Well, spending two days with Joanna and participating in the exercises she lead was wonderful. I loved being around all the people, getting to know some of them and generally doing more crying, hugging and looking at people in a deeply engaged and appreciative way. The permission to really connect with each other was, for [...]
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I just want what Buddha had I just want to do what Buddha did I’m [...] I started my first real garden four weeks ago and I am really enjoying taking care of the plants and watching them grow. My 2 1/2 year old daughter was surprised to hear that some of the plants will grow strawberries that we can eat. It is going to be delightful to share the experience [...] I am a Physical Presence My mind and body are Unified My whole self is miraculous Ever changing, yet complete I experience with the World Every instant of my being Mind and Body Living Self and Living World Many, yet singular Together and Aware We are a Physical Presence Me: I was curious about where our conversation ended during our last talk. I mentioned that I was aware of a lot of talk of cyborgs, human machine hybrids, but no talk of bio-borgs hybrids of animals and plants for instance. I did a little reading via the web to refresh my recollection about what [...] Me: When we left off our last conversation we had been talking about thinking long ideas and I mentioned I had been thinking of what humans would become if we succeeded in living with power and not destroying our planet at the same time. I think I am ready to talk more about this and [...] Tree: Lets talk about a new Genesis. I have much longer thoughts than humans but it seems that you have learned a lot about my world and how far back trees go. I want you to try to make a new Genesis story out of that. Me: OK I’ll give it a try. The old pattern [...] So far, engaging in this dialog with a suburban tree I have learned that my relationship to nature is changing through giving voice to an individual tree and engaging in a subjective dialog with my representation of the tree’s perspective in relation to me. This dialog has pointed me in several directions that have helped [...] I have had trouble writing down my discussions with my favorite tree and getting it into my published dialog. As I have been running I imagine this tree and begin a dialog. When I get to the tree and stop my dialog usually intensifies and I have had a variety of insights [...] I have been running the same trail for several years. Each run takes me past a tree that I have always found to be particularly attractive. Over time I have crafted my runs so I either stretch or drink water in the presence of this tree. Looking up at this tree from my [...] I have been writing about I hope writing I hope children I hope water I hope we In my mid to late 20 Thinking in terms of sustainability is better than not taking the impact of our actions on our environment seriously, but I think there is a subtle and important fault in looking at the relationship this way. Having grown up in an industrial capitalist economy, most of us unconsciously accept |
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