not an oxymoron
Posted in Movement Monastery, Retreat, The Path on Apr 17th, 2010
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi To change anything takes practice. Addictions — they’re bad habits. Very bad. Beyond our reach, we say to ourselves. Beyond our will power. Breaking them takes more than wishful thinking, more than a few days of intentionality. If you’re hooked on addictive substances, you’re dug in deep; you need [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, Retreat, The Path, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
During the Asheville, NC Dancemeditation Weekend: I had strong dreams which I can’t remember — part of their charm, but it was a relief to sleep deeply, to dream fully, to be in a world not nailed down. A world of odd intuition, paradox, pockets of clarity and pockets of dark fragments that weren’t frantic [...]
Posted in On Practices, The Path on Feb 24th, 2010
A salient aspect of Dancemeditation is learning to be receptive inside our bodies. We have to do not doing in order to undo overdoing. We make an effort to let go. Michael Sells in his beautiful introduction, in Early Islamic Mysticism, to Qushayri’s essay on Tawajad (Making Ecstatic), Wajad (Ecstasy), and Wujud (Ecstatic Existentiality), gives [...]
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