Pondering the New Year Using the 5 Fundamental Elements of Evolution
Looking for something different to New Years Resolutions? This year, I used the 5 Fundamental Elements of Evolution as the basis for my New Year pondering.
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Drawing Back The Bow
he art of archery in Dhanurveda has been used as a metaphor for the transformative effect meditation can have on our ability to achieve positive, right action. When making a successful shot, the bow must be drawn back fully and held in a state of absolute stillness. Any movement from this state or slackness in the bow will cause a deviation from the target. In order to produce a truly transformative shot, you and your bow and arrow must be establish in a state of Being and stillness and only when this state is established, let go of the arrow and perform action.
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The Path Of Least Resistance
The cold water engulfs my body
In the distance, the unbounded ocean
River always flows to ocean
Near the banks, rocks and debris bruise my limbs
A safe but bumpy, friction full ride
I abandon the safety of the banks and drift into the unknown
Into the slipstream and away we go
On the path of least resistance
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I’ve recently befriended one of the ‘old salty dogs’ down at the beach. He’s an elderly gentleman with sun weathered skin and walks with a cane. He’s a special man and I see him most days enjoying the sun. He’s a Russian Jew in his late 80s and lives in an apartment up the road from mine.
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To remove a thorn that has imbedded into the skin, we need a needle that is as sharp, or sharper than the thorn itself. Recent global events have highlighted just how deep the thorn of racism has been imbedded into society’s skin.
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This is no pause. We pause in speech, we pause a movie, but this, this is no pause. For when this is over, things will not recommence as they were. The fact is, they never do. They always change. It’s all that is ever happening. Progressive change.
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