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Remembering Nancy Stark Smith
I’ve been wondering just what the heck I could write about Nancy that hasn’t already been said, especially as others (whom I admire so) have written of their deep and multi-decade relationship with her. I took a little walk around the neighborhood so I could think think think, when the Chögyam Trungpa saying that Nancy…
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Arriving Socioculturally
At a recent Underscore, I started thinking about the notion of arriving. Nancy Stark Smith described the phase of Arriving Energetically as, “Bringing your attention, your presence, your will, into the room. Bringing your focus into the present situation” and Arriving Physically as “Arriving into sensation. Focusing your attention on your physical sensations, the textures…
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Difference, Composition, and Responsibility
At a recent Underscore that I facilitated, I shared the following quote from Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, a Zen Buddhist priest in Oakland, CA: “Awareness of oneness in life includes difference” (Manuel, 2015). Manuel’s notion that “an idea of harmony with an understanding that difference exists within oneness” (Manuel, 2015) feels important to me, both on a…