Writings

  • Strange And Uncertain Times

    How to engage with uncertainty? Certainly, not by doing what we were doing within the constraints of the commercial society: exclusion and inequity; and acting from received opinion.  If there were any time to try something different, this is about as good an opportunity as it gets. How about – Play! Freely engage creatively with…

    Strange And Uncertain Times
  • Aim

    It is necessary to define the aim positively, clearly, and simply, right at the beginning. This way, if we find ourselves beginning to drift and lose momentum (which is inevitable) we can refer back to the aim and use it as our point of (re)orientation. So, we must use our intelligence and discrimination when establishing…

    Aim
  • The Necessary Beginning Point

    Today’s arising reflective point: the seeming difficulty of asking questions, even burning questions, in such a way that an answer might be given without me having to climb over obstacles that the form of the question puts in the way. This is a recurrent difficulty. I am astonished how decent, intelligent posters seem unable to…

    The Necessary Beginning Point
  • Silence Is Not Silent

    Understanding looks at how an event comes into being.Knowing looks towards what already exists. Music is the place where Silence meets sound. So, we have two immediate perspectives:…

    Silence Is Not Silent
  • Questions And How To Ask Them

    Firstly, why are we asking a question? What, how, and why? Where does our question come from – moving from association, curiosity, expressing an opinion, pushing an agenda; or something deeper, set in motion by the need for an answer? This is where the question warms up. Is our question useful or necessary, seeking information…

    Questions And How To Ask Them
  • Paradise is our natural condition. This is the good news.Our condition is unnatural. This is the bad news. Love cannot bear that even one soul be denied its place in paradise. This is even better news.But, we cannot bear Love. This is terrible news. Paradise is always available. This is more good news.But, we are…

    Paradise – Paradise Lost – Paradise Regained
  • How Do You Push The Reset Button?

    It’s very hard to see what we’re looking at, if we believe we already know what we’re seeing. Q:  How do you push the reset button?A: Firstly, why would we want to hit reset and to see things as they actually are? Most likely in response to necessity, external and/or internal. External necessity, in the…

    How Do You Push The Reset Button?