How do we think our way through the mess we’re in when the way we think is part of the mess?
~ Nora Bateson ~
Knowing to Change
We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The nature(s) of Nature
… new stories for a relational worldview.
Connective Tissue and Truth
To make sense is to to enliven the senses; it is to make the senses wake up to where they are.
~ David Abram
Tribute
Soul-makers find each other’s company.
~ Rumi ~
Being a Good Human: a matter of relationship
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
~ Mary Oliver ~
Being a Good Human: speaking of soul
Soul is a child of nature, not of culture and language.
~ Bill Plotkin ~
Being a Good Human: the inner landscape
Ethics are how we behave when we decide we belong together.
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast ~
Daisies, Buttercups and Paradigms
“The horizon might be brighter if we could only see the interconnectedness of our world and, in beginning to understand it, we might be less likely to destroy it.” ~~ Nora Bateson ~~ There’s a big, gorgeous field close to my house that’s brimming with Spring daisies and buttercups. It’s a photographer’s dream. Seeing it…
Ecology of Relationship
Who Said This? Something whispered something that was not even a word. It was more like a silence that was understandable. I was standing at the edge of the pond, Nothing living, what we call living, was in sight. And yet, the voice entered me, my body-life, with so much happiness. And there was nothing…
Gracious Unfurlings 