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Category Archives: Writing
“Attainment too is Emptiness…”
Written in writing group on Monday, September 4 The title comes from a Buddhist chant to the Bodhisattva of Compassion. and nothing to say… nothing to say… The world is empty. I’m the only one left on the planet. That … Continue reading
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1995: “Truth” and “Self”
This is was written during the time when I was having a bad time with the noise of small planes, especially the ones that towed gliders up from the Franconia Airport. I wrote this after a particularly bad day. I’m … Continue reading
1995: Difficulty with Creativity
This is a description of a therapy session with Karen Collins who I saw in Montpelier for many years. I was amazed at what it reveals about my difficulty with my creativity. I had understood at one point that when … Continue reading
“Attainment too is Emptiness”
Writing group didn’t happen this week. I’ve been feeling very odd, and finally decided I would try to write about it. Not what I expected! Written on Friday, August 11 3rd cup. coffee. I want to do a … Continue reading
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The Importance of Meaning in One’s Life
I’ve been reading Viktor Frankl‘s book about his experience of concentration camps, and then his conclusions about what helped him survive. Dr. Frankl was a psychiatrist. He said that Freud thought that what motivated human beings was pleasure, Adler thought … Continue reading
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Spiritual Experiences
In the writing group on Monday, July 17 I wrote about how miserable I was feeling, how despairing about the future of what humans are doing to our planet. Then how the spiritual reading I’ve been doing is not helping … Continue reading
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Three-Centered Knowing
Written in writing group, Monday, July 3 I’ve been reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s book called The Wisdom Way of Knowing. She describes a retreat on an island in Maine with about 12 people. Their day was divided into chanting and praying, … Continue reading
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Trying to “Surrender” Doesn’t Work
This should have been posted right after my description of following Tosha Silver’s process, which I called The Real Universe. But I didn’t know what to say after saying that my attempts were “horribly unsuccessful.” Then I got distracted by … Continue reading
What’s Holding Me Back?
From my journal for Monday, June 19 I tried to talk to the part that’s making me so scared. I got little bits of dialogue before I actually sat down to write it. Me: how old are you? Part: Twelve … Continue reading
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Confused and Miserable
Written in writing group last night: I’ve been so confused. Feeling miserable. Can’t identify feelings. I’ve been at cross-purposes with Mocha. I wanted to go over to Rivercrest and she did her thing of crouching and pulling back. So we … Continue reading
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