I know you to be a good man. A man of principle. Men and women can learn from you. 'Strength to your sword arm and honey in your heart.'
Below is a poem that points to the answer for men, women and those that were born in a different way. The answer, as it has been for eternity, lies within.
What others think, say or do to us is experienced, responded or reacted to, maybe ignored - each according to our inner wisdom.
I like the idea of connection, but I’m not convinced it has to be same sex then maybe across sexes. We need to connect with all to be able to deal with our future perils, of which I see social control as pretty low down in the totem pole compared to things like climate change, AI, nuclear war, and the loss of democracy.
Thanks for expressing Larry. Maybe I CAN touch on this in future posts as it's a big subject. How DO we talk about the big stuff? As Peter Block says, analysis is interesting but not transformative. I'm trying to accentuate the necessity for transformation, and move away from analysis. Deep shadows live in the public conversations between women and men.
Thanks for the response Andrew, I liked the poetry a lot, and I see value in men’s groups , but I would also like to see men and women talking about these things together. Wouldn’t that be valuable too?
Thanks Larry, another big subject. I would like to see women and men talking about real things too. But a deep, even reverential respect is the proper container for a serious conversation. This doesn't exist publicly between women and men so embodied truths will likely be absent. Connection first. A similar disconnected convo is liable to happen with convos between the left and the right . . .
Hello Andrew
I know you to be a good man. A man of principle. Men and women can learn from you. 'Strength to your sword arm and honey in your heart.'
Below is a poem that points to the answer for men, women and those that were born in a different way. The answer, as it has been for eternity, lies within.
What others think, say or do to us is experienced, responded or reacted to, maybe ignored - each according to our inner wisdom.
LOST AND FOUND
Lost:
Amid the myriad faces of impossibility
Within the thicket of my thoughts,
Drowning in a sea of certainty
And imprisoned by mesmerising memories.
Lost:
In the blindness of beliefs
The opiate of opinions,
Jaundiced by judgements
And self-absorbed by knowledge …
Found:
On seeing into The Realm of Possibility
A priori to all the good, bad and indifferent,
Experiencing the liberation of not knowing
And creating a kinder way of living.
Found:
On awakening to Possibility
Freed from my accumulation,
Now Aware of the miraculous
And nurturing peace on Earth …
Warm thanks Woody! Yes.
I like the idea of connection, but I’m not convinced it has to be same sex then maybe across sexes. We need to connect with all to be able to deal with our future perils, of which I see social control as pretty low down in the totem pole compared to things like climate change, AI, nuclear war, and the loss of democracy.
Thanks for expressing Larry. Maybe I CAN touch on this in future posts as it's a big subject. How DO we talk about the big stuff? As Peter Block says, analysis is interesting but not transformative. I'm trying to accentuate the necessity for transformation, and move away from analysis. Deep shadows live in the public conversations between women and men.
Thanks for the response Andrew, I liked the poetry a lot, and I see value in men’s groups , but I would also like to see men and women talking about these things together. Wouldn’t that be valuable too?
Thanks Larry, another big subject. I would like to see women and men talking about real things too. But a deep, even reverential respect is the proper container for a serious conversation. This doesn't exist publicly between women and men so embodied truths will likely be absent. Connection first. A similar disconnected convo is liable to happen with convos between the left and the right . . .
We all get to do good work my friend.
Yes Frank. And all learning and growing as we go!