Category Archives: mindworks

Attention + Focus + Time = Enchanted Awareness

Posted on August 27, 2024 by randomyriad

“Tree” It is foolishto let a young redwoodgrow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime,you will have to choose. That great calm being,this clutter of soup pots and books– Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.Softly, calmly, immensity … Continue reading →

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Meandering Without a Plan: Life Finds Me Wherever I go

Posted on July 28, 2024 by randomyriad

Keep Walking,  by Rumi, Translation by Coleman Barks Keep walking. Though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within. But don’t move the way fear makes you move. … Continue reading →

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Earthsea | What the Original Wizard School Got Right

Posted on July 5, 2024 by randomyriad

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was the celebrated author of twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. Her acclaimed books received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, … Continue reading →

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Leaning into Our Shadows Under the Cold Bright Sun

Posted on May 16, 2024 by randomyriad

Beginning The moon drops one or two feathers into the field.   The dark wheat listens.Be still.Now.There they are, the moon’s young, tryingTheir wings.Between trees, a slender woman lifts up the lovely shadowOf her face, and now she steps into the air, … Continue reading →

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Two Thoughts about Living in This World

Posted on March 10, 2024 by randomyriad

“Our tissues change as we live: the food we eat and the air we breathe becomes flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone, and the momentary elements of our flesh and bone pass out of our body every … Continue reading →

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