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Progressive & Open versus Regressive & Closed

November 1, 2020

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The Process of Change and Growth begins with a Progressive and Open  Mind (thinking, perspective, perception), Heart (feelings, empathy, understanding), and  Will (daily living, outward expression, actions / interactions / reactions). Are we nurturing an open and progressive Mind, Heart, and Will, or are we fostering a closed and regressive Mind, Heart, and Will? Are […]

On Being and Being Open

July 10, 2018

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Written over 20 years ago, this is becoming more and more relevant: TWO THINGS: BEING, AND BEING OPEN. Two Essential Elements in Human Life “What meaning can be found in life in the modern world? So many people today are searching, so many seem lost and no longer have any kind of ethical reference points; […]

Living with the Open Hands of Integrity

December 15, 2013

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INTEGRITY (authenticity) … and what difference do you make??? What is my response to these queries? What is my response to a lack of meaning in my life? What is my response to my birthright gifts? What is my response to making a difference in life? What is my response to injustices, to people that […]

Living with the Open Hands of Simplicity

December 15, 2013

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SIMPLICITY (sustainability and stewardship) What is my response to these queries? What is my response to Black Friday? What is my response to the extreme consumption of our society? What is my response to materialism? What is my response to career advancement? What my response (and attachment) to money and possessions? What is my response […]

Seeing with the Heart

June 6, 2013

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Living life with open hands is an outward expression of the inner work of opening the heart, mind, and will. This opening up requires open eyes and open ears that see and hear with the heart . . . a “Seeing” (and “Hearing”) that goes beneath the surface of actions, reactions, and interactions, habits and […]

the cocoon

April 20, 2013

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I am finding more and more that life is all about remembering what we already know. Each year we live, layer after layer of conditioning creates a sort of cocoon where we see only what we are taught to see, hear only what we are listening for; where we insulate and isolate ourselves from discomfort, […]

a heart broken open

March 30, 2012

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Living life on the surface, never going below… anything… to the deeper things beneath. Oblivious… numb… lethargic… nostalgic… stagnant… I was cruising along at a high altitude, knowing what I think I know, doing what I think I should, living according to all the indicators apparent from the perspective of life on the surface. Then […]

open . . . like a child

November 19, 2008

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“There is a wondrous open-mindedness about children and an insatiable desire to learn from life. An open attitude is like an open door–a welcoming disposition toward the fellow travelers who knock on our door during the middle of a day, the middle of the week, or the middle of a lifetime. some are dirtballs, grungy, […]

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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Living with Open Hands 2.0

(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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