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Nov. 3rd, 2011 04:30 pmNotes, Oak Creek Canyon, Summer 2011.
"For occupation, this: The spreading wide my narrow hands to gather Paradise."
-- Emily Dickinson
"It's all invented... What me mean is, "It's all invented anyway, so we might as well invent a story or a framework of meaning that enhances our quality of life and the life of those around us." ...(It) points to a more fundamental notion -- that no matter how objective we try to be, it is still through the structure of the brain that we perceive the world. When you bring to mind 'it's all invented', you remember that it's all a story you tell -- not just some of it, but all of it... We do not mean that you can just make anything up and have it magically appear. We mean that you can shift the framework to one whose underlying assumptions allow for the conditions you desire. Let your thoughts and actions spring from this new framework and see what happens."
-- Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Don't think that the only part of your deep inner self is the hurt, insecure, scared thoughts. Your soul is beautiful, strong, and confident, and shining like the sun.
Phoenix - every moment anew.
"I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows."
-- Thoreau
Spontaneity & joy in all acts of creation. Energy flows through all things
Spring - Source - Flow - Meander
Star - Light - Shine - Radiance
Playfulness
Spend all day in good company
"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy. It is the lighting up of the mist by the sun. A man cannot /know/ in any higher sense than this, any more than he can look serenely and with impunity in the face of the sun."
-- Thoreau
"A cynic is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again. The secret is not to speak to a person's cynicism, but to spark her passion."
-- Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Something to think about when I start to fall into cynicism.
To remember:
The way the creek ceaselessly flows.
The way the moist air sinks through the canyon.
The way the sunlight reflected in ripples dapples the overhanging grasses.
The way families have carved out a day together.
The way the shade shifts as the sun moves overhead.
The way the stones under water bend and shimmer.
The way each rock can make a waterfall.
The way the butterfly glides between sun and shade.
The way the conversations of others flow around me in a language I don't speak.
The way the small bird, velvet black and sparkling white, flits through the air.
This is the world we live in.
Jumbled, chaotic, messy.
Changing, in movement, flowing.
Fragile, enduring.
"For occupation, this: The spreading wide my narrow hands to gather Paradise."
-- Emily Dickinson
"It's all invented... What me mean is, "It's all invented anyway, so we might as well invent a story or a framework of meaning that enhances our quality of life and the life of those around us." ...(It) points to a more fundamental notion -- that no matter how objective we try to be, it is still through the structure of the brain that we perceive the world. When you bring to mind 'it's all invented', you remember that it's all a story you tell -- not just some of it, but all of it... We do not mean that you can just make anything up and have it magically appear. We mean that you can shift the framework to one whose underlying assumptions allow for the conditions you desire. Let your thoughts and actions spring from this new framework and see what happens."
-- Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Don't think that the only part of your deep inner self is the hurt, insecure, scared thoughts. Your soul is beautiful, strong, and confident, and shining like the sun.
Phoenix - every moment anew.
"I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows."
-- Thoreau
Spontaneity & joy in all acts of creation. Energy flows through all things
Spring - Source - Flow - Meander
Star - Light - Shine - Radiance
Playfulness
Spend all day in good company
"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy. It is the lighting up of the mist by the sun. A man cannot /know/ in any higher sense than this, any more than he can look serenely and with impunity in the face of the sun."
-- Thoreau
"A cynic is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again. The secret is not to speak to a person's cynicism, but to spark her passion."
-- Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Something to think about when I start to fall into cynicism.
To remember:
The way the creek ceaselessly flows.
The way the moist air sinks through the canyon.
The way the sunlight reflected in ripples dapples the overhanging grasses.
The way families have carved out a day together.
The way the shade shifts as the sun moves overhead.
The way the stones under water bend and shimmer.
The way each rock can make a waterfall.
The way the butterfly glides between sun and shade.
The way the conversations of others flow around me in a language I don't speak.
The way the small bird, velvet black and sparkling white, flits through the air.
This is the world we live in.
Jumbled, chaotic, messy.
Changing, in movement, flowing.
Fragile, enduring.
