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Author Archives: Inner Ventures
The Free Fall ~ by Helen Zingarella
Oh dearest Life may I be clay in your hands responsible for only this: To come back to rest in the Heart. Trillions of times I reached out trying to hold myself at any of your gifts but you are … Continue reading
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests … Continue reading
Moving Beyond Our Addiction to Consumerism
I just watched a powerful documentary film – 2.5 hrs long, but having the luxury of time today, I found it very inspiring. Its called “Zeitgeist – moving On”. Free to watch. It started with the issue of our addiction … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, capitalist greed, consumerism, evolution, planetary surival
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Men’s Rights of Passage
Exposed chests drip fresh blood to the earth below. The mirror smashed; red dark cave of grief and despair. Alone together – in silence, sweet surrender. Let this death sink in. Scars on the inside release the puss of ancient … Continue reading
Let the Earth Speak through You – by Jason Hine
When you want to say something, don’t say something which resembles what you want to say but is one step removed. Say exactly what you want to say. Speak the exact words, reach down into your body to find them, … Continue reading
Prince
I don’t watch the news and I’ve been away recently, so I’m just catching up with the passing of Prince. I pushed the boundaries of my You Tube addiction last night to watch some of the tributes to him and … Continue reading
Sometimes a Wild God – by Tom Hirons
Sometimes a wild god comes to the table. He is awkward and does not know the ways Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver. His voice makes vinegar from wine. When the wild god arrives at the door, You … Continue reading
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THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT – part one
When a man overcomes his fear of the dark and resolves at last to journey down into the dungeon of himself; one tentative step follows another, through ancient cobwebs and skeletons of dust, till the damp floor of some forgotten … Continue reading
The Thing Is.. by Ellen Bass
“The Thing Is” from Mules of Love to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of … Continue reading
Crossing Boundaries
Distant lowing of restless cattle Purr of an idling diesel tractor Alarm cackle of a swooping jay These sounds cut the still air Between green grass and blue skies Dead stick cracks under booted foot Stream bubbles over smooth stones … Continue reading