consciousness
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Im a youth and community worker by profession, and so, words like ‘community’ have been bantered around for a long time, and trying to understand what they mean, there’s often talk of online community, or groups of people with shared values, purposes, aims or actions. It was always out there. ‘The Community’ A group of…
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Take a moment and have a look at this photo. What do you notice? The Misty shrouded mountain top? The Stone wall? The Green fields? As I stood and looked at this scene just before Christmas, the thing I noticed was the gaps. Gaps. Intentional spaces between a barrier, or border, space left open. A…
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What kind of noise does silence make to find herself heard? As she wanders. She won’t interrupt your schedule, Chase your ego, or shout herself from the rooftops. She wont force She wont make herself known where she isn’t wanted She doesn’t make a noise and yet she does, as She lingers in the voices.…
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Love. Just. Is. Beyond thought Beyond words Beyond reason Beyond comprehension Love. Just. Is. Love. Just. Is Beyond condition Beyond role Beyond dreams Beyond feeling Love. Just. Is Love. Just. Is Beyond stillness Beyond noise Beyond senses Beyond time Love. Just. Is Beyond Power Beyond control Beyond pain Beyond shame Love. Just. Is
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Hey folks It’s been a while since I’ve been here, sharing with you, and that’s been because I’ve been just doing life in a beautiful way, and being present, and also writing my book. However over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that there’s been more emerging words wanting to come out as I’m in…
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I am really so so very grateful for my mind. Like extremely so. It’s a place of learning, a place of processing, a place of interpreting, a place to understand. It has also been my place of safety, or maybe more so my place of escape to. When emotions and feelings were unsafe, and love…
James Ballantyne 