As I reach, and am reached back in return by our Creator/ Source, and sense the Incredibly Abundant, Unconditional Love streaming my direction with each and every breath I inhale, and through each and every heartbeat in this body which my spirit for now, inhabits, an insight came of late I'd like to share: Pretty simple actually...two words [My love and respect for Creation and our Creator is]

'Beyond Belief'
(i.e. not caged in another's construct/ paridym/religeous structure, but soaring above and beyond imposed limitations...light and free).

Another concept resonates for me as a personal truth, as I'm drawn to the significance of 'Vision Quest' activity: I believe we each are basically a 'Genealogy of One.' While part of the greater family of sentient beings, it seems to me that we each have a direct, two-way link/line with our Source and are continually nourished, and at the same time send nourishment 'upstream' , as we pull in through our senses the material that becomes over each lifetime our personal 'recording' of life experience. I think about those submersibles that troll the ocean shelves (each of us) and 'livestream' data up to computers on the 'mothership' (Creator), through this very personal relationship, while at the same time joined collectively in the 'One Mind/ Body'.

I like to live as much as possible in a 'state of wonder', curious, and open to heart/ intuition. ("With the Eyes of a Child...") The Age of Reason has only been with us about 300 years. This 'modern world' is so seriously heavy-handed now in Logic. Salve has arrived! A recent book The Ancestral Mind helped me to see the value of bringing back into a more primal role my heart, while giving my mind a Big Holiday on regular occasions! It's a great read. (Talk about living in the present!)

Another one I'd recommend is Difficult Conversations. Three authors, part of 'The Harvard Negotiations Project,' describe methods for enhancing effectiveness as a communicator. Tools are provided, and lots of examples also, illustrating constructive ways to navigate through (not avoid) those 'difficult conversations' which rear up. Meaningful comprehensive, healthy outcomes instead of avoidance strategy, shouting matches, misunderstandings or hurt feelings...imagine!

I was amazed and and grateful to have seen the movie What the Bleep Do We Know. Have you seen it?

Anyway, it's been fun to share and the Journey continues! :-) Take care.

(And take care of yourself too).

From the Branches
Fred D., Seattle, WA