Movement is primary
All three work together, depend upon the others, use the others: Yet I think movement is primary. Story is what conversing is doing and conversing is what moving is doing.
:- Doug.
Archive for October, 2013
the story that holds them all
Story comes through conversing. Story uses conversation to weave movement, indeed to weave itself. We meet: we make a story together. The story is us, and the story is you and the story is me. We create each of these stories, and the story that holds them all.
:- Doug.
Movement is Spirit
Movement is Spirit, the flow that wells up in conversing. Movement is, even before it moves things: indeed it moves the one, itself. Story then is a weaving of movement into meaning. Movement is the meaning of meaning. Moving is the essence of loving. Moving together, moving apart, moving alongside.
:- Doug.
Conversing when we’re all one?
How do we have conversing if we’re all one? Where is the meeting?
The purpose is cooperation and realizing our oneness. It is the different aspects or facets we see which persuade us we are distinct, when we are connected in so many ways underground.
Life is movement. Conversing keeps life moving. Conversing keeps life blowing through us and our hands.
:- Doug.
Re-establishing connections
Conversing re-establishes the connections—uncovers and strengthens the connections—among us. The connections are there all along, even when we think we sever them. We are not as separate as we (like to) think.
:- Doug.
Separated and connected
We are engaging our environment volitionally, intentionally. We see ourselves as separated from all around us, which animals appear not able to do. But then we can see ourselves connected in a bigger way.
:- Doug.
Eliminating Big Oil care
If we are to eliminate some of the taxes related to health care, let us pay for it. Let’s then eliminate Big Oil care.
:- Doug.
Sculpted by our environment
It is true we spend a great deal of time sculpting our environment—building roads, machines, legislation. It is also true our environment shapes us—we file our taxes, stop at red lights, listen to preachers. When I stop for a red light I help the traffic going across my path. When we do but also want to help each other, when we are drawn toward each other, that is what is known as love. Touching, communicating, conversing are ways of love.
:- Doug.
The thing that names us human
The thing that names us human
is we engage with our environment
touch a door handle, watch TV,
send an email, open our mouths
ears and hearts
:- Doug.
Skittering, hanging on
Setting the leaves in motion
Skittering, hanging on
Decomposing, composing
Coloring, recoloring
For seasons vernal and autumnal
The work of the wind,
Breath, airs, vibration, movement
:- Doug.
Let’s open space for love to take responsibility
Let’s open space for love to take responsibility
:- Doug.
What are the dimensions and potentials?
When spirit breathes, what are the dimensions and potentials? Spirit breathes in and breathes out and there is a quiet space in between the directions. It breathes upon us. It takes in our scent. Spirit blows through us and past us. The breath pushes us along and we brace against it. It changes our directions, and transforms us and itself. It meets us and we meet it. It is our field and our essence and recreates us.
:- Doug.
This is what’s fulfilling
This is what’s fulfilling
Do something big
Dive in
Throw your life in
Toss caution into the wind
:- Doug.
It is a month or two off
It is a month or two off, you know it will be a gentle death, as gradual or short as you like. You have time to get used to the idea, time to gather special people around if you wish, energy to do what you love with the ones you love:
Who is around, what are you saying, doing? Are you touching? In what ways? What are they doing, saying? How will you grieve? What will you give? What do you hear? What colors, smells are around you? What motion, rhythm, speed or slowness? Who takes your hand, rubs your back, winks at you, causes everyone to laugh?
:- Doug.
