Another terrific find by riley dog, whom I read every morning. This short poem by Frederick Morgan captures some of the essence of BEING invited into a place where anything is possible, but it is all uncontemplated except in the moment: The Step From where you are at any moment you may step off into death. Is it not a clinching thought? I do not mean a stoical bravado of making the great decision blade in hand but the awareness, all so simple, that right in the middle of the day you may be called to an adjoining room. When …
This essay arrived on an email from my friend Anne Stadler. It’s by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, the author of “Women who run with the Wolves“: “For many decades, worldwide, souls just like us have been felled and left for dead in so many ways over and over brought down by naivete, by lack of love, by being ambushed and assaulted by various cultural and personal shocks in the extreme. We have a history of being gutted, and yet remember this especially ‘ we have also, of necessity, perfected the knack of resurrection. Over and over again we have been the …
Last week I pointed to the Sliammon treaty office website. There are more and more fantastic First Nations websites out there, all putting out the story of how communities and nations are trying to meet the challenges of living in a colonial context while expressing their own identity and striving towards a relationship with themselves and their neighbours that results in freedom. I thought I’d point you to some of these sites on a somewhat regular basis. A First Nations Monday kind of thing. Even if you aren’t especially interested in the struggles of First Nations in Canada, there are …
Inspired by the blogger driven audio recroding of Lawrence Lessig’s book Free Culture, Alexander Kjerulf initiated a project earlier this year to produce a free audio version of Harrison Owen’s latest book, The Practice of Peace. Thanks to the folks at Human Systems Dynamics Institute, the book is now available for download in all its mp3 glory. Readers from around the world contributed to the project, all of them (I believe) Open Space Technology facilitators. The Practice of Peace is the latest journey in Harrison’s work with Open Space Technology. Since the book came out in 2003 it has spawned …
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