Clouds, Sun and Moon in Autumn
Tenderness Embodiment Peace and Zen
Above is a link to an article in the Deep Times Journal.
Deep Times is a journal offering articles, art, and poetry rooted in the Work That Reconnects, which emphasizes interdependence within ecosystems and societies. It aims to foster life-sustaining, equitable cultures through inspiration drawn from reconnecting with ancestors and future generations, a concept termed “Deep Time” by Joanna Macy.
Clouds
I like that today the clouds in the sky are blue and white. I like that they’re quiet. I like that the blue in the sky is pale. There is an occasional bird song. The trees below the skies are filled with green leaves for this spring day. I often make reference to sunny days in May. I will say things like, “life can’t always be a sunny day in May.” At this moment in my life it is actually a sunny day in May. My emotions come and go and I get to come back to what is present in this moment.
What is present is that I am breathing. Our clouds. Our pale blue skies on our planet against the dark night of space.
The Man In The Mirror Wants to Feel Real Good
I applied for a grant from an organization whose members needed to have lives with meaning and fulfillingness while they (I can only image) held charity balls.
Continue reading “The Man In The Mirror Wants to Feel Real Good”January 23, 2025
I am affected by the Los Angeles fires and it got to a point where I could not watch the news. I recalled how during the Paradise fires, that here in the Bay Area, one day I woke up to an orange sun and sky.
I also know that there is nothing outside of the universal mind. It doesn’t take a day of from knowing everything , and how everything will turn out to be some kind of evolution of its creation’s understanding of its true nature. I don’t think that it says, this event is good, or this event is bad. It’s just a day in the journey to a preordained state. I decided to try to come out of my fear of an apocalypse portray it as if the universal spirit has got this.
Kilimanjaro
Self Determination On My Birthday
Let’s not get it twisted. There is religion and there are spiritual laws. To me, religion is a socialized attempt for a culture to understand what spiritual laws are.
Continue reading “Self Determination On My Birthday”Summer 2011 and Summer 2024
I started painting again this summer. I go to a recovery center where I consider my recovery to be recovery from the early experiences with my family of origin. I created these pictures at the center.
Continue reading “Summer 2011 and Summer 2024”Coming Back
I found that when I was without a place, like you walk into a house or an apartment or a room, you say, “This is my place,” I compartmentalized everything into a pause button except staying safe and alive. I am gradually coming out of that place. I don’t quite remember how I found out that Kamala Harris was the Democratic Nominee for president.
This Love
I don’t know that I have experienced what Reverend Mitchell talks about toward the last third of his video, a taste of universal love. I have spent a lot of time in what I call survival mode, and I don’t have judgement about my being there, where I had compartmentalized everything else and honed in on doing ‘the next survival thing.’
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