Waking the Tiger

I just added Waking the Tiger to the booklist.  Very interesting for those of us interested in how to bring the kind of questioning and the philosophy represented in this blog to our individual psychological/spiritual process.

Messenger

Jon shared this poem with me today.  Wanted to share it with you.

Messenger

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird —
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here,

which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.


~ Mary Oliver ~

Gross National Happinesss

I met Steve today.  He had seen the exhibit back in January/February and took some pains to find me.  He gave me such good (and heartening) information.  I'm very grateful.

Amongst other things, he told me about the Gross National Happiness set of principals which are currently guiding the government and people of Bhutan.

I'm just now starting to look at this amazing phenomenon and wanted to share with you all in case you missed it, as I did.

Thanks again, Steve.