Monthly Archives: February 2018
Initiate the grandchildren
Elders initiate the grandchildren into larger and larger worlds. :- Doug.
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Dare we find
Dare we find for the grandchildren a future worth living? :- Doug.
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Teach emptiness
Emptiness is what a grand has to teach: paying attention to the truth of the moment; not needing anything to be learned. Learning always happens. :- Doug.
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How do you feel?
How do you feel about the world the grandchildren are entering? How do you feel about where the environment is headed, chemicals, drugs, patterns of consumption, how people participate in the economy? :- Doug.
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For the grandchildren work
For the grandchildren work necessarily enters into feeling hopeless, lost, vulnerable, despairing. :- Doug.
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Wisdom emerges from not knowing
Wisdom emerges from not knowing. :- Doug.
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Starway
The betweens are we Between those grandchildren and these Between the looking out and the being seen Between the worlds before and after Between the boot and the starway :- Doug.
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We are substantial
Just looked up the root of substantial and I like it: being, essence, material, reality, stand firm, be present. I am a substantial person. We each and all are substantial persons. All those years I spent chasing becoming a substantial … Continue reading
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Contract with grandchildren?
What is the contract you are entering (your willingness has no role) with the grandchildren? I will help you not at all—you have no part of me? I will help you see surfaces? I will help you hear subtlety? We … Continue reading
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Hold back story
An elder may hold back something of the story: allowing for the hearer to discover; allowing the story to cup its power. :- Doug.
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“You’re too young”
The sound of a record skipping; “Call for Phillip ____;” why we listen for a tone before dialing; did you ever stop yourself and say silently, “You’re too young”? This is an example of knowing how you and others know: … Continue reading
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With heart and receiving
Listening is done with ears and attending Hearing is with heart and receiving :- Doug.
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Grandchildren patterns
Humans are patterns. So it makes sense to speak of grandchildren patterns and grandparent patterns—human patterns. :- Doug.
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