Today, we saw a matinee of the movie "Happy Feet" (which actually had a great message, and the sheer magnitude of the animation effort is worth seeing, not to mention the great music) ... Now I'm listening to Music from the Hearts of Space, which I've enjoyed off and on for over two decades, since the days of listening on Sunday evenings on KPFA when it aired live; the program is an appropriately icy one to go with the penguin movie we saw earlier.

We're warm and cozy inside, however, enjoying a quiet New Years Eve at home... and it was sunny and almost warm this afternoon for a longish walk/run around my favorite scenic loop which takes in Mount McLaughlin (now snow-capped; glad I hiked it when I did a few months ago) and the two Table Rock mesas here in the Upper Rogue valley. I'm looking forward to taking family and friends up there again when the spring wildflower extravaganza returns. Here's a photo taken a few years ago of some frosty pine needles in front of our former home in Nevada City, Calif.

I got an email earlier today from life-long (would you believe since 7th grade!) hiking, photography, and spiritual insight buddy Dave Van Dyke in Pueblo, Colorado. He is back to doing his visionary sci-fi art again... I previously posted a link to his early (remember the airbrush, as in pre-computer art?) painting entitled "Mother Ship" ... the thumbnail doesn't do justice to his original, but I'm honored to have it on my site. Here's a frame snap from an animation he's now working on -- can hardly wait to see it! BTW, he's also a very gifted musician...

I just realized that I've shared a link in recent months with the subscribers to my free monthly email bulletin* about a very cool tutorial on how to imagine dimensions beyond our familiar 3 spatial dimensions (up to the 10th), so now it's time to post it here, too! Check it out!

* If you want to get my free monthly email bulletin (roughly a page; low bandwidth!), just send an email with "subscribe" in the subject heading to the email address on the contact link on every page of my original website. Sacred geometry is a favorite topic, although I like to share anything that helps us remind each other about the principle of interconnectedness, and that covers a lot of ground!

This morning, thanks to my astute partner and our dialogue, I had a revelation about how I can support myself (in the figurative, inner sense) which I know ultimately reflects in the outer sense materially. It dawned on me (before the literal dawn today) that I need to deepen my application of the "Serenity Prayer": "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference." I'll refer you to my 13Dec2006 post on "Responsible To and Responsible For" for an accompanying graphic, which seems to apply quite nicely. Specifically, my adolescent insight about "not conforming to anything, including non-conformity" now takes on a deeper significance; I'm at a point in my life where I need to release myself from needing to conform to imagined or perceived expectations of others in order to be truly at peace with myself, and at the same time, make the optimum contribution (response-ability) to those my life touches for betterment. The "Aha" moment was about allowing myself to accept inner support (which isn't contingent on ANYTHING outside myself, and relies only on a healthy respect for the soul I've been invested with) and trusting that the inner support is sufficient at each moment.

We've been enjoying John Mayer's most recent release, Continuum, which has a song I'm particularly fond of, "The Heart of Life". The lyrical gems for me are "Pain throws your heart to the ground; love turns the whole thing around; I know the heart of life is good" and "Fear is a friend who's misunderstood." The first lyric seems obvious (although we seem to be able to ignore that unshakeable knowingness sometimes - A Course In Miracles uses the analogy of a child's nightmare). The second lyric about fear being a misunderstood friend reminds me of a quote (not sure of the attribution) about the egoic mind being a great passenger (warning system) but a lousy driver. Move over ego!

Our friends treated us a couple mornings ago to a viewing of this truly funny and wise bit of stand up comedy from spiritual spoofer of all things arcane, Swami Beyondananda. More about perennial wisdom and transcending polarity thinking than the humorous, pun-enriched stand-up monologue might suggest; this is a great way to enhance your jestive system without a laughs-ative (from long time G-U-R-U buddy, Steve.)

