And the elder began to see, the young elder dimly, the seasoned one more clearly, death: more precisely the freedom of death. To know we shall die frees us to stand in the face of anything. :- Doug.

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lay down the day

Posted on March 11, 2017 by dgermann

Evening: a now for the sun to lay down the day :- Doug.

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Medical people in an emergency

Posted on March 11, 2017 by dgermann

POST is limited to 4 things precisely because medical people in an emergency do not have time to make nuanced calls. :- Doug.

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Aging away from despair of death

Posted on March 10, 2017 by dgermann

The truth is that as folks age they age away from the despair of death, sometimes to welcome it. The denial of death may be a youth and mid-age thing. :- Doug.

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gives us back to life

Posted on March 10, 2017 by dgermann

Communion is what we have what we are given and thrust into in life what we resist and shrink from and what gives us back to life in times of grief and 9-11 and barn-raisings :- Doug.

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My parents died romantically

Posted on March 9, 2017 by dgermann

My parents died romantically Sympathetic heart attacks Ten minutes close together :- Doug.

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The new dream or old, wrong, right: The one we hold points us Unimaginable riches, long retirement full of play our culture chooses; We could have had life another dance with our love another walk on the beach another hug … Continue reading →

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Perceive in one another:

Posted on March 8, 2017 by dgermann

Perceive in one another: Powers Pain Presence Profundity :- Doug.

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You are not that powerful

Posted on March 8, 2017 by dgermann

You are not that powerful Another’s pain is greater But not greater than your power of being with :- Doug.

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die by the

Posted on March 7, 2017 by dgermann

Live by the TV, die by the TV. :- Doug.

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Joseph Campbell, cosmogonic round, and dementia

Posted on March 7, 2017 by dgermann

Joseph Campbell writes of the cosmogonic round of coming from the deepest through the dream to waking and then returning in reverse order. Wonder if this says something of dementia, where people forget in reverse order? They are maybe just … Continue reading →