I’ve learned to go under the log laying over the trail more often than trying to climb over it. I get my knees dirty, but get to see the sky when I’m coming back to my feet. Standing afterwards, I can see where I dragged my feet, and my palms are dirty. But I woreContinue reading “Look Up At The Sky”
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Eaten By The System
“This is the threat to our lives. We all face it. We all operate in our society in relation to a system. Now is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes? …If the person doesn’tContinue reading “Eaten By The System”
The Mystery of Engagement
For all my attempts to explain Heartspace, it comes down to this: Engagement is a mystery in which everything works how it works, no matter how I try to understand it. As much as I want to rely on them, engagement is not a process or a pathway. Instead, its a million stars scattered acrossContinue reading “The Mystery of Engagement”
There Are No Conditions
In the cliche world of self-help, it’s often said there are no conditions to true love. This is true of our connections in the world and within ourselves, too, no matter what they are. In the place where they happen, Heartspace, there are no conditions. I’m sitting in the heat of a warm Pacific NorthwestContinue reading “There Are No Conditions”
Kneel and Kiss the Ground
Looking on purpose to become personally engaged within yourself doesn’t require yoga or poetry, prayer or dance. It doesn’t require that you volunteer in your community or spend more time with your kids. Personal engagement is about getting up and facing the day full on, no matter what it holds. Becoming engaged within yourself andContinue reading “Kneel and Kiss the Ground”
There Are No Enemies
A rich guy followed the king of his region to France to fight during medieval times. In the middle of a battle, he had a vision and knew there had to be another way. Soon after, he went back to his lands, and soon headed towards Rome. Once he got there, young Giovanni di Pietro diContinue reading “There Are No Enemies”
Just Be There
Being there is all you need to do. Wherever there is, whoever there is. Just be there In my life, I strive to do. Some have said in the past that I’m a do-aholic, constantly on the go and busy. Over the last few years though, I’ve learned to hear some of what Heartspace hasContinue reading “Just Be There”
CommonAction on Social Media
There are many ways for people to work social media. A lot individuals follow a “Self-As-Brand” model, where an individual persona becomes the marketable aspect of a product or service. Another is the “One Big Name” model, which lumps everything about an individual or organization’s name and all the things they do. One of theContinue reading “CommonAction on Social Media”
The Engagement Trickster
Go lightly down your sacred way… In these days, life can be about honoring the trickster. The trickster is that force that wants us not to take ourselves- or life- too heavily or with too much seriousness. Life gives me plenty of opportunities to laugh at myself, particularly in hindsight. The grace of these daysContinue reading “The Engagement Trickster”
Invisible Traces of Engagement
Johan Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, “Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.” Looking out from Heartspace into the world around us, we can see that our personal engagement, our community engagement, and our universal engagement are endlessly in force to secure, sustain, and compelContinue reading “Invisible Traces of Engagement”