I'm happy to report that I'm now the steward (thanks to a little holiday generosity from my favorite resident elf of three more books in the highly-recommended Wooden Books series which I'm eager to read cover to cover. I've created a new book category here. The Wooden Books are all exquisitely illustrated. I have calendars and artwork (e.g. prints, cards, apparel) here inspired by the profoundly simple and accurate geometric planetary models in John Martineau's "A Little Book of Coincidence". Other favorites include: Sacred Geometry, and Sacred Number (both by the reclusive Miranda Lundy), Platonic & Archimedean Solids by Daud Sutton, Harmonograph by Anthony Ashton, Stonehenge, and Sun, Moon & Earth (both by Robin Heath), Essential Elements by Matt Tweed, The Human Body by Moff Betts, and Q.E.D. (Beauty In Mathematical Proof) by Burkard Polster. Based on my experience with the superb inspiration and craftsmanship of these books, I would not hesitate to recommend any other titles in this series. If you are a home-schooler, math or geometry teacher, or just appreciate the beauty and mystery of creation, any of these books would be a fine addition to your library.

Here's an email reply I just sent to a friend (and lots of others) that seems quite fitting for today:Hi all:Thanks to Brian for this inspiring message; a quick postscript...The song being referred to in the Rense article is probably "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon, a wonderful folksinger I've heard several times over the years on KVMR (http://www.kvmr.org) concerts in Nevada City... It gets a lot of play on that wonderful radio station... I don't think I've ever heard it without getting rather misty-eyed ...I'm listening to it now as I write this and the misty tradition continues I think the deep emotional appeal of this song arises from the soul level realization that WE ARE ALL ONE, and living with the golden rule in our hearts is really all that ultimately matters (and the perspective that transcends our struggles & battles, be they on a personal, family or global level).Here's are the lyrics (and a link to more history):
a link to John McCutcheon's website:
and a link to the Live at Wolftrap CD that features the song.Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice Season, or whatever you find that brings lasting joy to your heart and hearth... and have a wonderful 2007! ----------On 24 Dec 2006, at 10:14 PM, info wrote: When humans free themselves from the manipulation, we get along just fine and do not commit violence against each other. The true event described at the website below really occurred. One factor in the article of the link above that was not reported was that most the officers on all sides of the conflict had departed on Christmas Eve therefore leaving only the enlisted men on the front lines…or in other words the manipulators were gone and true humanity could emerge for a brief moment.  That brief moment terrified all levels of the manipulators All the peoples of the Middle East got along just fine until the being manipulated by the Vatican, British, Americans and Zionists (not the Jewish) after 1948. 95 to 99 percent of the violence and bombings in Iraq are committed by non-Iraq citizens that include corporate and military personnel who are citizens of England, the United States and Israel. As FOX and CNN emotionally and sensationally report violence and bombings in Iraq, 95 to 99 percent the deadly events are directly or indirectly executed by the British, Americans or Israelis but falsely blamed on the Iraqis. When not manipulated, the various factions of the Middle East have proven over the ages and will act in the same manner as the French, Germans and British soldiers did in the trenches on Christmas Eve 1914.. Let Peace begin within you and me... Hope your 2006 was good and your 2007 is better. The only way the conditions in Iraq will get better is because Americans, Britons and Israelites wake up to the reality of the manipulations by the corporate and elite powers that be. Please, crawl, walk or fly out of your trench and walk in harmony and love…but that doesn’t mean we will not have an intense difference of opinions and preferences…but we will not shoot or bomb each other nor tolerate or allow false flag operations because of our differences or angles on reality. Brian

I would buy this disc (Greenhouse) just for the track "In Christ There Is No East or West"; something about this melody (let alone the implication of transcending polarity through exalted consciousness) really works for me... My dad (had he taken better care of himself) would have been 76 today... and somehow I think he would have liked this music, too...

We're all here at my Mom (Barbara Rawles) home in Livermore, California... My sister's family from Redlands, my brother's family from the hinterlands, and Aunt Helen, Uncle Mike and more on the way, munching on French toast, enjoying the little fiber optic Christmas tree in the family room, listening to one of the nephews practicing on the piano in the next (living) room behind the double doors so we can enjoy the usual 3 or 4 simultaneous conversations in here, with most of the Mac laptops in the playing other games (hibernating in the laundry room, where one can usually find at least a nephew or two... Gayle is now donning a smart black French maid's apron, which she wore years ago doing that line of work (it matches her black outfit perfectly) and sauteeing onions, asking Mike & Helen about their packing preparations for their upcoming move. Earlier John mentioned the anecdote of "three moves is worth a fire", and now they are discussing how Jim & family can assist with their move while they are in the area. Now the family heirloom furniture and pianos "from around the horn" ... This lead to a story from Helen and Mike about the Williamsburg tradition of a young man building a spinning wheel to demonstrate his woodworking skills, and then the young woman he is courting making a shirt from the wheel; if he accepted the shirt, they wedding would be a "go"... John & a few more nephews emerged from the other room, and John is now telling Helen & Mike "what's the rush" in regard to their moving plans, followed by a round of laughs... Now brother Jim suggests that I post this blog entry and send Rawle (Mike & Helen's only child) an email greeting (with a link to this entry...) ... so I will

