Dimensionally Barrett

“Dhyana”. 2018. Watercolor and acrylic on paper. John  Barrett  I wrote this sometime ago, when I felt like I was losing my sense of equanimity and meditative discipline. I find myself at a similar point again and I suspect that I'm not the only person who may feel that way.  For that reason, I'm offering a sort of general version that you may use according to your disposition. Before going to sleep: dedicate whatever merit or goodness you may have inadvertently accrued to all beings. Simply think (at first, this is all going to be a kind of "intellectual" enterprise; thinking will give way to a generally felt sense of more serious intention and aspiration) that all beings should be happy and are worthy of love. Start with those closest to you, then those to whom you have neutral feelings (the masses of people who you meet momentarily and even those you don't and will never meet), and lastly, even those for whom you hold great antipathy or enmity. These are people...

Image source: stablediffusion.com The Future isn’t Written in Stone - some things to bear in mind in the coming months/years This is not going to be a pie in the sky feel good piece, but it is offered to anyone who wants to consider that while democracy has taken a critical body blow, there may be reason for some slivers of hope here and there. No silver linings; but maybe some larger scale obstacles to Trump and Project 2025 getting their wish list filled. Once again, Trump’s appointments gear toward the unqualified and ludicrous. Once again, he’s stacking his advisory board with billionaires and his BFF Elon is at the head of the line. However, many of those billionaires come from the petroleum industry and yes, that’s terrifying and bad in ways I shouldn’t have to describe; but Elon is all about pushing through alternative energy. He’s touted the idea of a fossil fuel free future (as well as relocating to Mars because we’ve trashed Mother Earth), and were this any other crackpot in ...