It was cool to take a peek on Facebook & see this nice group event set by Bettie Wilde in the States, on San Juan Island. She wrote: So in an effort for “A Put Down Your Phone” Movement, I’d like to propose an evening where we all meet up at Jackson Beach with the…
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~ Albert Einstein Lots of folks are working on being more sensitive, more aware, more empathic…and after a while, it works. Now comes a new thing…
This is one of those “made my day” stories that crossed the brothers’ and sisters’ desks, and we agreed you would probably dig it, especially at the end. Thanks for a good one, Douglas! Here’s the post, from Slate.com.
Those of you who have been following me know I’ve explored a number of ways the world works (and sometimes doesn’t work, the way we expect), and know that I’ve had past life regression sessions off & on since 1984. So, it was exciting to run into Jane Jackson (here’s her website). Besides offering reiki…
There are a lot of “supposed to’s” in daily modern life, don’t you think? It’s “supposed to” rain tomorrow, according to the rain-boss or someone, who reports to the weather channel folks…. You’re “supposed to” wear a tie to a wedding, according to the Tie Manufacturers of North America. On Mother’s Day, you’re “supposed to”…
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir. I love this idea of re-wilding. When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent for nearly 70 years, the most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. What is…
One of my new favourite poets is Sandra Beasley…in Grief Puppet she creates an image that strikes close to home for so many of us, with the ordinariness of the puppet, and the extraordinary feeling of the flock rising from our chests (at the end of the verse)…see what you think, and look at her…
It’s this week! Here’s the scoop.
One of the pieces that’s often left out of discussions about Darwin’s thought, which often (in western society) centres on the “survival of the fittest” mantra, is that he also made the case that people, tribes, and groups that work together can thrive, not just survive. Agustin Fuentes, an anthropology professor, says the urges to…