I found (as promised) the other quotation from page 70 of "Be Here Now" that Ram Dass refers to as a Sikh story, and it seems it could as easily be ascribed to Zen or Sufi traditions (what little I know of them)... I found this one amusing and profound:

"There's a Sikh story about a holy man who gave two men each a chicken and said: 'Go kill them where no one can see.' One guy went behind the fence and killed the chicken. The other guy walked around for two days and came back with the chicken. The holy man said: 'You didn't kill the chicken?' The guy said: 'Well, everywhere I go, the chicken sees.' "

... I kinda like that one

One more quote (from the 3rd section, page 10); "Everywhere I look I see only my own desires." - Hari Dass Baba ... That quote reminds me of A Course In Miracles.

I'm at my Mom's home in California for a few days over the holidays, finally! (after how many years!?!) getting around to reading Ram Dass's seminal breakthrough book "Be Here Now" which I found in her voluminous (no wonder where the osmotic metaphysical muse influence came from) library in one of the guest bedrooms... What a great book! I'd skimmed it a few times, and now that I've finally savoring the wisdom (and marvelous hand drawn illustrations so typical of the psychedelic era), I'm so glad to have taken the "time" NOW to read it HERE! I suspect the little bit - smirk - of Eastern mysticism which might have put off lots of folks a decade or 3 ago, is now so woven into the fabric of our western culture, that it might be more accessible to a wider audience, who are ready to pick up a classic ... Here are a couple of gems that jumped out at me. The first on "polarity": "In polarity, you're creating opposites - you can only protest effectively when you love the person whose ideas you are protesting against as much as you love yourself." ... I'll find the other later (the pages in the first section aren't numbered, so I'll re-read and post it later

Here's a lineup of our family holiday gathering and our SEVEN (not even counting Nancy's and neice Danielle's machines)... we're definitely an all-Mac family... I guess I'm responsible for this (so I hear Brother Jim was talking about how when my youngest nephew was only 18 months old, he had to wait his turn to use the computer (not anymore)

A short comment from today's holiday travels... While passing a rather large RV, I noted the brand (with unconscious pun?): "Rex Air" ...How amusing! How about "Skwan Derz Dino Fyumz" as the sequel... Better to laugh than cry sometimes?

I've known about Dr. Mercola's website for some time, but only in the last couple of months have subscribed to his daily short video webcast; a huge wealth of great information on nutrition in particular, and health in general, such as today's mini-session on Omega 6, Omega 3, and Krill Oil.

Another excellent resource (both of which seem to corroborate competent medical research in the field of health), is the Real Age website. In addition to a free self-quiz you can take and update periodically, which covers all aspects of lifestyle, not just nutrition, there are numerous references to important health info here also.

To your sustainable health on all levels!

Having emerged today from a brief delusion/diversion into fear/doubt/blame, I am reminded of a great movie we usually watch every year about this time, the classic "It's a Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed. Sure, it's a sentimental, sappy old film (with some politically archaic values as other reviewers rightly note), but you know what? Who cares! The message of loving yourself unconditionally is the important point! If you start to question whether your life has touched anyone else's, rent or borrow this movie and remind yourself, that YOU DO MATTER (beyond our wildest imagination!) If we just help each other remember that our lives do make a difference in dimensions and chains of events beyond the comprehension of even the most savvy systems theorist (measuring butterfly wing flapping or whatever ... My advice: Love yourself in spite of any reasoning to the contrary, and if you need to pull yourself out of a tailspin, just do something, no matter what, kind or benevolent for another being... Happy holidays! Give yourself the love you've always wanted (free shipping from yourself to yourself!

