don’t hold me to it. Just take it or leave it. But…
I AM interested in these three things:
1) That we all think and do what we know down deep is the right thing
2) That we all honor and respect that in others
3) That we all seek to understand more than to be understood.

HISTORY OF THE HEART

“Even the longest, most detailed, and most expressive obituaries always omit the essence of a life: the history of a person’s heart. How many of us wish we had asked more questions of someone we loved, not about what happened and when but about the inner experience of being that person? About hopes and fulfillments, failures and regrets? About moments of despair and moments of meaning?” (Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy)

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(2.0) version is my inner work of systematic deconstruction, deconversion, uprooting, and dredging up a lifetime of deep-seated conditioning, ingrained beliefs, and dogma; discerning trash from treasures and thoughtfully reconstructing a world and life view that reflects the shape of my heart. As I go deeper and beyond, answers fade into questions, certainty into uncertainty, knowing into unknowing.

Discover the truth wherever it may be found.

Refine the truth within through the fire of discernment.

Follow the truth wherever it may take you.

Remember what you already know.

“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” (Rumi)

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” (Rumi) 

“I asked myself, ‘What is the myth you are living?’ and found that I did not know. So… I took it upon myself to get to know my myth, and I regarded this as the task of tasks… I simply had to know what unconscious or preconscious myth was forming me.” (Carl Jung)

“Until you make the unconscious conscious,
it will direct your life,
and you will call it fate.”
(Carl Jung)

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