Category: Meditations

  • Condensed Sunlight

    Condensed Sunlight

    We are condensed sunlight, breathing condensed sunlight, basking in (not condensed) sunlight, forged in cosmic fire, conversing with stars.

  • Dreaming

    The software I’m building is designed to share the wealth, to spread the benefits around. It is software informed by permaculture principles, and by my earlier work looking at the ethics of technical decision making. It is pragmatic and romantic at the same time. Holding this dream requires me to hold those two truths simultaneously…

  • Same Me, Different Year?

    On my continuing quest to make 2016 the awesomest year yet, I give you… yet another writing prompt! Today’s prompt comes from Tina Seelig… whose profile at Stanford made me say “Wow!” about 14 times. Seriously. That is some whoa-making-impressive stuff right there. Without further ado, I shall follow the prompt of a person who is…

  • Surfing (Metaphorically)

    I have long wanted to learn to surf, although I’m also terrified of it. (There are a lot of things like that in my life.) Please take this post as metaphor-from-a-distance, because watching other people surf has still given me some insight into how my life flows. First thing, before you can do awesome jumpy…

  • Not in New York

    I went on a meditation semi-retreat this weekend. (That is, we went and studied/meditated all day, and then went home in between.) Like all my experiences of retreat, it was a lot like getting sandblasted. Gently. At the end of the first day, I went home and I cried. I felt so lonely, and I…

  • The Inevitable Path

    I promised an article on Repetitive Stress today, but I’m having technical difficulties. You’ll understand if I manage to resolve them, or I’ll explain if I don’t. Like many of you, I have spent the weeks since Christmas cleaning all the things.(1) This included giving away many of the things. Yesterday, I gave away the…

  • On the Care and Feeding of Trolls

    Warning: Contains obscenities, which is almost completely uncharacteristic for me. Just in case you care. I got a troll on twitter. Just one, and it was mild, and I did not deign to reply. I chose instead to revert to my sister’s IRL approach (which she brilliantly came up with at 14, I might add.)…

  • Possibility – A Medititation

    Let’s begin with Possibility. Not “what can” or “what might”. No Conditions. Just Possible. Let go of the limits. Let go of the structures. Let the corporations and consumption and insecurity evaporate. You have the resources you require. People can be as good as you need them to be. You can be at the right…