the ortographic kind
or way of filling the mind
is like tasting
which one to prefer:
greatfulness
or
gratefulness
Mindfulness
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About Time Thieves
Do I really believe
that I own the time?
it was here before me
– who owned it then?
it will go on without me
– who will own it then
when I have moved into timelessness?
How can anyone steal
the time I do not own?
Do I really believe
that I own Love?
The Love I recieve
or the love I give?
What if time is Love
and Love
is abundant
awareness and flow?
MEANS-WHEREBY or The Best Way to Do It
the art of budgeting
the art of dieting
the art of writing decrees
the art of staying in one piece
the art of cutting an onion
the art of tasting a bouillon
the art of standing the wrong pitch an’
the art of cooking in a strange kitchen
the art of using one’s courage
the art of courage to be afraid
the art of planning
the art of scanning
the art of growing tomatoes on the balcony
the art of living with your own kind of agony
the art of letting go of a balloon
the art of loving a silly singing cartoon
is simple, soooo simple
use your awareness,
think,
give your directions,
inhibit
and, hence,
so
difficult
MEANS WHEREBY
There I stood again,
not only me, but
Me and the Jam Jar.
Like Winnie the Pooh
and the Hunny Jar
with the Delicious Contents.
Me.
The Jam Jar.
The Lid,
closed with, so it seems, super glue!
I turn –
the lid in one direction,
the jar bottom in the other,
my body raising wildly,
going down,
turning, twisting
from side to side,
up and down
– uhh! hrg! umpff!
But the Lid is unaffected.
What is there more to do – do you THINK??
I hear a little malicious voice…
Give directions – neck, head and everything,
and then INHIBIT
but shame on my block headed reaction
“it does not even feel like opening a lid”.
Then the unmovable moves.
Silently and softly
the sweet contents of the jar
makes itself available.
After all this years –
the same habits,
the same paths,
the same surprise
and the Work* works!
(F.M. Alexander just talked of the Work, today we call it the F.M. Alexander Technique
Mind Wandering – a Catalunyan Moment
I find myself thinking:
tomorrow!
But the adventure begins
today
Hands on
Hands on the chair
and all of a sudden
you are there
while energy is flowing,
sense – your back is growing
in width as well as in length
and you may feel your strength
as lightness
Doing
How do you do!
How do you do?
Thank you, fine!
What do you do?
I don’t, I do the non-doing
How do you do the non-doing?
I don’t, because that would be doing
How do you do the Work?
I don’t know, just not doing
My awareness (in Catalunya)
My awareness
is fed by the blue heights
it makes me wait for
a single thought,
big enough
to confirm: I do exist
Inhibition
a piece
of peace
a step to free poise
A tribute to F.M. Alexander
(haiku, inspired by Claes Andersson and Pentti Mutikainen at Storyville August 1, 2011)
poetry of motion
gravity encountering
awareness at play