The Great Philosopher Kong Fu Zi (Confucious) walked with one of his advisers upon a path beside a Great River. The Water was swift, deep, and it foamed and boiled at the base of large Rocks.
One of the hallmarks of the psychedelic/New Age community (and really religion and spirituality in general, to a degree) is the idea of communication with other forms of life in other realms of existence. After nearly 15 years in this arena, here is my breakdown of need-to-know info for the dabbler or acolyte.
Increasingly, the idea of Ego as Enemy strikes me as being a part of the old paradigm of dualism and opposition of apparent opposites. The Ego is not our enemy, any more than the cocoon is the enemy of the caterpillar within it.
This is an old favorite of mine, written back in the Fall of 2001 (and revised no small number of times since then ^_^). I have been thinking of it recently, and thought I would share it here.
Reality Sandwichers may already be familiar with it.
A Single Leaf
Slowly, through the Golden Wood,
the Seeker steps in thought;
of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful,
After watching two people whom I respect decide to leave after receiving one-too-many overly sarcastic and/or personal attacks upon a post they made (not always completely unprovoked, to be sure), this occurs to me: We have been asked to share something personal here...and everyone needs to understand and respect this.
Apology and Forgiveness are amongst the most divine aspects of our being. Forgiveness represents freedom from the past, and from self. Apology represents freedom from self, and an offer of freedom for another.
Years ago, in the Freshman year of my failed attempt at college, one of the best friends of my life, Pete Riley, introduced me to a movie that I have made a point to watch at least once a year, ever since. That movie is Harvey, starring James Stewart.
A couple of years ago, I began gardening as a sort of constructive response to the fear I was feeling at the time regarding the possibility of collapse. Little did I know I was to discover a new love of my life.
The AQAL model is, as far as I have found, by far the most comprehensive model of human consciousness, psychology, and development available at this time. While it certainly will eventually be replaced by a model even more complete, I believe this is the best map currently available for the territory of Conscious Evolution.
Hello my friends. I am inspired by the poetry going around. You are all so talented. In this spirit, I am happy to share some of my own. Keep'em coming, we are building something beautiful here.
A poem for all those who have lost something they can only dream they will see again.
Thankful for Loss
Once upon a time,
when I looked at the sky,
I was entranced by the beauty,
So, we evidently started out as a social creature that self-organized in to pretty egalitarian communities. Given that fact…just how the heck did we end up here?
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
