From a conversation with Krishnamurti, on the art of listening: Sir, what is seeing, and what is listening, and what is learning? I think the three are related to each other: learning, hearing and seeing. What is seeing, perceiving? Do we actually see, or do we see through a screen darkly? A screen of prejudice, a screen of our idiosyncracies, experiences, our wishes, pleasures, fears, and obviously our images about that which we see and about ourselves? So we have this screen after screen between us and the object of perception. So do we ever see the thing at all? …
Rob Paterson is leading a charge for a new movement, taking Martin Luther for his inspiration: “The great wheel of time has come full circle. Once again a small group of people have given up their attempts of internal reform. Once again, they look to how business can serve mankind and not a few men. Once again they seek to replace the institution with direct relationships between men and women. Once again, they seek to replace dogma with the observed design and ways of nature. Once again a new technology for communication has arrived to aid this group to spread …
The fact that externalizing a thing makes it disappear is usually a bad thing. Describing rather than experiencing… In this case though… This reminds of me of how to make a headache disappear. I�m not making this up. You describe the headache�its shape, color, and location�then you estimate how much water it can hold. You answer each question in turn, looking carefully. Then you return to the first question. What happens is, your answers change each time through. I think this is because your headache changes. Or maybe it�s the other way around: your headache changes because your answers change. …
Here is a message that came by way of Phil Lane, the director of Four Worlds International. William Commanda is an Elder from Maniwaki, Quebec who holds a number of wampum belts which he uses for teaching. He sent this message to a conference recently held in Vancouver: I am sorry that I am unable to be with you for this important Conference. I have just turned ninety one, and at this age, it is not always easy to do everything one would like to. I see that you have many interesting presentations and workshops for the next few days, …
Good old whiskey river: “You have not lived a perfect day, even though you earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” — Ruth Smeltzer