Tonight we watched another excellent episode of Morgan Spurlock's television series "30 Days". The episodes we've seen have been exemplary lessons in tolerance and compassion (such as "Minimum Wage, "Muslims in America" and "Off the Grid"). This one was no exception and had an additional "close to home" poignancy, since many positions in the company I used to work with (for nearly 2 decades) until 2004 (when I was in a layoff with a half dozen senior staff engineers) were outsourced, ironically, to some of the most genuinely caring (as well as bright) people I've ever worked with, who happened to be from Bangalore, India. (Greetings to any of my former co-workers, both domestic and abroad; I'd love to hear from you!). As Spurlock's show pointed out, oversimplifying situations doesn't usually help people understand each other. The immediate take-home lessons for me; we ALL need to simplify our life-styles and live more lightly on the planet so that disparities in so called "standards of living" become irrelevant - this is the sustainable vision, both ecologically and culturally. Another tidbit of wisdom is to appreciate the gifts one has at each moment, as well as the perspectives of all others. We take so much for granted! What sort of amazing kindness would our world embody were we to all courageously embrace the values and perspectives of everyone as equally valid, and live life fully and simply so that (as the cliché goes) others might simply live. I've got a ways to go myself; this was a great reminder! Thanks, Morgan & crew!

Today, I'm reminded of a wonderful little book written by a friend named Don Miguel Ruiz (who I had the pleasure of interviewing on KVMR-FM a few years ago) entitled "The Four Agreements". These simple 4 suggestions for life cover a lot of territory in our psychic, spiritual and emotional landscape:

1. Always do your best
2. Don't make assumptions
3. Be impeccable with your word
4. Don't take anything personally

Good advice, huh!

Another quick post for today; we watched "Who Killed the Electric Car" (highly recommended!) via Netflix" rel="external">NetFlix and "Deja Vu" via our local bargain matinee (also a good flick if you go for the time travel genre)... Seding both made me wonder what our world would be like if the critical mass of consciousness HAD mandated sustainable vehicles (we still can!) ... and also Ernest Callenbach's classic book, Ecotopia (which he right describes as "political fiction" since it is now CLEARLY not science fiction...

I recently saw an interview on either Link TV or Free Speech TV (can't remember which, I'm a big fan of both) talking about alternatives to using fossil fuels to drive to video rental stores and, sure enough, Netflix" rel="external">NetFlix does seem to offer a convenient solution to one of our (many) environmental problems.... Lots more to solve, but walking to the mailbox vs. driving to a big box rental store definitely seems like a step in the right direction...

I attended an interesting (and excellent!) presentation last night at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library (RVML) in Ashland, Oregon by the ManKind Project - Modern Rites of Passage for Men with Bill Kauth and two other men (whose names I didn't catch) involved in the "Spiritual Warrior" & "New Warrior Training Adventure" programs, which I learned has quite an extensive alumni in this area; I'd heard some positive comments from a couple of friends. Their values emphasis on accountability, integrity, connection to feelings, leadership and empowering men to missions of service resonates well with me. The further mention (which prompted a question from me in the audience) of the inner feminine (anima in Jung's archetypal jargon) reminded me of a principle which I've found invaluable; that of discerning the difference between being "Resonsible For" and "Responsible To".

On some level, we're all one, and I'm convinced that the recognition of of our interconnectedness beyond the mere intellectual level (starting with the heart and balancing out all the other energy communication portals, a.k.a. chakras) is key to not only our individual survival (and "thrival" - is that a word? Oughta be! ... That's a lot for our finite, 3D-indoctrinated egoic minds to grasp, (at least mine, any way! , so... I've found that an excellent way to approach transpersonal (or, to use a work I like, metapersonal) is to start with "home" literally and figuratively. The home I'm referring to is our home consciousness, and its various filters, lenses, and uniquely soul-modified perspectives on the infnite interconnectedness.

So here's my entire philosophy on optimal relationship to self and others in a simple diagram...



We're RESPONSIBLE <<< TO >>> everyone - Meaning: What we "broadcast, transmit, send out, share, do, say, think, feel, etc." (covers all spectra of of our consciousness, which keeps the principle of integrity intact) symbolized by the arrow pointing away from "self" is what we're Responsible TO. That is plenty to attend to, isn't it!

We're RESPONSIBLE >>> FOR <<< only ourselves - Meaning: What we "receive, absorb, resonate with, agree with, allow to dwell in our hearts, minds, feelings, thoughts, and act upon, on all levels of consciousness, we alone are responsible for. We're not responsible for ANY one else! How could it be otherwise, and why would we each be given a soul and identity if not to be the steward of self?

