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Dream Play
Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. Edgar Cayce My copy of Carl Jung‘s autobiographical book, Memories, Dreams and Reflections is so worn and old that the pages are literally falling out. (Note to self: classic books deserve to … Continue reading
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Steve Jobs Last Words
It’s been a month since Steven Jobs died. Architect, inventor, designer, marketer and visionary, Jobs was a part of us boomers’ life for 30 years. His sister, Mona Simpson, the novelist, didn’t meet her brother until they were both adults. … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, awe, beauty, consciousness, last words, Mona Simpson, peace, Steve Jobs, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Edison, tranquility
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The Inner Gate and the Outer Gate
Having had polio as a child, I was left to deal with the physical and emotional aftereffects. While I recovered very well physically, I kept finding different ways the illness and hospitalization affected me for years to come. Seeing a … Continue reading
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Living on Kairos Time
kairos–Greek: a time in between, a moment of indeterminate time in which something special happens. Wikipedia 18 years ago on Halloween weekend, I moved to Asheville to take a new job and to live in a place I loved. As I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville, Biltmore Forest, chronos, Einstein, human doing, kairos
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A Musical Life
“Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen Years ago I went to a retreat center in the far N.C. mountains for a long weekend of meditation and quiet. A wonderful teacher and wonderful food complemented the beauty of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Martin guitar, meditation retreat, music, rhythm and blues
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Journaling as Teacher and Spiritual Path
“You’ve either got a spiritual practice, or you’ve got beer and t.v.” Krishna Das Memories, Dreams and Reflections (MDR) is the name of the book written by Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychiatrist, in collaboration with Aniel Jaffee. The book is a biography … Continue reading
“We use each other”
Picture a busy restaurant during the lunch rush. It’s in an old, industrial section of Charlotte in the mid-1970’s south. Noisy, the smell of well-used grease, a feeling of “I don’t want to see this kitchen”, is pervasive. But Arno … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, Buber, I and Thou, mentor, perception, relationship
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The Mysterious Arno
Some readers have asked me, “Who is this mysterious Arno fellow?” I replied that I thought I’d explained sufficiently in an early entry, but evidently not. Just like anything else in life, if I’m too close to it, I take … Continue reading
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The Real Cost of Education
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Bumper sticker wisdom For 50 years or more my father and now I have been on the board of a private foundation in my hometown. The foundation was formed from profits … Continue reading
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In the Beginning, All Things Are Good
I haven’t found much in life that can’t fit along a continuum. A Likert Scale is such a continuum. You’ve seen it before, it’s just a line with 7 increments (sometimes 5), starting at a 0 point up to 7. … Continue reading
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