Velcrow Ripper's Blog – January 2009 Archive (7)

This morning my beloved uncle Bob died of cancer. He passed away gently, in his sleep. Yet another casualty of the cancer epidemic that is sweeping this planet. He contracted cancer from exposure to asbestos at a pulp mill he worked in.



My brother Randy also died of cancer, just a few years ago. Too many of us, far too many of us have been touched by cancers cruel fingers. Although it is often difficult to prove, I believe that the huge spike in cancer we… Continue

The old spiritual mantra of Be Here Now needs up dating. Spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen, suggests this one: "do here now." Be Here Now was about stepping into the depth of our Being, truly becoming present, inhabiting this moment, tasting it to the fullest. It's what Ekhart Tolle teaches in such classics as "the power of now." And it is a tremendous starting point. But then what? As Gwen, here on ipeace, recently asked me, "is the purpose of… Continue

In this moment

The sun glitters breathless and ecstatic

In a clear clear sky



In this moment

A polar bear drowns

From melting ice



Hold on



To it all



Light

Dark

and everything in between



It's all You



Ever wonder

how much

one little heart can hold?



All of it.



There's room for it all.



Sometimes it has to break… Continue

"Hope and sincerity are the new punk." - Antony

DARE TO DREAM

For now, let go

Just for now, let it all go

Your worries, your fears

Your addiction to suffering

Put your despair and…

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Human beings are a complex concoction, a molten mixture of mind, body, spirit, and shadow; a combination of the mental, physical, and spiritual plus all the goop from the dark cellar of our psyches, all coming together to create a fragrant, stinking, steaming sumptuous human stew that is uniquely me, uniquely you. To bring all these elements, and the many elements within these elements, into conscious harmony, to become an integrated… Continue

I was listening to an Enlightenext interview with evolutionary visionary Brian Swimme today, and he talked about the idea that the next phase of evolution will be when we learn to live in a society of “mutually enhancing relationships.”



What a beautiful vision. This is an evolutionary understanding that can apply to every facet of our lives, from the way we interact with each other, to the way we interact… Continue



Kay, it’s that time of year when we all are thinking about how we're supposed to be making a bunch of stinking New Years resolutions that we’re never going to keep and that are just going to make us feel bad about ourselves for the next year.



Well my first New Years Evolution is to stop feeling bad about myself for any of my shortcomings - just let that go. But first I have to do a very un-male thing and accept that I actually have a… Continue