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September 5, 2018
Reframing Shadows
In a recent newsletter, I said that I enjoy books that make me see something familiar in a whole new way. David Abram’s book, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, did just that in many ways. I’ll share two in particular over the next couple of posts, the first being on shadows. I’ve been slightly obsessed […]
August 15, 2018
An Exercise in Listening
Issue 2 of Emergence Magazine, has a 5 Part Practice in listening, which I did over the past week. Here’s what I discovered. 1. Where is the place you spend the most time indoors? Go to this place. It could be a room in your home or your office. Sit or lay down in a […]
August 8, 2018
July 18, 2018
Eco-Awakening at the Pond
Last week, I told you about my eco-awakening in childhood and encouraged you to reflect on your own. I’ve had several eco-awakenings in adulthood and today I’ll share one that occurred while doing a Masters degree in Earth Literacy more than ten years ago. The entire educational experience was an awakening, but one assignment in […]
July 11, 2018
Eco-Awakening in Childhood
The Great Work of Thomas Berry One of the wisest writers I’ve ever encountered is Thomas Berry, Passionist priest, and historian of world religions and earth processes. Years ago, I read something that he wrote that has stayed with me ever since. That is, “The Earth is primary. Humans are derivative.” What do you think […]
June 27, 2018
Aspects of Perception – Part 5 (Inclusive, Non-Narrative, and Unique)
In this series of posts on aspects of perception, we’ve explored how how perception is primary and pre-cognitive (Part 1), embodied and sensual (Part 2), timeless and dynamic (Part 3), as well as relational and reciprocal Part 4. I’ll conclude this series today with Part 5 – perception as inclusive and non-narrative, yet unique. […]
Aspects of Perception – Part 5 (Inclusive, Non-Narrative, and Unique)
June 13, 2018
Aspects of Perception – Part 4 (Relational and Reciprocal)
In this series of posts on aspects of perception, we’ve explored how how perception is primary and pre-cognitive (Part 1), embodied and sensual (Part 2) and timeless and dynamic (Part 3). In Part 4, we’ll examine the relational/reciprocal nature of perception. Perception is relational. “It’s a shift from seeing a world made up of things […]
May 30, 2018
Aspects of Perception – Part 3 (Timeless and Dynamic)
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I talked about how perception is pre-cognitive and embodied. For part 3, I’ve paired two paradoxical aspects; that it is timeless and dynamic. Perception is timeless. It touches on the eternal. “A flash of perception is a gap in the thinking process – a moment when we […]
May 16, 2018
Aspects of Perception – Part 2 (Embodied)
In part 1 of this series, we explored how perception is primary and pre-cognitive, a pre-intellectual form of awareness. This leads us into the second aspect of perception, that it is embodied, meaning it is felt in the body, through our senses, intuition, and emotions. We are in our minds so much of the time […]
May 2, 2018
Aspects of Perception – Part 1 (Primary and Pre-Cognitive)
This is the first in a series of posts on aspects of perception, as outlined in my previous post. The idea behind these posts is to give you a grounding in perception in preparation for a course that I’m creating on this topic. The course (coming this fall) will give participants the opportunity to practice noticing […]
