Category Archives: Conversation
The amazing things from my llife
What are the most amazing things from my life? Or in course of For the Grandchildren? The amazing thing is that I’m here—still, and at all! The amazing thing is I have been given a startling message from my parents … Continue reading
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Toward conflict done well
Conflict calls for the process of moving beyond conflict to conflict done well. :- Doug.
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Drop below
Converse is touching each other’s meaning. Because meaning and intention flow one from the other, this is stirring one another’s intention. We map our worlds; we re-constellate our light; we think. We drop below language and thought to something more … Continue reading
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Commune with grandchildren
When we commune with the grandchildren, we commune with their grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Softly taste
The profound that cannot be said is wrapped in our incessant felt need for converse. Softly taste the delicate force calling us to one another. :- Doug.
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We are, or not
Together we are Not together we are not :- Doug.
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Wormhole to the elders
Conversation might be our wormhole to the elders 300 years ahead. It is in spirit that we touch the generations. :- Doug.
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Nearness
Nearness is a good word for me to think about: it suggests communion as well as approximation, and indeed communion seems to suggest approximate knowing of another. :- Doug.
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Body antenna
Use your body as an antenna to receive what other bodies are feeling or sending. Mirroring posture and gestures is one way. Noticing discrepancies between words and gestures. :- Doug.
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Easy to talk with
My father in law used to say, “Retired people are easy to talk with. They have nothing to prove.” I don’t believe it—it’s not retired folks. It is elders. Of any age. People who have nothing to prove: who have … Continue reading
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Stay active
It is important for me to stay active. I would not live if I were not talking with people, reaching out, caring for others. The conversation is the thing. :- Doug.
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These are sacred
Community, conversation, and change are sacred. Because grandchildren are sacred. :- Doug.
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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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Can work new
We are not given to know another fully So that imagination can work New in both of us :- Doug.
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Conversation without words?
What is our role in a conversation without words to dance, to turn compost, ? :- Doug.
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