Immediate disclaimers (or more precisely clarifications): What about infants and children (we might ask)? Aren't parents responsible "for" their children? I would suggest not, since the most caring parent honors the soul of each person, no matter how close and does not violate (to borrow from Gene Roddenberry's spiritual insight jargon) "the prime directive" of non-interference. Asking permission is such a vital prerequisite in all relationships! A parent who responds TO their inner promptings of caring for a child will have plenty to do without needing to be responsible FOR their child. A vast universe of caring exists in the realm of being responsible to each other. When we deprive another of their soul's learning by attempting to be "responsible for" another, we usually are ignoring (often in equal measure) a portion of our own responsibility to that person in finding our deepest integrity, most profound caring and healthy, sustainable gifts within ourselves to share in stewardship TO the myriad of relationships we have with "others".

There's plenty more to say about this; enough for today

A quick post for this evening; I was listening to one of many wonderful interviews on Conscious Media Network, and found this gem (with which I completely agree! ... thanks for the reminder from consciousness researcher colleague Peter Russell : a quick test for asking ourselves how we want to respond to whatever appears in our lives at each moment: "Does it make my heart sing?"

I've been meditating on various geometric symbols that epitomize the quintessence of the 7 natural (or Hermetic) Laws of truth that apply to all life. A friend and mentor (Floyd Edwards, author of Symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States) introduced me to a book in the early 1970's called the Kybalion, which has been in print almost a century which describes these seven Universal laws. Since the book has gone out of copyright, you can also read it online in its entirety here.

One of the laws (#4 in the sequence presented in the Kybalion ) is the Law of Polarity which states that everything has its opposites; and all opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree. In light of contemporary systems theory, which reminds us that everything is interconnected, it would seem that the solution to the problems of limiting polarized perspectives (which threaten to keep our planet on a destructive course, from individuals to nations,) would be to embrace perspectives that INTEGRATE and reconcile seemingly different point of view -- with the realization that we're all one and merely operate (for the most part) from differing "degrees" of various polarized viewpoints.

I just listened to a superb interview by Ashok Gangadean addressing many aspects of this concept. I'm also realizing that a symbol that represents many aspects of this transcending vision is the "string art" genre which shows all possible permutations of a network. Theoretically, the ultimate symbol would depict every possible point in all dimensions of space time (and beyond) interconnected to every other point (which is what physics now suggests is the closest model of our Universe, to the best of my knowledge). However, a symbol with a dozen points around a central point suffices as a pretty good placeholder for us 3D folks Here's a sketch of my proposed candidate for a symbol for the law of polarity:

I woke up this morning thinking about our the geometry and (3D+) dimensions of our senses. It occurs to me that the symmetry of our 5 "traditional" physical senses (assuming we're "awake" and standing or at least sitting upright, perpendicular to the surface of the earth) is mostly horizontal for each sense. For example, our pair of eyes are situated "on a plane or a line" about the same distance from the surface of the earth; our ears and nostrils both have the same horizontal orientation. One might imagine a person's hands as being an iconic metaphor for the sense of touch. I seem to recall a graphic in a textbook years ago, showing the sizes of areas of a human body exaggerated to show how many nerve endings we have in a more correct proportion, and our hands (particularly finger tips) were huge, so if both our hands were "emissaries of the physical sense of touch (and nominally at the same height above ground, that would be another horizontally oriented sense. The last sense, taste relies on our tongue, which, although singular, seems mostly in aligned in a horizontal plane as far as the portion we usuallly see.

Now contemplate the spinal (vertical, if we're upright) orientation of the 7 "traditional" energy centers in the body, called the chakras in eastern lore. My understanding of the principle of health (and transcendence, enlightenment, etc.) is that balance is achieved through communication and integration of the energies along this vertical axis. For example, when our heart and head are in communion, we transcend the polarized notion of "we" and "they"... it seems that so often to resolve the conflicts in one dimension, we need to find a new dimension (in this case perhaps literally geometrically!) to see the whole terrain and not get caught up in the drama...

One of the most influential set of books in my adolescence was (and continues to be, if I look at the big picture) is the 5 volume series by Baird T. Spalding, Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East. This wonderful story (does it matter if it is fiction or biography?) is a marvelous exposition of ideas that liberate our true nature, expressed in very accessible language for the Western mind, still vibrant in the essential inspirations of a century ago.

