... a beginner at something

Hand in hand - reflective contemplation

What I love about my hands
is they follow my commands.

Go meditate a while. Just watch
as you move your hand.
Wiggle a finger. Let it linger.
Trace the impulse that moves the finger.

When does it move? How?
Can you feel why does it move?
Great! Do it again.

Feel the thought, just a tick
before your hand actually moves.
It may be tiny, the impulse.
Easier to feel if you calm
the freight train of thought and just
look, listen and feel.

Get it?

Does your brain move your hand?
That is only how far science can see.
If science is limited to the physical universe,
can science see beyond - imagine?

Beyond that physical universe
you will find - your mind.
Does your mind move your hand?
Many may think so. But why?

Can the mind decide and direct?
Sometimes, under stress, it does.
But right now, without stress,
just observing? And lifting a finger?

Ask who does it, not how this all works.
You can drive a car or fly a plane
safely, without knowing how it all works.
Just know that it works and how to control it.

Who or what is it then, that looks
at the mind's images and commands
it to direct your hands?

That's you. Nothing, but you.

Love, Light and Happy Handy Holidays


Share your dreams.

(i) inspired by Seth Godin,

prompted by a question from Joe Noonan.

Organic Lollipop

This arrived as a present packed in a box with with nutritional supplements, minerals and vitamins I had ordered. No joy.

It is more than 99% sugar, organic as it may be. Why someone would offer this as a present to a foodie with a known ordering history is beyond me.

Is organic lollipop a meatball sundae?

Currently, very few would expect a supplier to check their customer's blogs - so this one is excused for not seeing I am trying to not eat refined sugar at all. But maybe checking up on customers is worth it if they were to embrace lifetime value. It would be a hallmark of awesomeness. (skip ad on top right)

Lollipops expose teeth to sugar for a long time, as if invented to keep dentists busy. I did not mention this, yet, no one in the family cared for a lollipop either, organic or not. So in the trash it went.

And up on the blog so I can point my supplier to this episode.

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Typepad by e-mail fail

Typepad offers a secret e-mail address to post, and I used it for the first time on this post. Thing is: they fail to say (or I did not see, same result)  this is text-only. The images and links were stripped, yet the post went public immediately. Sans the twitter post, gratefully.

Disappointing for a blog charging professional rates, especially if compared with free posterous where mailing in works in full. Even from an iPhone.