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Dear readers,Most of my blogs will be pieces I have written myself, but a new acquaintance and collaborator, Dawn Jordan, has said the following so well that I wanted to pass it on. Enjoy! And look in the future for Dawn's new book, Body Wisdom: Move Your Body, Move the World. You can contact Dawn via email at: dawnjordan12k [at] gmail dot com]. Body; Mind; Body-Mind; Body/Mind; Bodymind; ? With this title I confront myself with a central dilemma of my own being. A duality, a polarity, a confusion, a riddle, a fork in the road, a labyrinth--a dilemma that aches for resolution, a unifying idea, an encompassing feeling, an over-arching field theory or revelation that can cradle and nourish the entire motley litter of the layers of my existence: cells, tissues, sensations, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, history, future. What is the chaos of molecules and symphony of energies that I call my life? [Read More ...] While the English language has no word that adequately names an entity that fully embraces and fuses the physical and mental dimensions of our being, and while a still-pervasive Cartesian conceptual framework perpetuates the the notion of a clear distinction between body and mind, our language does have a word which--in its richly manifold meanings--embodies the multi-layered dynamics that permeate our flesh, our feelings, our thoughts and our relationships with one another and with the world. [Read More ...] A MASSAGE THERAPIST’S MANIFESTO: WE NEED A NEW HUMAN TECHNOLOGY TO BALANCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The information technology explosion is begging us to return to the body. We need a new human technology to match the information technology. External change is happening so fast we can barely breathe or keep up. Stress is born when the body and heart try to race after a mind gone into high gear. Notice the posture: head stretched forward, neck extended, chest tight from holding the breath, heart constricted, general, vague fatigue, racing beneath the skin, the feeling of never having enough time, perpetual muscle tension in the head and neck. [Read More ...] The conflicts between eros and capitalism, and the degradation of both their higher purposes, are at the heart of the central dilemmas of our time. Eros, a love of flesh and spirit, a joyful engagement with all their sensuality and their kaleidoscope of delights and wisdom, is not faring well in our culture of scientific abstraction, religious dogma and lack of the social graces of touching one another’s bodies, hearts and minds. Capitalism, which once offered a promise of abundance and prosperity for all, has degenerated into manipulative self-serving acquisitiveness with eros as its slave. [Read More ...] Let me begin by remarking that there is no such thing. One can hardly expect to stir the second chakra, second only to the life force itself, without significant consequence. [Read More ...] LETTER TO A PHILOSOPHICAL COLLEAGUE: THE BIOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY OF ASTROLOGY I have been entertaining some thoughts about the "How....?" of astrological influences, and it occurred to me to send them on. They are not to be construed to be the only possible answers to "How....?"--I am aware that much more may be afoot here, but anyway, here they are. [Read More ...] SPACE AND TIME ON A STARRY NIGHT The conflicts between eros and capitalism, and the degradation of both their higher purposes, are at the heart of the central dilemmas of our time. Eros, a love of flesh and spirit, a joyful engagement with all their sensuality and their kaleidoscope of delights and wisdom, is not faring well in our culture of scientific abstraction, religious dogma and lack of the social graces of touching one another’s bodies, hearts and minds. Capitalism, which once offered a promise of abundance and prosperity for all, has degenerated into manipulative self-serving acquisitiveness with eros as its slave. [Read More ...]
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