Author: helisdance
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For Jean
A hundred sorrows under a single snail: wind and waves, poles of the line of vision, birds sunk in the mist, and the mountains with them. All the color of the south, still cold next to the skin. Getting past this place, this autum of the heart, one starts to know what hard traveling means.…
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The 4 Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward Spiritual Practice
Reminders on my birthday from Pema Chodron 1. Maintain an awareness of the preciousness of human life. This cultivates gratitude. 2. Be aware of the reality that life ends. This cultivates insight into impermanence. 3. That whatever you do has consequences. Karma 4. That self-importance and getting caught up thinking about how good or bad…
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Obama Yes, Gay Marriage Yes
…”the answer to every question was ultimately the same answer. It is the answer that each of us has to come to for ourselves, the answer that each one of us needs to discover through our own process of self-inquiry. That answer is simply, “I am.” What is surrender? “I am surrender.” Surrender isn’t something…
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Seattle Butoh Festival Gearing up for Fabulous!!
SU-EN performing Friday Oct 26th SOOT In a space of incompleteness She senses her way Following the fragrance of powdery black Softly licking a barely visible wound Listening through fingertips Skin ripped, healing with an itch What remains when pain leaves? When civilisation falls asleep? Bodies shimmering Embracing the world Choreography and dance: SU-EN (Sweden)…
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“If you try to win the war with your mind you’ll be at war forever” Adyashanti
We begin training with concentration to still our minds, to prepare, but finally our aim is to let it move into allowing our dance to be what emerges. This way we have the raw immediately lived truth of our being on stage.
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Seattle Butoh Festival WAVE III
DAIPANbutoh Collective presents Seattle Butoh Festival Oct 22- 28 Workshops, performances, and artist talk. Check it out at daipanbutoh.com or Facebook
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