Being Available
Radical Availability Right Now
We are Embodied Beings
The germinating seed for an essay often arrives unbidden, usually when least expected. One of my most fruitful periods for insight is that liminal zone between sleep and waking – as if something that has been quietly metabolising below conscious thought finds its moment when the filters are not fully loaded, to pop into awareness and literally wake me up. I’ve started to recognise just how productive those moments can be, and I keep a notebook by my bedside for just that reason.
Todays Note: What if the Bodhisattva Vow is not primarily about rebirth, but reflects a version of enlightenment that embraces embodiment? What does it mean to operate within the limits of manifestation from the perspective of no limitation? What does it mean to be a part serving the whole?
For some time now, I have noticed a thread running through much of my writing. Initially my poems, and then subsequently my essays and books explore ideas about what it means to ‘wake-up’, how do we support our ‘waking-up’ and how do we live from that perspective in a world that rarely acknowledges that wisdom.
The germinating seed for an essay often arrives unbidden, usually when least expected. One of my most fruitful periods for insight is that liminal zone between sleep and waking – as if something that has been quietly metabolising below conscious thought finds its moment when the filters are not fully loaded, to pop into awareness and literally wake me up. I’ve started to recognise just how productive those moments can be, and I keep a notebook by my bedside for just that reason.
Todays Note: What if the Bodhisattva Vow is not primarily about rebirth, but reflects a version of enlightenment that embraces embodiment? What does it mean to operate within the limits of manifestation from the perspective of no limitation? What does it mean to be a part serving the whole?
For some time now, I have noticed a thread running through much of my writing. Initially my poems, and then subsequently my essays and books explore ideas about what it means to ‘wake-up’, how do we support our ‘waking-up’ and how do we live from that perspective in a world that rarely acknowledges that wisdom.
Rethinking the Bodhisattva Vow
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