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Howard McQueen's Blog – November 2009 Archive (10)
SNOWBIRDING ASHEVILLE
November 30, 2009
Writing from Lake Rousseau, FL.
In mid-November, I pulled up stake living in Asheville and took
my truck, camper insert and boat on-the-road.
Last night was spent in an Econolodge,
with an outbreak of worries over
“will I ever find a place again to call home”.
Shortly after mid-day today, I signed a lease
and deployed my camper insert.
My residence is now standing on four legs,
Pointed… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 30, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments
THE PRICE OF ADMISSION: A PRIVILEGE
And she speaks the words:
"From the ordinary point of view, the price we must pay is enormous -- though seen clearly, it is no price at all, but a privilege. As our practice grows we comprehend this privilege more and more."
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Added by Howard McQueen on November 28, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment
THE BLESSINGS IN FORGIVING
(Revision 2 | 11.28.2009)
The deep wounded-ness
oozes its pain.
This viral infection in the human mind
gives rise to projections of blame,
and the courtroom drama unfolds.
Our parents, teachers, nuns, the Pope,
someone, Hell,
even the Omniscient One
must be brought to justice
for this hell-hole breeding ground
of pain and suffering.
The small, contracted me
hunkered down in survival… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 26, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
REBIRTHING: RESURRECTING SELF
The Human experience can be seen as a cycle, or a series of cycles. To the extent that we become conscious of our cycles (like the seasons) we can honor our connection to ourselves and be in rhythm, rather than in opposition or resistance. Here is a first cut model for the human life cycle, narrowed in scope to a single incarnation.
Consciousness again chooses to inhabit form,
and there is movement towards being born.
The womb of an… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 20, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments
WHAT WOULD OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE BE LIKE ...
What would our life experience be like if we were to:
- Rest the mind and allow all of its manufacturing operations to wind down.
- Fully felt and acknowledged all the stored/stuck emotions we have hidden away.
- Treated our body as the sacred, organic vessel for the remainder of this brief incarnation.
What would our life experience be like?
Perhaps you would care to share you sense of these… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 18, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments
THE SOAP OPERA OF SEEKING
Don’t worry over seeking absolute truths.
Better to cease cherishing the personally held opinions.
When your sensibilities are challenged and you are offended,
watch the courtroom dramas unfold.
Try dismissing the courtroom and go work in the garden.
The soap opera is energized when you feel injustice beginning to plot its revenge.
Fear, anger and grief are the combustible fuel for our journey.
Know you will… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 17, 2009 at 11:22am — No Comments
CHOOSING TO BE VITAL OR STALE
Do we choose to become vital
or do we choose to become stale?
Every day presents these choices.
Do we give in to the gravity of forced habit
or do we choose to skate out at the edge,
where the ice is thin.
Do we keep doggedly pursuing our single grains of treasure,
continue stroking that which brings us pleasure,
or do we surrender to the callings of our heart
and become pathless,
before we… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 17, 2009 at 5:52am — 1 Comment
TIMELESS LOVE
In the twelfth century on the Saharan caravan, I whispered
Horatio, I shall always love you.
And in the fifteenth century, on the Rialto bridge, I pressed my body into yours and whispered
Regina, I will adore you throughout eternity.
This love affair has been going on,
often ever so secretly,
for thousands of years.
And, here we are, finding ourselves again
as we progress… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 11, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments
RESCUING & REPARENTING THE INNER CHILD
Can we find, in every moment of our life,
the sweet gratitude for just being alive
to experience whatever the moment brings?
Including, but clearly not limited to all the moments held in our past. Such as:
• the unconscious person who crashed their car into us
• the parent or guardian that sexually abused us
• the ex-spouse that mistreated and then abandoned us
• the young children that mocked and made fun of us… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 6, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments
... TULIP FIELDS OF ZANDILAND (Part 3)
(C) 2009 Howard McQueen
Decision made. Head towards the windmill.
The weather is like a perpetual early summer morning, the ground exudes a natural warmth. My feet and toes sink down into the loamy earth about three inches. After taking a few steps I look back and my initial indentations in the soil have almost disappeared. Mmmmm, more unusual terra behaviors. An inner voice says “you won’t be able to find you way back” and… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on November 3, 2009 at 6:53pm — No Comments
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