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townofclay

without optimism, how can we rejoice?

About Me

i am an earth healer, a gentle warrior."The greatest challenge in life is to stay connected to and express the core of our being, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. Healing is remembering who we truly are."-Barbara Brennan

My Interests

the dream.in Mayan culture they say the dream and the waking life are joined in the wings of the butterfly!

I'd like to meet:

the depth and openess of my heart, our heart.

Music:

im learning to listen, to really hear... its teaching me the sound of patience

Movies:

our thoughts create our experience = movie?

Books:

Non-Violent Communication, Being Me Loving You, The Hidden Messages In Water, Crossing Into Medicine Country, The Heart of Healing, River of Renewal, Jitterbug Perfume, Ethnobotany of the Karuk, Black Elk Speaks, We're All Doing Time, Ethical Leadership, Guest Workers or Colonized Labors: Mexican Labor Migration to the United States, Turning the Mind into an Ally, Outlaw Bible of American Literature, Everything is Illuminated, Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Five Wisdom Energies, Silbey's Guide to Birds of the West, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, The Wisdom of No Escape, Dharma Gaia, The Family of Man, Pablo Neruda Poems, The Way of The Peaceful Warrior, The Prophet, Education of Little Tree, Adrift, Dharma Bums, The White Boy Shuffle, Siddhartha, Tao Te Ching, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, The Giver, The Stranger, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Conciousness in Action, My Side of The Mountain, Good Night Moon, The Lorax, Guiness Book of World Records 1998, This Place on Earth, Said the Shotgun to the Head, Walkabout, To Kill a Mockingbird, Zen Mind Beginners Mind, My Journals

Heroes:

those who live for the eternal

My Blog

a public service prophecy from the open heartist

open up your heartopen up your heartopen up your heartpart by partdo it kindlydo it gentlydo it patientlyand you will come to seea sense of equanimity between all beings ...
Posted by townofclay on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:00:00 PST

current trails

current trails to serve the big famon on onsalmon movin' upstreameye twinkling beamalways swimming in the stream of consciousnessprofessions for possesion of community protectioninscriptions seen in t...
Posted by townofclay on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:58:00 PST

confluence of river

tired sadnessboils in the scour of the mindim bedrockedthoughts dart in and out of my steelheadcomparisons float up like fall spawing Chinook carcassesexcitement rises like smoke in eastern hillsand f...
Posted by townofclay on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:54:00 PST

manufacturing consent

manufacturing consenti am not content to be complicit in this genocidebut i amand i feel this painof the community, of the one family we areis there a time when we will all stand up and say no?i strug...
Posted by townofclay on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:49:00 PST

Greeting the blazing splendor

Greeting the blazing splendor The great illuminator of us all A wise sage once said that once in the light, one always shines A marvelous golden ticket granted in radiance Only selling out to eternity...
Posted by townofclay on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:01:00 PST

reincarnate dust particle

I am an ancient reincarnate dust particle in stormy, degenerate times I regenerate with compassionate mindfulness springtime vines Month of fire The f...
Posted by townofclay on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:24:00 PST

will it evermore

she inspires me to write no longer shall the fight proceed thoughts pop up like spring time weeds how beautiful they are some are ugly noticement of judgement easily led off on a trail when the practi...
Posted by townofclay on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:44:00 PST

my life coach

My dog Huckleberry Obsidian Chimayo Blacknell Barker is my life coach. He offers four simple kernnels of wisdom that are all one needs for a good and fulfilling life. (one): say hello to everyone, gre...
Posted by townofclay on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:18:00 PST

art & inspiration

As I grow older, I have come to realize that inspiration can come from anywhere, that is, if I allow it. The same can be said of Art (in my opinion). Everything is art, whether it be sound, bright c...
Posted by townofclay on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:53:00 PST

how do you navigate knowledge?

perhaps the greatest and most profound challenge that we face in today's world is navigating the vast amount of knowledge that is available us.  mindfully, i am aware that this is largely a pheno...
Posted by townofclay on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:35:00 PST