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Daily Thanks

I am grateful for the freedom to compost thoughts that are unhelpful and untrue. I am grateful for the freedom to promote thoughts that are benign and true. I am grateful for the freedom to tolerate thoughts that are neither benign nor helpful, neither true nor untrue, but somewhere in between. I am free toContinue reading “Daily Thanks”

Drum Medicine

dedicated to Sheila E and Tony Williams, born on this day Percussion is the fastest way to clear the air in the space and bring more warmth to it. Percussion is also very effective for cutting through hypnotic energies, sent out by people who are persuasive, though ignorant and malevolent. (They are among us, likeContinue reading “Drum Medicine”

12/12: A Master Drummers’ Birthday

I listen to the drums to heat up a place, to “flush out” energies and thoughts that I don’t want to keep, to repair myself after disappointments, sadness and upsets, to come back to me, to feel myself again, to find my groove again. The unfriendlier the events, the more percussion I play at home.Continue reading “12/12: A Master Drummers’ Birthday”

The Smell of the Earth in December

Root vegetables smell like the soil they grow in, and the soil that is adapting to the cold season smells faintly of the vegetables and the flowers it was a home to, for months. The garden that was is still here like an idea, because the scents linger. The scent of parsnip and pumpkin lingersContinue reading “The Smell of the Earth in December”

A Christmas Tree Without the Tree

No tree, just lights, in a corner. It is easy to replicate. It fits into small, and even irregular spaces. My mom used to gather needle-tree branches and arrange them in pleasing ways, so that there was a good scent in the home.. I find that nice, too.. With string lights and a few branches,Continue reading “A Christmas Tree Without the Tree”

Decorate Trees In the Soil

Holiday decorations look much better on leafless trees than on evergreen trees. Evergreen trees are already decorated — with their saturated green colours, their needles, their vitality. I don’t know why that couldn’t be a new trend: decorate trees that have lost their leaves and root in the soil. I just walked through my neighbourhood and sawContinue reading “Decorate Trees In the Soil”

Model Of Peace: Sweden

Sweden has not participated in wars for over 200 years. So when anyone tells you that peace is a pipe dream and against human nature, recall that a whole country managed to resolve conflicts for two centuries. Sweden also features on every list of countries with a high quality of life. It is strange thatContinue reading “Model Of Peace: Sweden”

Born On this Day: Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel (born on 8 December 1864 – 1943) provided a cautionary tale about what an envious mentor could do to a gifted woman – when he could. He benefited greatly from her anonymous work for him; he did not need to sabotage her at all. Auguste R. was even more famous than her –Continue reading “Born On this Day: Camille Claudel”

Share From Your Wealth

Make the effort to share from that which is most abundant in you, from all those energies that are overflowing from inside of you. You can not hoard that anyway, and it comes to you so easily that offering your surplus feels pleasant, plentiful and luxurious. Two things none of us has in abundance areContinue reading “Share From Your Wealth”

Shopping and Sharing, Boosting Value and Values

Support a business near you, support a business you love – every time you can. Go local, if and when you are shopping for the holidays. Keep the money exchange local. Support people whose products and services you love. They can keep supplying you, and you will feel good about how you are spending yourContinue reading “Shopping and Sharing, Boosting Value and Values”

Gifting Season

The more you withhold nurturing your loved ones, the easier you fall prey to advertising. The less nurturing you receive from those you choose to hang out with, the easier you fall prey to advertising (i.e., empty words). The latter phenomenon is rampant in women; the former in men. I won’t go into the discussionContinue reading “Gifting Season”

Full Moon No. 2 In November: Fortune Favours the Bold

Happy full Beaver Moon. If you were up before dawn and lucky enough to have a clear sky, you saw the full moon in its glory. The moon is still full — you can look up now. Full moons are about maximum absorption, while new moons are about maximum detox, as I mentioned in myContinue reading “Full Moon No. 2 In November: Fortune Favours the Bold”

Sagittarians, Born On 27 November

Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee were born on this day, only 2 years apart. The fit, smooth-moving, telegenic one (1940 – 1973 / Bruce) belongs to an old world; while the wild, bold, colourful one (1942 – 1970 / Jimi) belongs to the new, and alive, paradigm. Goes to show you that discipline and appearancesContinue reading “Sagittarians, Born On 27 November”

From Speed To Ritalin: A Society That Won’t Sober Up

I recommend Martin Kasindorf’s movie about doctor Max Jacobson who treated many US celebrities and politicians of the 20th century with his concoctions of minerals, vitamins, human placenta, enzymes, steroids and methamphetamines. The movie tells the facts in a light style, but you will find yourself seeing connections between then and now and contemplating observationsContinue reading “From Speed To Ritalin: A Society That Won’t Sober Up”

Spotlight On the Results

A lot of brilliant discoveries sounded odd when they were first presented. The minority of the emotionally highly intelligent and open-minded wouldn’t dismiss the information though, but met it with (some) curiosity, appreciation for freshness, even the attitude of “Hmmm, I wonder if that is useful in some way…” An idea is not correct whenContinue reading “Spotlight On the Results”