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What a delight!
An unhurried conversation about “unhurried as a practice of peace.” Enjoy it here.
And a little on:
It’s human to human.
Well there’s a purpose statement I relate to. On what Circle offers. With plain-speak simplicity.
I particularly enjoyed a conversation yesterday with a Circle colleague and friend. We shared a few stories.
In addition to these clarities of unhurried and uninterrupted, she added purpose — “…when a lot is at stake.”
Why Circle?
For that. For all that unhurried and uninterrupted speaking and listening can heal and bring to life.
In October, Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani and I will host a Circle Intensive. To explore such notions. And to encourage practice. To hone and nuance. To encourage meaning and simplicity.
Wanna dive together? I do.
Sweet peppers grow in a pot on our front walk. They are still blooming. We still harvest. The peppers themselves for salads. The insights for reminder of simple things on a Wednesday.
I wish
to be
at peace
in the every day
of the every day
and in the the great flowing
of it all.
In the stillness.
In the movement.
In the clarity.
In the complexity.
I wish
to be
in utter peace,
base-lined
to joy,
sun-kissed
in all of it.
You know how some learnings just keep coming back over and over again. The deep life lessons that don’t let you go. The persistent intuitions that won’t stop tugging at your shirt sleeve.
I’m having that kind of learning over the last few weeks (really months, and years). It’s about being fierce.
Now, given the photo above, it’s a particular kind of fierce that is tugging at me. The picture is a pond near where Dana and I live. Compelling clouds last night nearing sunset. Reflection off of still water. Delicious light.
The fierce for me is learning to celebrate such deliciousness.
Which is to say, learning to be committed and revering to such beauty.
Which is to say insisting thoughtful consciousness be part of the every day.
Which is to say, loving kindness in the every day.
Which is to say leading with joy and from the heart.
Fierce for very good things.
Over and over again.
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Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."
Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.
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In My Nature is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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