Monthly Archives: October 2012

The “Social Engagement System”

“The more primitive the operating system, the more power it has to take over the overall function of the organism.  It does this by inhibiting the more recent and more refined neurological subsystems.  In particular, the immobilization system all but … Continue reading

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Embodied Female Presence

Written in March 2011 Eleanor came over last night.  We had a good visit.  She’s been terrified for days and unable to sleep much.  I wish I could do more for her.  I suppose it could be her terror I … Continue reading

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Reconstituting the World

Woke up this morning in a state of fear.  That hasn’t happened in a long time.  After breakfast I really went downhill.  Then I realized that I had been ruminating all morning on speeches about justifying myself in the face … Continue reading

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Government OF the People, BY the People, FOR the People

In Healing the Soul of America, Marianne Williamson quotes Lincoln’s famous words: “this nation … shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the … Continue reading

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Founding Spiritual Principles of America

I am so sick of the political circus.  Needing something to nurture my soul, I started rereading Marianne Williamson’s Healing the Soul of America.  Had the experience, often found on rereading, of being surprised — surprised by what she says … Continue reading

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Come as You Are

“The path of meditation and the path of our lives together has to do with curiosity, inquisitiveness. The ground is ourselves; we’re here to study ourselves and to get to know ourselves now, not later. People often say to me, … Continue reading

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