Amba, so so much goodness and profundity in there.
What really resonated with me was the distinction between time and intention.
“ some stands you take you take because they ARE you and are beyond your lifetime stands. I do not “expect” my stand that “awakening the consciousness, the awareness, of human beings everywhere is the source of peace on our planet” may be fulfilled in my lifetime. At the same moment, intention, not time, has always been at the source of creating new futures.”
Deep roots you share Amba. Thank you for sharing your stand. I had forgotten how profound the Pooh philosophy is. Thanks for including the very touching excerpt.
First off, I want to apologize to you for the length of time it's taken for me to respond to you. I value you and your thinking and writing so much. We had a terrific windstorm here. Our power went out last Tuesday, and our Internet was only restored today. So, here I am!
And I thank you, Rick, for our comment. Profound, indeed.
Yes, Piglet gives us a much-needed lesson for what appears to be a non-listening world these days. We have big work to do at this time; it's like the planet -- humans and all species -- are calling for intentionality, in creating momentum in lighting the light of the world. And the more dire it gets, the louder the Voice that Calls.
Here's a quote by Ilya Prigogine that seems particularly relevant: "When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
The time has come.
I am writing my next book, "The Art of Sacred Listening." It's a big entrance into this very conversation. it could be called "The Infallibility of Love."
Gosh, that Prigogine quote provides such hope. I'm familiar with Prigogine's theory of dissipative structures, and he seems to have a rare insight into transformational process and how it functions. I think we forget how much potential there is in chaos because we've learned to construct our lives for safety and comfort, so we don't know or remember how much potential there is when things get really out of balance. But what an important reminder the quote is to continue to voice the coherence, even when you feel like you're just speaking into a howling headwind and it's not going to make any difference. No need to apologize re response time. Not sure where you're based, but sounds like the same storm hit us both. We lost power too for a while.
Amba, so so much goodness and profundity in there.
What really resonated with me was the distinction between time and intention.
“ some stands you take you take because they ARE you and are beyond your lifetime stands. I do not “expect” my stand that “awakening the consciousness, the awareness, of human beings everywhere is the source of peace on our planet” may be fulfilled in my lifetime. At the same moment, intention, not time, has always been at the source of creating new futures.”
So powerful. Thank you.
Also I LOVED your exchange with Rick!
Deep roots you share Amba. Thank you for sharing your stand. I had forgotten how profound the Pooh philosophy is. Thanks for including the very touching excerpt.
First off, I want to apologize to you for the length of time it's taken for me to respond to you. I value you and your thinking and writing so much. We had a terrific windstorm here. Our power went out last Tuesday, and our Internet was only restored today. So, here I am!
And I thank you, Rick, for our comment. Profound, indeed.
Yes, Piglet gives us a much-needed lesson for what appears to be a non-listening world these days. We have big work to do at this time; it's like the planet -- humans and all species -- are calling for intentionality, in creating momentum in lighting the light of the world. And the more dire it gets, the louder the Voice that Calls.
Here's a quote by Ilya Prigogine that seems particularly relevant: "When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
The time has come.
I am writing my next book, "The Art of Sacred Listening." It's a big entrance into this very conversation. it could be called "The Infallibility of Love."
Gosh, that Prigogine quote provides such hope. I'm familiar with Prigogine's theory of dissipative structures, and he seems to have a rare insight into transformational process and how it functions. I think we forget how much potential there is in chaos because we've learned to construct our lives for safety and comfort, so we don't know or remember how much potential there is when things get really out of balance. But what an important reminder the quote is to continue to voice the coherence, even when you feel like you're just speaking into a howling headwind and it's not going to make any difference. No need to apologize re response time. Not sure where you're based, but sounds like the same storm hit us both. We lost power too for a while.