I Was a Man Once
I was a man once
in another life
I remember it fuzzily and distantly
I am sure I loved some things, some people
with all my heart in that taken-over way
Capitalist? Marxist? Socialist? Why Choose the Old Fear View?
May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
I wrote this in 2008, in regard to the treatment of Obama, but the same thing arises again in 2019, as conservatives haul out those loaded words—Capitalist and Socialist—to try to polarize voters. Those are OLD words that describe fear-based realities like the 5 years of McCarthyism in the early 1950s, or the 3 hot years of Nixon’s Watergate scandal in the early 1970s.
read moreFalling Into the Heartfield
May 14, 2019 | Poetry
the first feeling as I cast myself into the world’s body
is: panic and pandemonium
then: the children are scared and whimpering
then: quiet mumbling by powerful men making plans
then: the women are comparing notes
then: the dogs are barking because they are alone
Hurting Others with Energy: Part 5
May 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I believe there soon will come a time when each of us will voluntarily commit to becoming harmless. That means “I will not allow myself to act from a closed heart; I will not demean, abuse, or injure another person, animal, or plant.” No more excuses. No more postponement. The time is now to choose a spiritually-based, compassionate way of being in the world.
read moreLeadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
May 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” —Mark Twain
read moreHurting Others with Energy: Part 4
May 10, 2019 | Poetry, Uncategorized
Wherever we sacrifice our own self-expression, we hurt ourselves, and also others, because they may have needed what we were going to express via our joyful creativity.
read moreHurting Others with Energy: Part 3
May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
When the defined inner blueprint (intent) doesn’t match action (expression), energy jams up. When energy doesn’t naturally flow in expansion-exploration-inspiration then contraction-focus-materialization cycles, we experience subtle pain.
read moreHurting Others with Energy: Part 2
May 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Remember the last time someone put you down? How easy was it to get out of that low-frequency state? To handle the meanness, you probably either had to close your heart, go away and cry, get involved in an intense activity, indulge an addiction, or throw more meanness back in the perpetrator’s face.
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