Saturday, August 03, 2013
Showing Up - Meditation Journal Summary
I had to complete a meditation journal summary as part of the requirements for the yoga teacher training certification program I did through the Himalayan Institute this year. I had fun with it, and decided to record an audio version of it.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Parker Palmer - Rumi Reflection
Parker Palmer reflects on Rumi - From his Facebook Page...
First....the poem:
"Rumi's great poem "The Guest House" reminds me
of an important fact about being human: I have a lot of characters
inside of me, and each has a voice of its own.
I like some of those characters and voices—others, not so much! But my job is to listen to ALL of them, without censoring the ones I don't like, trying to host a life-giving inner conversation.
In my new book [http://tinyurl.com/3c2xmjy], I argue that practicing hospitality toward people and viewpoints that seem "alien" to us is key to restoring the civil community on which democracy depends.
Hospitality doesn't mean pretending to agree with things we don't agree with. It means listening openly and with respect, learning what we can, and responding in ways that build bridges, not walls.
But here's the rub: We can't receive the external "alien" respectfully if we can't do the same for the inner voices we don't want to hear. Hospitality, like all human virtues, begins within.
All of this is more easily said than done! But Rumi gives us a great gift: A vivid image that makes something challenging feel possible...
Each of us is a "guest house." Our job is to "Be grateful for whoever comes/because each has been sent/as a guide from beyond."
P.S. "Beyond" means different things to different people. But if it means nothing more than "beyond the limits of my own experience and imagination," that's good enough for me!"
First....the poem:
I like some of those characters and voices—others, not so much! But my job is to listen to ALL of them, without censoring the ones I don't like, trying to host a life-giving inner conversation.
In my new book [http://tinyurl.com/3c2xmjy], I argue that practicing hospitality toward people and viewpoints that seem "alien" to us is key to restoring the civil community on which democracy depends.
Hospitality doesn't mean pretending to agree with things we don't agree with. It means listening openly and with respect, learning what we can, and responding in ways that build bridges, not walls.
But here's the rub: We can't receive the external "alien" respectfully if we can't do the same for the inner voices we don't want to hear. Hospitality, like all human virtues, begins within.
All of this is more easily said than done! But Rumi gives us a great gift: A vivid image that makes something challenging feel possible...
Each of us is a "guest house." Our job is to "Be grateful for whoever comes/because each has been sent/as a guide from beyond."
P.S. "Beyond" means different things to different people. But if it means nothing more than "beyond the limits of my own experience and imagination," that's good enough for me!"
The Courage to Give Birth - Rilke
You must give birth to your images.
They are the future waiting to be born.
Fear not the strangeness you feel.
The future must enter you
long before it happens.
Just wait for the birth,
for the hour of new clarity.
They are the future waiting to be born.
Fear not the strangeness you feel.
The future must enter you
long before it happens.
Just wait for the birth,
for the hour of new clarity.
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