Realizing Potential

A Dream for the World

Let us dream of a world where every person will have the experience of being seen and appreciated for their contribution and for their essence. Let us dream that there is an inspiring and scalable model for cooperation in the world, a model that will work for individual, community, nation and world. Let that model include love, gratitude, compassion, play, acceptance and celebration of who we are, and self expression without suppression of others; a fractal model that exists infinitely inward and infinitely outward at the same time, and in both directions whole and complete.

Fractal Geometry

I am on an exploration to see if fractal geometry can give us a model of workability that can be realized at any scale. Is the same process that supports one’s “inner journey” towards finding fulfilment the same as what would be expressed outwardly at the scale of community, nation and world? Can that model be whole and complete at any scale?

Music

One of the models I have found for workability is based in my experience of playing music with other people. One enters an altered state of awareness, and in the service of something bigger than “self”, one’s perception alters. My experience is that several aspects of “reality” – my ideas of who I am, outward stresses and cares, even time – are all suspended in service of embodying the expression of music. I wonder of there is something that can be taken from this small experiential model and used at different scales of inter-personal relationships?

Standing with Standing Rock

Freedom and the Declaration of Independence

I believe that freedom is something that can only exist in the present moment by declaration. This is what makes the Declaration of Independence such a powerful document. It is an interesting read in the context of current events. I have included the text of the Declaration of Independence below. …

About Viewpoints and Perspectives

Can you entertain another point of view? There is more than one way to see things. “It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle I am not going to question your opinions. I am not going to meddle with your belief. …

A Declaration of Interdependence

Maybe it is time to create a Declaration of Interdependence to acknowledge that no one does it alone. For each of us to be where we are, there have been countless people and events who have come before. It is easy to lose sight of this in a culture that …

Democracy and capitalism

What is more important to you; the values of capitalism (an economic system) or the values of democracy (a system of government)? Are the two systems in conflict? What goals, if any, can be agreed upon within both systems? Where should corporations be viewed in regard to these questions? #corporatepersonhood …

About forgiveness

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the flower leaves on the heel of the one that crushed it” – unknown #inspiration #bethechange #fractaltruth “We achieve inner health only through forgiveness – the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves” – Joshua Loth Liebman “Forgiveness does not change the past, …