What does it take for a collective to wake up? Is it even possible for a collective to wake up? A bunch of people shuffling in the same direction does not an intelligent organism make. If the individuals are not present, mindful and awake, putting a large number of them together does not increase intelligence but in truth, decreases it. The fine art of ... Continue Reading >>
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Authenticity as Boundary
Over time and in many ways, the idea of establishing boundaries has been explored. Typically, it is done by way of identifying things to do; behaviours to change; new strategies to put into play that will prevent your being pressed... bullied.. cajoled, shamed or provoked... into choices that are no longer a choice and have become the imperative of another, ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Murrizi: To choose mindfully is to awaken to the Self
"In my own life, I have come to discover that the more I let go of stories about myself, the more I discover who I AM rather than who I have been led to believe I am (based on who I have always been, and apparently, will always be). After all, I am not fixed, nor made of concrete. The essence of who I AM manifests through my body — a brilliant, living, ... Continue Reading >>