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The Caged Bird
I look out the glass doors of my second floor room, and on the neighbor’s porch hangs a cage. It’s black metal, maybe a foot in diameter and two feet…
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Becoming More of Yourself
We have all been peppered with quotes the likes of, “Be you, everyone else is taken,” and “There’s no one in the world exactly like you,” and so on. And,…
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May Your Wishes Be Few
May your wishes be few, because your deepest desire has already come true. I think that desiring of new experiences is part of expansion as human beings here in this…
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Context Is Crucial
Right now, I’m on the tenth floor in an apartment that overlooks the city and a little slice of the Victoria harbor on Vancouver Island. The balcony door is open…
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Life Is Just Memories
When we think of our life, we can tell a story, explaining where we were born and what happened after that. It’s true that each experience in our lives caused…
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Cherishing Everything: The Good, the Neutral, the Terrible
As a tiny disclaimer, I only put forth theories and ideas, and do not surmise they are facts. This morning, in the “in between” altered state of consciousness between wake…
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Energy Thread of an Object, My Lost Painting
Lately in meditation, an image of an idea for a piece of art will come to me. Today, an image came of a painting I made back in art school.…
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The Downside of Certainty
I am fairly certain that we shouldn’t be certain of anything. Maximum 99% certain might be okay, but I would even caution against that. How many times, over and over…
