sleepwise. Sometimes you dive deeper. The dreams are dreamier, they're deeper down there. Maybe some people just sleep deeper, they're deep divers. That's why they take longer to wake up, and some of us never wake up at all.
Sometimes you get the bends just waking up.
Monday 10 November 2008
Friday 7 November 2008
Obama bin Hussein
Is it just me, or is the symbolic meaning of the new President's name so rich as to be unmistakable?
So... the USA has waged war - nominally - on two very particular men in the last eight years. Both wars have been unsuccessful, and both have been to some extent in the realm of fantasy - a war on two bogey men: Saddam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden.
So when we are finally sick of those false projections, those weird wars, when we have seen the folly and nuisance of them, when we reject the instigator of those wars, what do we do next? We elect a new leader, a symbol of healing and hope - whose name includes, as near as damn it, the actual names of both our previous 'enemies'. The names of the projected other have been embraced into the body politic, into its very heart. And accepted.
Weird!
You become the thing you oppose
What you resist persists
...they say.
We are the shadow. the shadow is us.
America is healing faster than we could ever imagine.
So... the USA has waged war - nominally - on two very particular men in the last eight years. Both wars have been unsuccessful, and both have been to some extent in the realm of fantasy - a war on two bogey men: Saddam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden.
So when we are finally sick of those false projections, those weird wars, when we have seen the folly and nuisance of them, when we reject the instigator of those wars, what do we do next? We elect a new leader, a symbol of healing and hope - whose name includes, as near as damn it, the actual names of both our previous 'enemies'. The names of the projected other have been embraced into the body politic, into its very heart. And accepted.
Weird!
You become the thing you oppose
What you resist persists
...they say.
We are the shadow. the shadow is us.
America is healing faster than we could ever imagine.
Wednesday 5 November 2008
remember remember
walking back from the fireworks on Streatham common...
we are sorcorers - we capture the lights and put them in our lanterns, on our cars, in the trees; we hang them on posts
I start the day with an intention
I end it with thanks
with my body I say yes
with my heart
and lead me to my people
"It's when we dare to reveal the truth that we unwittingly give everyone else permission to do the same. To be here, present, vulnerable and authentic. We're on a mission to make self-reflection hip for just a moment, just long enough to save us. If we can all collectively acknowledge our insanity, shrug and roll our eyes at each other at how nuts it is being a human, let alone having to pretend every day that we're 'normal'. The amount of energy we'll inherit that has been wasted on the mask will be enough to creatively solve any global crisis." The Manifesto - http://www.whataboutme.tv
The key:
Whatever situation I'm in there is a part of me that is ok with everything, accepts it, tenderly, that is always ok with it. Otherwise I wouldn't be here.
Find that part of me, and I'm there.
The ever finer and finer inner. Not something obvious and flashy. Not visions and lights. The being that very constantly and perfectly is there.
we are sorcorers - we capture the lights and put them in our lanterns, on our cars, in the trees; we hang them on posts
I start the day with an intention
I end it with thanks
with my body I say yes
with my heart
and lead me to my people
"It's when we dare to reveal the truth that we unwittingly give everyone else permission to do the same. To be here, present, vulnerable and authentic. We're on a mission to make self-reflection hip for just a moment, just long enough to save us. If we can all collectively acknowledge our insanity, shrug and roll our eyes at each other at how nuts it is being a human, let alone having to pretend every day that we're 'normal'. The amount of energy we'll inherit that has been wasted on the mask will be enough to creatively solve any global crisis." The Manifesto - http://www.whataboutme.tv
The key:
Whatever situation I'm in there is a part of me that is ok with everything, accepts it, tenderly, that is always ok with it. Otherwise I wouldn't be here.
Find that part of me, and I'm there.
The ever finer and finer inner. Not something obvious and flashy. Not visions and lights. The being that very constantly and perfectly is there.
My Purpose:
To lighten things up. To give hope. Disarm cynicism!
we can do it
regenerate our beliefs
shed our old beliefs
see them for what the are
see them!
I stand for this, absolutely. We expect it of ourselves and each other. We expect growth. We expect evolution. We assume the best of people, of our audiences, of our clients. Stop putting up with the talking down, the insulting nonsense of advertising; we are kings!
we can do it
regenerate our beliefs
shed our old beliefs
see them for what the are
see them!
I stand for this, absolutely. We expect it of ourselves and each other. We expect growth. We expect evolution. We assume the best of people, of our audiences, of our clients. Stop putting up with the talking down, the insulting nonsense of advertising; we are kings!
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