Wednesday, January 20, 2021
New World
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
It's not real
Your feelings are not real. Your feelings matter and they are certainly meaningful! They contribute insight into our interactions with others and our act of presencing, our experiences in the moment. Yet they ebb and flow. Like the tides, ever-changing, always moving, similar, never quite the same. You may sink into that horrible feeling because it is what you know, not because it is 'good' or helpful to you. Is the burning barn good? The horse's home is on fire, yet the horse runs home... the barn is the comfort it knows. Your feelings may be true, but they aren't the only truth.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Becoming Free
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Greetings, I am so proud of you.
I am the Frederika of which Americ speaks. Yes, not spoke, speaks - due to his method of philosophy he lives on presently in sound. I go by Freda now (Frederika means peaceful ruler; Freda simply means peace.)
I make up words all the time for fun. One day I was emailing Americ, he asked me how I was - I responded that I was doing fine... moving along... presencing more and more. We bonded over our study of philosophy, we knew how rare it was to find a true living philosopher. Now I see this word used by his students and it makes me happy.
We write on this blog in his honor. We sit in his honor. We are not lost in grief, for we know he is near. You can never lose yourself. We wash our dishes and we think of him, we remember. The veil feels thin! All I can do is grow and keep presencing more and more...
Sunday, December 27, 2020
remember who you are
Saturday, December 26, 2020
you’ll make it
now I only value what is sacred
Presencing
forgetful of true deep nature
looking for jewels of enjoyment
within illusions and flickering desires
water passing through our fingers
Feel with the whole being, be present to the rich textures of body, mind, and heart! Face life. Live life. Live today.