Today’s Reflection is about being empty. And loving it. It is Saturday morning, and I am in bed, though not alone. Perfect company – a book, yerba mate tea, and Tobi. Tobi and tea are regulars, the book is the exception. Not because I don’t bring books to bed, for I certainly do. After all, I [read more...]
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Today’s Reflection is about the concept of “Accepting the Offer” which comes from the world of improv theatre. But not only from there. There is always a reason for people to get the dogs they get. Perhaps other pets as well, though I would not know much about it. I do, however, know that it [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about our Western view of the world. And about some of the implications of this worldview. The idea of “The Great Chain of Being” is originally attributed to the Greeks, and particularly Aristotle. This idea proposes that all beings are arranged in a single continuum, a natural scala, according to their “degree [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about my recent travels, and some unexpected outcomes (aren’t they usually). Simplicity of life when traveling is always somehow easier to experience, even when I am still connected to my life back home. Everything is more vivid and real, and I feel very alive and alert to the new world around me. [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about a vacation, Nature, and our human ways of being in, and with, the world around us. It is early morning, and I am sitting on the beach of Mussel Beach Campground, which is on the very West Coast of Vancouver Island, hidden behind Ucluelet, yet right on the ocean. While there [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about a paradox, a duality, and a way of being with no easy or immediate answers. A beautiful summer day at the Hollyhock retreat on Cortes Island. Sun, Nature at its best, stunning Caribbean-looking beach, delicious vegetarian food. Seemingly, a little paradise. A group of about a 115 social and environmental activists, [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about solitude, surprises, and gratitude. I woke up early this morning, before the sunrise. Thus, I had the opportunity to watch it, enjoying the birth of a new day, in pristine and peaceful solitude of a little secluded Williams Beach. Sitting and watching the ocean, thinking about the fact that I woke [read more...] Transformational Creativity and Learning (TCL) Skills is a groundbreaking learning experience. This course addresses and answers a fundamental question for both the individual and the organization: how do we harness the whole potential of our mind and bring our creativity and innovation skills forward, in any environment and circumstance? By drawing on the worldwide breakthroughs [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about the sadness of a loss, and the many kind words from many strangers. They are not even friends, for I have not met them, other than in an online forum of a topic of a mutual interest. And even there, we have not interacted directly. Yet, they just posted a message [read more...] Today’s Reflection is about the impermanence of our lives. “As the morning tide recedes at a beach near Christchurch, New Zealand, Peter Donnelly arrives to go to work. Peter the Sand Dancer, with a simple stick and a rake (and a not-so-simple gift of vision), paints elaborate works of art in the sand while hundreds [read more...] |
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