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Suppose I'll say something cleaver and interesting here - I share a birthday with Groucho Marx and Mahatma Gandhi, so my alter-ego is Groucho Gandhi - "say the magic word and win a non-violent conflict resolution". I believe in taking life lightly, even though I'm dammed serious about some things, the state of the planet, the state of world consciousness, the poor understanding humans have of both and of themselves...
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Re: Anyone recall Campbell writing about a kidnapping ritual as a rite of passage?
(in Joseph Campbell)
Though there may be other sources (even from Campbell), there's an article written by Bill Moyers, quoting Campbell telling a story like the one you describe. I found it at: www.progressivechristianwitness.org/pcw/pdf/Exp_MoyersATimeHeresy.pdf
Which road goes to our humanity?
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How do you make a human being human? I don’t know the answer to this in total, only in small parts, bits and pieces gleaned from endless reflection back on my own life, the lesser and greater moments and more the losses there then the gains. Were ...
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Look outside
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Look outside… No, stop.
No word, no thing, no object, no touch. Not a shadow in your vision, nor a focus in your blind spot, nor a distraction on your periphery. Exclude all, until no thing is left to be excluded. Then bring them back,... read more
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Grey Sheep (a memoir of family dysfunction, then and now)
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John Bradshaw was right. Bradshaw was the psychologist who came up with the idea of our “inner child”, or more precisely our “wounded inner child”, and did a series of shows on that subject, on PBS. The basic idea is that if, as children, we exper...
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Goats and the Tiger (A Joseph Campbell Story)
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A fable tells of a tigress, pregnant and starving, who comes upon a little flock of goats and pounces on them with such energy that she brings about the birth of her little one and her own death.
The goats scatter, and when they come back to th... read more
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How do you make a human being human? I don’t know the answer to this in total, only in small parts, bits and pieces gleaned from endless reflection back on my own life, the lesser and greater moments and more the losses there then the gains. Were it the story of someone else, I admit, I would not much wish it on another, perhaps even if it was the correct prescription for the distance, disconnection, and psychological dissonance that might keep them from an increased depth in their humanity. ...
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Look outside… No, stop.
Sun, August 2, 2009 - 11:01 PM
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No word, no thing, no object, no touch. Not a shadow in your vision, nor a focus in your blind spot, nor a distraction on your periphery. Exclude all, until no thing is left to be excluded. Then bring them back, and all at once, In a single, big bang of awareness, And an incomprehensible Yes of inclusion. Then look no more.
John Bradshaw was right. Bradshaw was the psychologist who came up with the idea of our “inner child”, or more precisely our “wounded inner child”, and did a series of shows on that subject, on PBS. The basic idea is that if, as children, we experience substantial emotional / physical trauma, especially where we should be loved and nurtured and protected, then a part of our psyche is going to get stuck there and not allow us to progress in our growth and development. If my family experience i...
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A fable tells of a tigress, pregnant and starving, who comes upon a little flock of goats and pounces on them with such energy that she brings about the birth of her little one and her own death.
Fri, August 29, 2008 - 7:30 PM
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The goats scatter, and when they come back to their grazing place, they find this just-born tiger and its dead mother. Having strong parental instincts, they adopt the tiger, and it grows up thinking it's a goat. It learns to bleat. It learns to eat grass. And since grass doesn't nourish it very w... read more
The subtle questions come and go in a flash. Like sub-atomic particles, they pop in and out of existence depending on the energy. What is my longing? That is the galaxy I hold in front of me, not what is my need, what is my whim, or, in nearly all, what is my reflex in opposition. My longing, to write, to muse on that which others grasp, two-handed, and to be heard beneath the molecular noise of those electron currents. My longing is to dissipate the heat in that phase change for the solidnes...
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