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The Cocoon

July 17, 2020

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Safe, Cozy, and Warm Our Bubble of Sameness Our Echo Chamber Insulated and Isolated Separated and Segregated We are so quick to shy away from and avoid anything that is disruptive to our lifestyles, our values, our beliefs. But there is no new learning, no change, no growth, no new perspectives without disruption. Without disruption of […]

Voices of the People

July 15, 2020

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Freedom of Expression  A Foundation of Democracy The Voice of the People must be preserved at all cost. Freedom of Expression includes: All Free Speech All Demonstrations All Protests All Social Media All Media All Free Press  This means that terms like Enemy of the People and Fake News  are anti-American and anti-Democracy We need […]

Triggering Fear

July 15, 2020

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Fearmongering I find it very interesting how words related to fear have become very popular lately.  Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are very common. They’re estimated to affect more than 30 percent of U.S. adults at some time in their lives. https://www.healthline.com/health/list-of-phobias What triggers fear? Real danger that triggers a fight […]

Compassion First

July 8, 2020

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“When we live in a self-selected bubble of friends, neighbors, and colleagues, it is too easy to forget how important it is to try to walk in the shoes of others. “I am not sure if the word empathy was in either of my parents’ vocabularies. It wasn’t the kind of word one heard growing […]

Understanding

July 4, 2020

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Choosing Love or Fear We begin by Walking in their Shoes … “Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes isn’t as much about the walk or the shoes; it’s to be able to think like they think, feel what they feel, and understand why they are who and where they are. Every step is about […]

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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