Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
In the point of rest at the center or our being. we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way, Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

MKP


I am re-tooling. I want to be able to tell myself the truth of who I am. I need more sight. More insight. New eyes. It's seeming worth the fear of the unknown to try on some new bifocals. I'm at that point in my life where and when I have to try something new. What makes this a forced challenge is the current invitation. I cannot, a small voice inside tells me, afford to decline it or even postpone it. It feels right. For a long time, "I don't like adventures" has been my slogan. I'm not thinking of 86-ing this habit of mind now; just maybe testing it.
Posted by R W Rawles at 1:23 PM

3 comments:

  1. Teresa EvangelineJuly 4, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Telling myself the truth of who I am has risen in my own thought. If we can do that, then some real adventures can begin in the discovery of our true self. No time like the present. I was inspired by the video you posted, also.

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  2. R W RawlesJuly 6, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    My first I-Group is under my belt. I have mixed and scattered reactions.

    The cheesy mythology is off-putting. But that's the point, I think. It's a gate keeper: only those who can see themselves uttering this ritualistic & liturgical nonsense, dare enter here. At first glance, it's a hideous waste of time. A secret handshake might suffice. And why try something arbitrarily distilled from the Navajos? Didn't they lose their (our) land to a superior tribe with a superior culture?

    Also, beware of searching for truth among these characters. I am not so gullible that I saw truth issuing forth last night. I saw struggle. But I saw the group struggling to achieve gravitas: a gravitational field which it needs to congeal, heal and grow. Two or three additional members are needed. These seven of us do not amass enough force.

    Two additional were out of the country/state. A third, job fatigued, showed only to bring food. That's indicative of commitment and makes it promising.

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  3. R W RawlesJuly 22, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I have several issues with the GC I-Group which numbered nine last Tuesday.

    One my hearing. Until I have hearing aids, it's not fair to anyone in the circle least of all me to participate. I can't hear nuances and nuances are critically important. I know they are in written communication. So, in circle, I know I am missing critical data.

    Secondly, Last Tuesday was a major league bust. I was not participating out of a lack of trust. That had to have a major cramp on others' participation. What I got out of others' initiation was bull shit: contrived play-acting, I thought it was. What else are they going to do?

    Thirdly, four hours is really too much for this old man. Is it my attention span or my energy level? Doesn't make much of a difference. It's too long. I'd rather do without the meal at the beginning and the Navajo mumble-jumble throughout and the jacuzzi at the end. The last is dangerous in the dark for this pair of old knees; it will be fatal for my hearing aids when I get them. Too much to ask?

    I don't think I ought to make another GC I group, before my first MKPTW, or whatever it's called. And for a variety of reasons, both autobiographical and interpersonal, I do not think I can miss my date with destiny on the 23rd.

    Until then, I am better off in Monte's IGroup.

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