Friday, September 5, 2008
Uniqueness
Our relationships our unique. Our needs are unique. Our connections are unique. What we appreciate in each other is unique.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The Wars of the World Are Fought In the Bedroom!
That's it. That's the start of it. The shot across the bow. The images now come fast and furious. Seeing a woman's eye's and body lit as she shakes the hands of a priest after mass, her husband standing by. When does she direct this energy towards her husband? I am uncomfortable in the presence of men talking about woman. I am uncomfortable seeing a group of woman together for the same reason.
Last Thanksgiving, I had the opportunity to speak with an attorney who represented Osho Bagwan Rajneesh in the 1980's. I asked him what was his take was on the events that had led to his downfall and the demise of the Oregon commune.
"All Osho wanted to do was meditate. He did not like having men run things for him as they were always in competition. So he had women in positions of power. What happened was that they became totalitarian under the guise of "working for the good of the community," with their actions protecting the community becoming more and more extreme"
Rather than take responsibility of action, do women default to their tribe to talk about the latest transgression or act?
Men need to treated as honorable in order to seen as honorable.
Women need to be around men as it calms them into their own bodies. This is not an arrogant statement as the reverse is also true. Men need to be around women for the same reason. This is non-verbal, subtle and nuanced. If one touches the other without words, the energy fields of both will begin to seek out their own harmonies. We are afraid to let go of our own pain because whether we like it or not, this "letting go" will involve "another" and what seems to be a surrender to that one's attractiveness as that is what one see's when pain is taken away.
One thing I have experienced and am sure of......is that "pain" moves.
And a playing "field" within a larger playing "field" is cleared.
Last Thanksgiving, I had the opportunity to speak with an attorney who represented Osho Bagwan Rajneesh in the 1980's. I asked him what was his take was on the events that had led to his downfall and the demise of the Oregon commune.
"All Osho wanted to do was meditate. He did not like having men run things for him as they were always in competition. So he had women in positions of power. What happened was that they became totalitarian under the guise of "working for the good of the community," with their actions protecting the community becoming more and more extreme"
Rather than take responsibility of action, do women default to their tribe to talk about the latest transgression or act?
Men need to treated as honorable in order to seen as honorable.
Women need to be around men as it calms them into their own bodies. This is not an arrogant statement as the reverse is also true. Men need to be around women for the same reason. This is non-verbal, subtle and nuanced. If one touches the other without words, the energy fields of both will begin to seek out their own harmonies. We are afraid to let go of our own pain because whether we like it or not, this "letting go" will involve "another" and what seems to be a surrender to that one's attractiveness as that is what one see's when pain is taken away.
One thing I have experienced and am sure of......is that "pain" moves.
And a playing "field" within a larger playing "field" is cleared.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
You Can't Argue With a Raindrop!
I was in Staples the other night doing some touch-ups on copies of my chapbook, "You Can't Argue With a Raindrop." I was just finishing one project when I thought I heard a voice speaking to me. I looked out and noticed a heavyset black woman near the fax machine looking my way. I replied, "What?"
"What does that mean, "You can't argue with a raindrop?"
"Do you have a set of keys? " I asked.
She nodded and picked up her keys off the grey formica.
"Ok. Throw them in the air and let them fall. "
She did it and immediately began laughing as she caught them in her hand.
"Do it again. Only this time let the keys fall all the way to the ground." I said.
She did it again, still chuckling. The keys fall all the way to the blue carpet.
It's my turn now. " OK. Nature didn't call a committee to decide how to do that. It didn't have to ask for permission or take a vote. It just knows what to do."
Her smile gets wideer and her eyes begin to twinkle.
"I'll buy a copy!" she says.
"What does that mean, "You can't argue with a raindrop?"
"Do you have a set of keys? " I asked.
She nodded and picked up her keys off the grey formica.
"Ok. Throw them in the air and let them fall. "
She did it and immediately began laughing as she caught them in her hand.
"Do it again. Only this time let the keys fall all the way to the ground." I said.
She did it again, still chuckling. The keys fall all the way to the blue carpet.
It's my turn now. " OK. Nature didn't call a committee to decide how to do that. It didn't have to ask for permission or take a vote. It just knows what to do."
Her smile gets wideer and her eyes begin to twinkle.
"I'll buy a copy!" she says.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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