Mediocre Exceptional Realistic Dreamer
The Great Stories….
It isn’t that we don’t know the stories. But the important thing is that the great stories are always teaching us. There are many great stories. Within them, at every moment, the great beings choose to live completely—not to settle for a mediocre, unconscious life that depends on emotion for its heights. The stories teach us the great lessons of …
No matter how intense….
No matter how intense the experience, it is never personal.
No agency / blank screen….
No agency / blank screen Generative / having a core Pleasing / gracious Bossy / hard
The Oncology Lesson….
I have always approached my yearly meeting with my oncologist with great trepidation. It means returning to the scene where I played the part of the patient. Dr. Fetting has always engaged willingly and graciously with my dialogue of facing my fear, of wanting to conquer both fear and my desire to remain in this body. Looking back, as the …
The small self believes….
The small self believes pain is forever and happiness is fleeting. That is a choice, not a reality.
It’s personal….
It’s personal It’s not personal Committed / Invested Distant / Apathetic
Avian Samadhi….
The winter was brutally cold. Weeks on end below zero degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chill minus 20 to 30. Even when the sun came out, it was bitter cold and dangerous to go outside. Our acre garden spent the winter covered in snow. No hellebores blooming through February for us. A couple of years ago we began feeding the birds …
When we have….
When we have forgotten ourselves, our inner voice of “righteousness” is in fact the voice that is the most destructive to us.
Insulting….
Insulting Valuing / appreciating Being honest / assessing Obsequious