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Deep Listening Is Like A Question
Have you ever had moments when you realized that the question you were asking was the wrong one? Not that it was totally unreasonable, or out of context, but that it was just not focused enough? It didn’t take you were … Continue reading
Listening to the Wake Up Calls
It is early October, and I went out into the woods early one morning. At first, all I heard was the noise of my own mind jumping from one thing to another. Soon, something seemed to be asking to be … Continue reading
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Ode to Mycelia
O mycelia, webbed beneath our feet, Silent architects of life’s retreat, In the quiet soil, you weave and wind, Threads of connection, ancient and kind. Through shadowed earth, you reach and spread, Binding the living, nourishing the dead. A whispered song beneath the trees, A symphony of … Continue reading
Do You Hear What I Hear?
One of the things about having animals is that they react to things we don’t hear, see, feel, or notice. Often we are interrupted from some day to day activity because one of the dogs starts barking at… well.. Nothing … Continue reading
Elemental Listening
In many mystical traditions, it is commonplace to attach significant meaning to what are known as the four elements: air, fire, water and earth. Each of the four hold literal, metaphorical and personal meanings. Air is exactly that invisible atmospheric … Continue reading
Layers of Listening
We grow up in circumstances where parents, teachers, coaches and other adults demand that we listen to them as they speak words to us. That can be important, and, if we are honest, that becomes something that we lose interest … Continue reading