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Sylections
This blog is about personal transformation and life in all its glory. This is about the second half of my life, which I hope will have more meaning...
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Quaker meditation – getting focused
Sylections ― Sitting with the Quakers in silent worship one morning, I found a way to settle down into the silence that helped me. It's like a song with three verses - you can repeat each verse as many times as you like until you reach the right mental state.... (more)
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Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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Shall we expect questions to lead to answers?
Sylections ― For the past three years, I have been sitting with the idea that it is the questions that are important, not the answers. Today I realized I have been waiting for an answer about joy and sorrow. (more)
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Posted on Feb 13th, 2011
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Being Human, First and Foremost
Sylections ― A very wise man told me once to give myself more grace because we are all imperfect. Through his example, he taught me to keep placing myself back on my intended path even after I mess up. I don't really want to be perfect - what I really want is to... (more)
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Posted on Jan 14th, 2011
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Echoes of Mom’s suffering
Sylections ― My mom died at the end of 2006, just after her 60th birthday. She died of a rare kind of small intestine cancer, but actually she died of kidney failure as a result of starvation after her innards refused to pass food for a while. She died in the... (more)
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Posted on Oct 6th, 2010
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The milling exercise: good for families?
Sylections ― I’m reading this book about anger called “The Cow in the Parking Lot – A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger” and it’s written by a lawyer, Leonard Scheff (with Susan Edmiston) who felt that the Zen talks on anger sort of... (more)
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Posted on Aug 22nd, 2010
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What would a day without expectations be?
Sylections ― Okay, maybe that concept is a little too abstract even for the most “zen” among us, but let’s try this: What if we picked a day and, when asked for our preference/order/decision on something that day, instead described the outcome... (more)
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Posted on Feb 15th, 2010
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On expectations and blessings
Sylections ― This morning while sitting in silence with the Quakers, I began to explore the extent and impact of expectations in my life. What are the kinds of events/things/people/relationships we expect in our life? How do they steer our daily existence and our... (more)
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Posted on Feb 14th, 2010
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January progress report on my life
Sylections ― I feel as though I am waking from a long and troubled winter’s sleep. Christmas was a hard time for me though I do feel I injected some hope into the season which will help me have a better holiday next year. I was not suicidal and I don’... (more)
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Posted on Jan 24th, 2010
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Moved to New Jersey
Sylections ― Here is an update on my new intention to open my heart and learn to live life fully and with gratitude for the dear people in it. (more)
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Posted on Nov 11th, 2008
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An update on Sylectra’s life
Sylections ― I just returned from a wonderful experience at the Gathering of Circles, a camping and fellowship event held every year in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. (more)
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Posted on Nov 11th, 2008
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On lighter burdens and connecting
Sylections ― This post fits within the context of becoming more connected to others. (more)
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Posted on Jul 6th, 2008
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