Tag: Poetry

Arigato

 

Arigato*

The thread we hold

propels

with energy easing

connection, trust

opening the inside outsight

with a flame relit

transforming intention

with a fresh faith

regenerating illumination

 

the task ahead is demonstrating

learning, true love

expanding insight outside

nourishing the wisdom

of growing with

open minds, open hearts, open will

willingly showing

hosting

alive

with bits of you in me

my soul huge

huge magical humility

as the highest in me

meets the hightest in you

reverberating renewed superheroes

pledging presence, soft support

witnessing more

shoulders to stand on

to stand with, deep gladness

meeting the world’s deep needs

with love and fear

with trust

with ba

 

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* Thank you, in Japanese

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A harvest from Day 4′s closing check out at The Art of Hosting BIG Decisions – While Looking After Self, Others and Place, earlier this month.

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Ring us in

 

Ring us in

We are the ones

we have been waiting

for*

in every interaction

holding

hands, soul gifts

spoken and unspoken

 

spoken and unspoken

teachers

shoulders

 

we are here

ring us in

 

*Hopi prayer

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A harvest from Day 3′s opening check in at The Art of Hosting BIG Decisions – While Looking After Self, Others and Place, this month in Edmonton, Canada.

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The duke of purple

 

The duke of purple

Imagine my surprise when

the duke of purple

struggles at every age

with deep compelling stories

wait

 

what?

 

I’ve always wanted to be with you

universally

 

double ding

 

I’m ready to go

healing family flexing

showing up for me

now I know

what I need to know

nervous aching shifting

sitting in it

 

sitting in it

 

fractally

 

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A harvest from Day 2′s check out at The Art of Hosting BIG Decisions – While Looking After Self, Others and Place.

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Shifting masks

 

Creative knowing

shifting masks

awakening heart

an infectious energy

vulnerable without reservation

together in community

we pause

 

to see

each other

 

to slow

for clarity

for intention unfolding

 

to trust

uncertainty with anticipation

in a container

investing in surprise

 

humbly playing seriously

peacefully anticipating

slipping in

slipping out

 

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A harvest from Day 2′s opening check in at The Art of Hosting BIG Decisions – While Looking After Self, Others and Place. The question that got us started – what do you notice about hosting?

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Opening I’s

 

Opening I’s

Curiosity grows

in learning

the highest potential in a magical vortex

learning, exploring life

long leading, pointing to

big decisions

that live local

near and far

the universe conspires

to spend time here

to feel

the messy business

of life

 

I’m in my shoes and others’

to risk and grow

the edge

 

a big decision for me may not be for others

a big decision for others may not be for me

in the confusion to come

an atmosphere of many minds

intentional knowing transitions

in play

at all times

learning by doing

we open I’s

 

choices, connections, contributions

love and likeness of the human condition

humility in humanity

in listening

to the flame at the center

humbly ruminating

self and other

the tension outside and inside

clearing confusion

to slow and accelerate

leaning into excitement

circling

ripe with rhythm

 

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A harvest from Day 1’s opening and closing circles at The Art of Hosting BIG Decisions – While Looking After Self, Others and Place.

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I’m not a salesperson

 

What’s moving in me

is a convergence connecting

the inside and outside of me

a pattern of knowing and feeling

how to open, to let go

 

my dreams are not mine

I’m not a salesperson anymore

life isn’t about me

I’m about life

allowing

listening

 

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Some friends and I have started a book club to explore Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer (Theory U) and Katrin Kaufer’s new book. This is the meaning I made of our circle on Chapter 4. Here’s what came from other chapters:

Chapter 1 – Life guard

Chapter 2 – The antennae of possibility

Chapter 3 – Prototype social habitats

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The antennae of possibility

 

I trust the antennae of possibility

in my choices

and serve Me

growing

with thresholds

appearing and disappearing

shifting how I sit

in chaos

sailing

in big energy

gathering

abundance

in a changing

me

 

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Some friends and I have started a book club to explore Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer (Theory U) and Katrin Kaufer’s new book, chapter by chapter. This is my harvest from our exploration of Chapter 2.

If you missed it, here’s the Chapter 1 harvest – Life guard.

Life guard

 

Oh, life guard

making sure no one gets in

over their head

is it really that risky to stand at the edge?

Start believing in You

and you’ll know your self.

The biggest threshold you have

to face is in you.

Guard it carefully.

 

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Some friends and I have started a book club to explore Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer (Theory U) and Katrin Kaufer’s new book, chapter by chapter. This is my harvest from our exploration of Chapter 1.

A house in order assembles light

 

A house in order assembles light

Focused energy

supports our planet of cities

a house in order

assembles light

to let go

to let go of the underbrush

to trust that what I bring to the world

is valuable

to trust that what I integrate

is what I need to integrate

and the rest just sits

at the center

as the fullness of emptiness

comes present

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A poem harvested from the check-in of the Integral City sangha this afternoon.