Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Slow down, work the soil, breathe, soothe your soul

arch and dirt to wheelbarrow

as winter
winds its way here
taking its globally warmed time

we have extra
"time"...
warmish
non rainy days

to make the soil
sweet for the spring

this is a good thing

to breathe
the fresh air

to move our bodies
as we move
the soil

even sweeter
to move our bodies
in any easy rhythm:
rounding and loading the nervous system as it were,
breathing in and ready to move
out into the world

push out
arching our backs,
breathing out,
lengthening,
powering into the soil
with our feet back self
powering out into the world
with shovel, mind, happiness
and
anything else
everything else

not strain
lots of gain

ease
pleasure
nowing


good


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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Night Writing

reed lake

'tis late
i've reviewed the learnings of today
and now
"something to say
worth saying"

ordered some books on
the Gudjieff work
from Amazon,
ashamed to admit,
but got the idea
reading Gurdjieff legacy,
which i first saw at Reader's Books,
and is published by
Arete Publications

One book
Eating the i
is about William Paterson's
coming of age
as a Gurdjieff teacher,
wrestling with all the i's
in his very human
and very earnest personality

learning to "remember himself,"
the enormity of that task

just started
good

don't know if he
let's on
what a thrilling
adventure
this is
without which
life
is but a pale
relfection

but i
bet he does

and Gurjieff's message:
humanity is asleep
in it's day to day living,
we all are,
and if we don't wake up:
disaster coming

la
la

what to do?

read more
self remember
do the The Work of Byron Katie
learn amazing ways of transforming
and learning such as The Anat Baniel Method
connect to nature
follow our breathing
strive to continuously meditate
wake up to now
learn how to love
plant a garden
follow our breathing when reading and writing and
talking and listening

and eating

love
chris


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