Category Archives: Writing

“We Are One, We Are Home at Last”

Posted on November 25, 2023 by jenny

it is the appointed date. we’ve been at Stonehenge all night and now the sky is growing pale. we stand in a circle inside the stones watching the horizon behind the heel stone. the stone is heavy on the bottom, … Continue reading →

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Social Distancing Desolation

Posted on November 21, 2023 by jenny

Written in writing group on Monday, November 20: Don’t know what to say. where to begin.  Standing at the door, looking out at the rain.  It’s been raining for days.  All the people are dead except me.  I don’t understand … Continue reading →

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“to reteach a thing its loveliness…”

Posted on October 18, 2023 by jenny

Written in writing group on Monday, October 17: Met Gwen & Sandra near the stairs — said I was having a hard time.  They both hugged me, asked if I felt loved.  I said yes. Won’t you look down upon … Continue reading →

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“Attainment too is Emptiness…”

Posted on September 5, 2023 by jenny

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”

Posted on August 25, 2023 by jenny

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 →

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1995: Difficulty with Creativity

Posted on August 22, 2023 by jenny

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 →

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“Attainment too is Emptiness”

Posted on August 12, 2023 by jenny

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

Posted on August 1, 2023 by jenny

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

Posted on July 19, 2023 by jenny

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

Posted on July 5, 2023 by jenny

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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