Monthly Archives: October 2011

“Occupy Jenny”?

In a bodywork session in January 2008 I had an experience that, in retrospect, sounds an awful lot like what Eve Ensler described for Occupy Wall Street: “I had the fortune to spend the night with a group of about … Continue reading

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The World-wide Sacred Civilization

“Imagine for a moment a world-wide sacred civilization.  Imagine people living in harmony and goodwill with their neighbors, and in a state of material prosperity.  Imagine people having satisfying work to do, and having time for artistic pursuits or games … Continue reading

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Occupy Planet Earth

“Occupy together” is not just about banks, or finances, it is people angry and upset about “injustice and inequity and poverty and Wall Street corruption and soaring college debt and unemployment and homelessness, institutionalized racism and violence against women, the … Continue reading

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Hope for the Future

I’ve been reading a book called “The Better Angels of Our Nature; why violence has declined.”   His argument is based on statistics from the 1400’s to the present, and his argument is impressive.   I’m a little over a third … Continue reading

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Imaginal Cells

How does the caterpillar become a butterfly?  The actual process is not as simple as I once imagined it: sort of like those computer techniques that can morph a woman into a lion and then a bird just by lengthening … Continue reading

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Occupy Oakland

This is an article by Miki Kashtan of Bay Area NVC.  NVC stands for NonViolent Communication as developed by Marshall Rosenberg.  The article is well worth reading.

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Occupy Boston with Dance

Occupy Boston with American Prayer Keep watching & you will get to see them dance.

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“A Gorgeous, Mischievous Moment…”

I’m on an e-list of people who have taken Jalaja Bonheim’s Circlework Training.  Jalaja has been doing work in Israel, for years, with circles of women, containing both Israeli and Palestinian Women. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:41 PM, … Continue reading

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Gratitude

(Written in May 2011) Lately I’ve had blowing through me an enormous rush of gratitude for depression and PTSD, because it kept me from falling into the numerous pitfalls that are available in our culture.  I’m not sure where this … Continue reading

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Somatic Experiencing

(Written in December 2009) Went down to Caryn.  Felt scared on the way down — not sure why — maybe because seeing her hadn’t helped on Monday.  At one point she asked me to look at the me of Monday … Continue reading

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