Selection of prose and poetry
Prepare to meander along the rivers of paradox
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Community
The spiral of connection Perched little mammal About to meet a friend She doesn’t know them yet But she can tell She can tell she is already connected to them Perhaps not a big gamble since we all are But she can tell They are closer than they know And as always there is no…
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Drawing your attention
Letter from Love Dear Love, what would you have me know today about ATTENTION? Nature is all around you, love It relaxes you and makes you smile when you spend time drawing your attention to its beauty and its intelligence There is so much we can learn from it, its symmetry and its unconditional love…
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Here and now
Raft Teaching as a raft taking people from the shore of suffering to the shore of freedom When you reach the other shore, you can leave the raft behind When we reach the other shore, we realise we never left the shore we started from There is only one shore and we are already there…
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Inspired by Nature
Nature as a Mentor Nature is so cool! Want an energy boost? Watch this awe-filling video in which Janine Benyus reminds us of life’s inspiring wonders and how much we could learn from Nature. Biomimicry aspires to emulate nature’s designs and processes to create a healthier, more sustainable planet. This is not a new concept…
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Poetry
WET PAIN Run, run darling Sometimes you cannot catch the train Wait, wait darling Sometimes you need to wipe away the rain Write, write darling Today what you need is to sit in the pain Free tree spiral The place you have in mind The mind you have in place Root tree branch Ground tree…
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Moving
Whirlpool The only way out is in Move in Only when you realise there is nowhere to go Nowhere to move on It is all there is You realise perhaps you didn’t need to do it alone You could have shared it The beauty of the shared experience It is all there is What moves…
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Moon
Spectacular Dear Love, what will you have me know today about being spectacular? Everything is going to be okay, love, because everything is in this moment, you can see the shine in your pen’s ink, the dappled light dancing on the window, the colourful beads shaking through the air, the imperfection in the paint creating…
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End and Start
A few words for the humans I had the pleasure to work with for the past year and half: How do I feel? Peaceful and calm Sunny and free Grateful to be here today And elsewhere tomorrow What comes next, you ask? Life and its many surprises, I say ‘When you press the pause button…
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You are the universe
Our perception of reality Sometimes I am not sure whether to stand in absolute awe or to laugh about some of the paradoxes we live within Grasping the fullness of what these might reveal seemingly appearing on the spectrum between tantalising and utterly absurd Most of us too busy busying ourselves with trivial activities that…
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Eureka!
I just had a Eureka moment realising Useful Me is not Me. This is very exciting. What a relief. I am so grateful the process of writing is helping me think through and is bringing gaps in my understanding to my attention. I recently discovered Internal Family Systems (IFS) as non-pathologising, evidence-based method to better…