How can you love people when you need people?

If I had a prayer, it would be this:
“God, spare me from the desire
for love, approval, or appreciation”.
From “Loving What is”, by Byron Katie
Let me say from the start:  when it comes to romantic love, I was cultured into the whole you-complete-me belief  through films, books and some ideas that basically made it [...]

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That business of the edge

Before I start working my edge it would be helpful to find it first. What is my edge then? What is an edge in the context of a spiritual practice?  The idea of looking for one at the edge of the known resonates with me. The edge is where I no longer have a script [...]

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Chemistry of love

Unfortunate Coincidence
By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
-Dorothy Parker

I don’t share Dorothy Parker’s pessimism when it comes to the matters of heart but have noticed that many times it is exactly following the heart that brought [...]

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Heart Wide Open

How can one die while still alive? What can bring us back to life?

Brilliant performance from Cirkus Cirkör featuring Irya’s Playground at Dansens Hus in Stockholm.

I saw it as a homage to circus as a form of  art and creative self-expression and a journey of self-discovery and re-connection with ourselves.
It is about taking [...]

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Relaxed focus: six meters to infinity

I believe I am choosing something new
not to suffer uselessly yet still to feel…
(Adrienne Rich, “Splittings”)

It seems so genuine and easy, so much the way one [...]

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Lessons learned 1

The American Center for (Army) Lesson Learned among other things accumulates and distributes information about survival strategies in war zone. I imagine this is when one is more than willing to learn from others’ mistakes – it can save one’s life!

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