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ii. 2/3 Subtle - aligning with self and Self

After the pebble touches the surface of the water, it allows itself to sink slowly into the river.

It will reach the bed of the river without any effort. Once the pebble is at the bottom of the river, it continues to rest. It allows the water to pass by.

I think the pebble reaches the bed of the river by the shortest path because it allows itself to ... See more

Thich Nhat Hanh • Rest In the River

ii. 1/3 Concrete - tuning in to reality and senses and self

1/1 Meditation guidance - allow rest. Like a pebble in. river

“It is very important to realize that we have the habit energy of struggling.”

Start with simply the pleasure of walking or sitting. Feel that pleasure, and notice the habit energy creep in .

Thich Nhat Hanh - Lion’s Roar

Grace in Aging

Journalist Krista Tippett describes an embodied form of grace—the surprising grace of aging. As our minds and bodies slow down, we make space for simple contentment:

To inhabit my body in all its grace and its flaws appears as a gift for the new/mundane bodily territory I’m on in midlife. Aging is the ultimate slow motion loss, inevit... See more

ii. 3/3 Causal - becoming elders

Krista tippet on Grace in aging. Beautifully written

The important point to realise here is that our own wounds are reflected in the wounds we inflict on the earth, and each other, and that the healing of the one may (in time) bring about the healing of the other.

iii. What is it like to be human today?

The systems sounds are our wounds

Healing the wounded sovereign

By John Matthew’s

“Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:”
― James Hollis, What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life

Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has the opposite effect. It makes children doubt themselves as soon as anything is hard or anything goes wrong. If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children t... See more

Carol Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

i. Parenting

Catalyzing confidence

Richard Feynman on passion, curiosity, and living fully:

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t t... See more

i. The person waiting inside me

What is it I care about it an interested in? What matters most to me?

Every action I take here comes back to one core question: does this help people feel grounded and connected?

i. The person waiting inside me

Perhaps you are pulled down by the spirit of perfectionism

or by the spirit of addiction

or by the spirit of comparison

or by the spirit of unmet expectations

or by the spirit of arrogance

or by the spirit of self-pity or self-loathing

or pulled down by the spirit of a world that will break your heart and tell you it doesn’t matter (I myself have f... See more

iii. What will it mean to be human in 100 years? and ii. 1/3 Concrete - tuning in to reality and senses and self

Healing is an endless process.

Our life is the chance to work on it. Heal our selves so we can heal others.

And there will always be something else or something more complex in you that requires that healing attention. Even the self righteousness that can come with “I’m a good person and doing the work”.