to the whole made up of us
The center, the hub, the meaning
—larger than a sum of each
more than our betweens—
to the whole made up of us
hear here
:- Doug.
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Sometimes something
I speak my mind
Sometimes
I speak something in the air
Sometimes
Words come out of my mouth
Unfolding
New thoughts
New relationships among us
Each of us new
A new dawn
Sometimes something works
:- Doug.
The world is not as simple as you think
The world is not as simple as you think
Stars, black holes, and galaxies
Animal, vegetable, mineral
Liberal and conservative
Competition and ecology
People and things
Living and inert
The world is not as simple as it seems
It is far simpler
:- Doug.
A study in us
Bond, string, gossamer, thread, connected, related, one, meeting, conversing, ground, river, reaching, heard, symmetry: a study in us.
:- Doug.
The way that evokes the most harmony:
Let us spend our effort
In the way that evokes the most harmony:
Simply paying attention to,
Shaping out of these raw materials,
This wonderful harmony
:- Doug.
A quality that has many names
What am I espousing? A quality that has many names, perhaps: divinity, humanity, turning toward, hearts, heart, essence, life, spirit, woven, entangled, one, opening, self-organization, universe, the all there is, choice, healing, resembling, syncopated, engaging, betweens, amongs, differentiation, curiosity, love, now, transform, art, poetry, future, small, local, creating, felt, shift, in, consciousness, awareness, living-kindness, inviting, questioning, dissenting, grieving, amazing, alternative, conversing, relate, centers, major, circle, space, emerging, cohering, touching, silencing, waiting, absorbing, butterfly, gathering, possibly, courageous, radical, good, tilt, dreaming, slowly, willing, needing, metaphoring, whole, perceiving, flux, continuous, gossamer, ephemeral, stitches, common, holy, sacred, tears, destination, wind, announce, rarer, proximity, intensity, incline, field, responsible, serving, profound, neighbor, change, metanoia, ask, music, pulsing, flit, float, dance, pollinate, dying, nuance, meeting, juxtaposition, rhyme, clash, swirl, too, much, leaning, reaching, making, encircle, embrace, breath, turn, round, part, grow, learn, coalesce, hand, heard, soft, gentle, startling, likely….
:- Doug.
Our words keep us from seeing
Our words keep us from seeing. Look to the stars in the night sky. If we could stand next to one of those stars, we’d see the all-consuming burning, feel the storminess, be rushed with gases—so much we’d get we miss in the word star. The same is true of those words look, night, sky, and in. More than the, this is truly our universe.
:- Doug.
The quality that has no name?
Is it life I am espousing, or conversing, or relatedness, or heart?The quality that has no name?
:- Doug.
Here we belong:
Coherent, useful, and poetic
—What we want of our buildings,
Our laws,
And our lives:
Here we belong
:- Doug.
Cure or comfort, how can we know?
How can we in the early 21st Century know when to go from cure to comfort? Or should we like water, like life, gradually flow? Can we, ought we, make such a distinction? Ought we seek to give comfort whenever we can, at all times, ever?
:- Doug.
To measure the life we engender
Carefully consider your feeling
Whether by doing or saying or making this
You are increased
Enlivened
Ask whether others feel this too
Catch who’s in your heart
This is the reliable criterion
To measure the life we engender
:- Doug.
