I had an experience many years ago that’s always stuck with me. I was teaching basic recorder (blockflute) classes for adults, in 8 to 10 week sessions, 3 or 4 people per class. It was very pleasant and relaxed. This was pre-home-computer, and my advertising was hand-designed flyers that I posted around town. I had […]
Continue readingIn our MKMMA course we have been hearing lots of fascinating stuff about brain function. This gets into some of my favorite material to both study and teach about. Of the “seven intelligences”, one of my personal prime intelligences is ‘musical’, and I often hear people say that music and creativity are right brain skills. It’s […]
Continue readingIn our Master Key course, we are encouraged to keep to a mental diet of no negative thinking. As I looked deeper into that, I wondered about ‘negative thinking’. I understand that to grumble and complain is unproductive negativity. Also, judging other people is another form of unwholesome negativity. But when I look at some […]
Continue readingA couple years ago I adopted ‘Spark’, a little 9 year old ‘rescue’ dog. She’s a ‘poodle mutt’. She came to me very smart, but uneducated. I’ve taught her a number of skills and tricks. Forget that stuff about not teaching old dogs new tricks!! She loves them. I’m starting to feel like all the exercises and […]
Continue readingMy goodness the weeks are flying by in our program. We had a challenge-assignment this week — to not think any negative thought for one week. It was a bit softened with the option to catch ourselves in a negative thought & delete or reframe it within 7 seconds. Otherwise the assignment week STARTS OVER. Argh. Sounds […]
Continue readingI finally have my DMP in good shape! I took many weeks to get my Definite Major Purpose framed in “acceptable” language. I thought that was strange because with all the study I’ve done over the years on goal setting, I certainly “know the rules”. Nevertheless, it took me many weeks and many revisions to achieve […]
Continue readingI was looking forward to our assignment to read Emerson’s essay, “Compensation”. I grew up and lived much of my life literally up the street from the Concord, Massachusetts home of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I still go back to visit frequently, and always enjoy Concord, and the beautifully maintained colonial architecture, including Emerson’s house and […]
Continue readingI occasionally attend Linda Palmason’s meditation class. Today she shared this short excerpt from Tara Brach’s “True Refuge”. “In many statues and pictures, the Buddha is depicted with a slight smile. Research now shows that even a small smile relaxes our reactivity and inclines us toward feelings of ease and well-being. This short reflection can be […]
Continue readingA week or so ago, I was walking my doggie. A bird flew over head and I casually wondered if anyone actually gets pooped on by flying birds. The thought came and went quickly, without any particular interest or emotion. I just noticed that in all my years of seeing flying birds, I don’t remember […]
Continue readingHere I am near the end of MKMMA, Week 2, the Master Key Master Mind Alliance. It’s a six month project to help me lift my sights and my accomplishments closer to the success and experience I desire for my life. And the guardians of my old boundaries are agitated! Many, many years ago, I heard […]
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