Category: Important Concepts
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The Struggle To Engage
I have not written in my blog now for over three months. For me, it has been a major struggle to engage, initially due to travel requirements but especially so after the American election. Since that time, I have been pondering my difficulty. My struggle has not been acedia per se (see previous posts beginning…
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need, Part 4
These few posts are on the difficulty I have being retired — I still want to contribute, but largely I find myself being a resource looking for a need. Wanting to contribute has been a life-long pattern for me; most of my career choices have resulted from this. (Most of my relationship issues arose because…
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Being A Resource Seeking A Need
I’m retired, and I find now that essentially I am being a resource looking for a need. Periodically I find something I can do, something to pass the time, but seldom do I find a way that I can contribute. I suspect that this is typical of many people who are retired. I also suspect…
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A Week of Unusual Contemplative Practice
As of tomorrow, I will be off to a week of unusual contemplative practice; I’m attending a workshop on Contact Improvisation, a dance form characterized by interaction, physical contact, and spontaneity. I’ve only had a brief introduction previously, but I very much enjoyed the combination of high energy and peacefulness in the process. I call…
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Whom Do You Trust? (Part 2)
In the last post, I suggested that the most important question of the 21st century is: “Whom or what do you trust?” Our culture is in data overload, giving major attention to the latest “scientific research” and the latest expert, yet not valuing our own wisdom. I was struck by the following statement in the…
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Whom do You Trust?
Whom or what do you trust? I suggest that this is one of the central questions for living in the 21st century. What information to you accept as authentic so as to guide you in responding to the difficulties of this century. Most people are in data overload. For example, if I do a Google…
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The Management of Burnout
In the previous post The Nature of Burnout — Part 2, I indicated that burnout is the predictable long-term outcome resulting from over-functioning in the third limb of emotional triangles. To describe the management of burnout thus is quite simple: Stop the over-functioning Operate from the principle of: High intention; Low attachment However to do…
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The Nature of Burnout, Part 2
Apologies to my readers — I indicated in the first post The Nature of Burnout, Part 1 that there would be a second, and I got distracted. So here we go. To review what I said last time, “burnout occurs when I am overly invested in outcomes I cannot control — sooner or later, I…
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The Nature of Emotional Triangles
Apologies to my readers — I indicated in an earlier post The Nature of Burnout, Part 1 that there would be a second, and I got distracted. However, to do the topic justice, I need to discuss the nature of emotional triangles first. So here we go. In looking over what I have written in…
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Reflections on Hope, Part 2
In the last post, I reviewed the negative forces that I believe impact the likelihood of catastrophe as the outcome of global warming. I want now to reflect on the positives concerning my hope for a mature culture. As stated, I strongly believe that, if we are to survive as a species, we must more…
Awakening From Your Anger 