One of the tricks to a sustainable writing practice is to change the writing utensil, writing media, writing space. If you write on a computer, write with a pen. If you write in the hay loft, write at the kitchen table. Presently, for reasons that are obscure but pleasing, I have been writing Facebook NotesContinue reading “Summer 2019 / Notes”
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Is Now a Moment in Time?
In his essay “Is Now A Moment In Time?” Michel Bitbol talks about “. . . the pure referring ‘now’ from which everything is referred to.” “Everything” is this case refers to time as well. That is, in “the pure referring ‘now’” there is no time; time is also referred to, a signification arising inContinue reading “Is Now a Moment in Time?”
Christ is Given
Christ is given as the light in which Love is remembered, and therefore there is nothing to seek. There is something to accept – to remember – but nothing to seek. It is like Christmas morning. Upon seeing gifts beneath the tree, what do we do? We open them gratefully in the presence of thoseContinue reading “Christ is Given”
July 2019 Housekeeping
Some random thoughts near the end of July . . . 1. I sent a newsletter out, this time musing on the nexus between collard greens, being and love. The garden has been both bountiful and beautiful this summer, more than ever reminding me of the collaborative nature of our living. Correlations with A CourseContinue reading “July 2019 Housekeeping”
On Letting Go – and thus Knowing Deeply – Christ
When I say “let go of Christ” or “let go of A Course in Miracles” what I mean is: let Christ be. Let A Course in Miracles be. Let God be. I don’t mean have or don’t have, possess or don’t possess. I mean simply give attention to Christ, or God, or A Course inContinue reading “On Letting Go – and thus Knowing Deeply – Christ”
Undoing Ego-Based Thinking
Ego is not a thing – an object or actor making decisions affecting us – so much as a pattern of thinking. It is a form of mental conditioning that guides behavior and brings forth a certain world. Critically, ego is not the only way to think and act, and the world it brings forthContinue reading “Undoing Ego-Based Thinking”