'Place' Articles
Feel where you are, now. Move with this sense of place and honor the spirit of it. When you see that place and state are one, then what to do at any given time in life gets a lot less hazy. People are drawn to places that resonate with them and people make places. Our sense of place can be an illusion, but the question there is then is that illusion a lie? Is illusion lie? Or is it a challenging truth?
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” Abraham Lincoln
Sense of Place
The topic is sense of place and I don’t mean societal role but more of how where you are is a part of who you are, or rather who you see yourself to be. A lot of what you think as true of you applies also to what you think is true of where you live, or perhaps who you live with, or what you have. When they say no man is an island, it’s a little more literal than just a metaphor for human society. It is more of a symbol of the human mind, of human thought. When… Seek More
Our Connection to Place
If we saw our own connection to our place, even as we move from place to place in a solidly experiential way, that might change things. Realizing that everything is you and you are everything. Part of sense of place is that realization. You can’t say self knowledge is complete without it, and the relationship you have with others is the reflection of the relationship with yourself. If you see yourself as lovable you can truely love. If you see your own life as worth living then you see value in all life. As they say, to everything there is… Seek More
Spirit of Place
There is spirit everywhere. Spirit is being. If it exists there is spirit behind it. If it has action there is spirit behind that behaviour. Each eco-system has its own spirit. Individual sections of an eco-system can have recognizable spirits separate from the larger. I don’t believe in good and bad spirit. Just harmonious state and conflicted state. I don’t believe that everything is light. I think what we call light and dark are complimentary forces that merge in a greater spirit. To call light and dark good and bad is to degenerate into ego. What do the good know,… Seek More
Way of Death
There is a way of death. There is a way of being out of harmony with death. In this ‘now’, man has forgotten this way. Fear of death is not the way of death. In my own spirituality, the way of death is a cornerstone. Only new cycles. The left hand path of the cycle, or the right. Mirror images that are both parts of the whole. There is no destruction to fear. Destruction is a human illusion, but there is a way of ending. The mirror image of a way of beginning. It can be said that you only… Seek More
Plant Flowers
Is illusion without value? Or is all value illusion? And ultimately does this question even matter? Maybe it’s a huge illusion? What matters is you and how you see an illusion. You create the questions on what is illusion and what isn’t. This goes into a personal, individual level and brings you back out again. Can be a fun roller coaster ride if you don’t get stuck in it. Our sense of place can be an illusion, but the question there is then ‘is that illusion a lie’? Is illusion lie, or is it a challenging truth? Are you ready… Seek More