Video Description (thanks to Michael in Arizona for this info; not sure of the original source, but the video is quite interesting; reminds me of the work of Hans Jenny)

This is an acoustic levitation chamber I designed and built in 1987 as a micro-gravity experiment for NASA related subject matter. The 12 inch cubed plexiglas Helmholtz Resonant Cavity has 3 speakers attached to the cube by aluminium acoustic waveguides. By applying a continuous resonant(600Hertz) sound wave, and by adjusting the amplitude and phase relationship amongst the 3 speakers; I was able to control levitation and movement in all 3 (x,y,z) axis of the ambient space. This research was used to show the effects of micro-gravity conditions that exist in the space shuttle environment in orbit, but done here on Earth in a lab.

Back around 1977, I was involved in a group called Creative Dynamics, teaching adult school classes in Leadership and Human Relations, having a great time sharing principles of universal laws and reading lots of pioneering books. Among them, Richard Bach stands out as an author that was a major positive influence on me at the time, so I've devoted a page in my "aStore" to some of his books that remain among my favorites. More details about each book are on associated pages...

You can find a selection of some of my favorite photographs here... These include photos from New Zealand, Costa Rica, Egypt, the Sierra Nevadas in California, and elsewhere... as well as Kirlian photography & of course sacred geometry art and my POV-Ray interpretations of John Martineau's brilliant solar system geometric models from A Little Book of Coincidence. I've enjoyed shutterbugging since high school and see it as a means of sharing the inspirations from the awesome mystery and majesty of nature in a way that speaks soul-to-soul, for much the same reasons that I have been impelled to learn about what is now referred to as "sacred geometry" since my adolescent days as well.

Michael in Arizona (thanks, again!) reminded me to mention on my website that I have a couple of online interviews that folks might want to know about, courtesy of Alan at Emerald Energies who I had the pleasure of meeting in Feb. 2004 at the Global Sacred Geometry Conference, where I was a primary presenter. I also have a few videotapes of other presentations and events I've done (our last event for New Frontiers of the Gold Country) thanks to videographers Robyn & Janaia (who are doing some great work about peak oil and how we need to get off the dinosaur kick) and a couple of Tuesday evening presentations on Crop Circle geometry, and sacred geometry in general (and planetary resonances), thanks to the folks at RVML in Ashland, Oregon. If anyone would like copies of any of these, let me know and I'll make them available on DVD. In the meantime, I'm working on some other video and book projects which I'm quite enthused about... stay tuned!

Today I'm singing praises for an application that adds a great deal to my life musically (as well as spoken word, public affairs, etc.) I'm talking about iTunes" rel="external">iTunes, which not only has an enormous selection of music available online, but also is a great way to take your CD library with if you have a PowerBook or other portable Mac (or PC). I have my entire music library in iTunes" rel="external">iTunes (hardly ever touch the actual CDs any more and it is so fun to access thousands of songs from around the world (as well as streaming stations!) so easily! What a great application; kudos, once again, to the visionary engineering at Apple.

I've decided to go forward with this new blog (at www.brucerawles.com ) and keep a link to a wordpress blog I started about a year ago here.

If you happen to be in Southern Oregon today, stop by the Sweet Café and you can see some of Nancy's art work (much of it there on display every day, in case you can't make it tomorrow as well as her handcrafted jewelry. I'll also be there with my books, art and postcards. Here's my most recent email bulletin excerpt:

Tomorrow from 10AM-2PM at the Sweet Café (178 W. Main Street, Eagle Point, Oregon 97524)
Print this coupon and get $1.00 off any large espresso drink Dec. 2nd 2006 ONLY!

Nancy will bring an assortment of her paintings, lovely handcrafted jewelry with LOTS of updates.
I'll be there with my books, cards and prints (giclée & posters) We hope to see some of you there!

We just watched an inspiring film this evening, Il Postino (The Postman) about the life and poetry of Pablo Neruda, and I'm feeling a bit moved to allow some of the inner stirrings to see the light of day...

Unrepeatable Moment

The lost notes of an unnamed song
spiraling through cavernous memories
in our tender and tumultuous history ...
Rest for a moment in reflection,
frozen now in your vibrant canvas
to sing anew in a different galaxy
I wonder if the Akashic files will do justice
to the moment I heard your unfettered call
shattering the transparent facade around my soul.
When will we hear the password for the cause behind the wall?