Archive for the ‘Vision Fast’ Category
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
I have been describing a process of exploration and healing that occurred on a medicine walk in Eureka Valley. There is one more piece to the puzzle that arose as I explored my intention with Ruth and Larry. I've already talked about the defense of anger, and how I was ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
I have been writing in the last few postings about my experience working with anger on a medicine walk in nature the last time I was in the desert. A friend from Ireland sent me an email about this topic, and he said something very pertinent about anger: "It really ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
As I mentioned last time, when they mirrored my intention for my day walk, Ruth and Larry helped me clarify something about anger. I have long understood that when I have a very angry, charged response to a situation, it is usually because I am feeling hurt about something. The anger ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
As I have written previously, the south is the place where we feel our emotions and act on them in an unmediated way. When we mature from childhood into adolescence, moving around the wheel from the south to the west (from summer to fall), we start to be aware of ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
The School of Lost Borders California Fall Vision Fast was amazing! I was an assistant for the 11 fasters and the two incredible guides, Ruth and Larry. Some people marked their passage into adulthood, and others into elderhood. It was such an honour to witness the courage and vulnerability these fasters ...
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
A: Yes, and so can you!
Okay, you're probably thinking I've totally flipped out, if you didn't already think this after some of my previous entries about mouse turds, including "The mystery of the dead animal in my living room," and the moving song "Blue turd on my window sill."
But the ...
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
I was interviewed this week on Vancouver's Co-op Radio (CFRO 102.7 FM) about the vision fast. The interview was for a radio show called Conscious Living. Listen to the interview to find out more about this thing called a vision fast. The interview concludes with a song for calling in ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Meeting in Circle with the Wilderness Guides Council
Fire is the element of the east, the direction of springtime. When I first sat in circle at the Wilderness Guides Council, on Monday, April 13, I deliberately sat in the east. This is a part of the wheel that I am least ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
I wasn't always a happy camper at the 4th International Wilderness Guides Gathering, held in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains this April. Previous gatherings have been held in Germany, South Africa, and the UK. People from these countries attended, and many more besides. The gathering was hosted by the Wilderness Guides Council, ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
I seem to be a little reluctant to make the turn into spring. So here's one last look at the winter of '08. This is my sister Katherine, shoveling snow off the roof of her shed in Horsefly, BC. This picture was taken in March! That's a lot of snow. ...
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