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Poem: Allow Me this Day to Love
Allow Me this Day to Love Hello! Deep Mystery! Silent secret air in the night! Illuminated now as the sun rises. Giving way to joyful fields. Hallelujah. Is there any other cry? To bow, and weep, and kneel, and know. True love and glory in the hearts of the divine....
Poem: The Big Bang
The Big Bang In the beginning, there was light. and We were All there. Pushed together, vibrating. We decided to play a game. And like that it was agreed, and like that we were off. Running and Racing away from each other. Seeing just how distant we could be. And...
Self-Care: Tuning Out vs. Tuning In
I just want to turn my brain off. It's been a long day, I've been pulled in a number of different directions, running back and forth, and I finally just got home. My body relaxes as I let out a long sigh, and get ready to put away any sense of responsibility for the...
Finding Myself: Going from Detached to Connected
Ever felt listless? For me it’s that experience of feeling flat, empty, or bored. That experience of drifting from one thing to the next, without being really excited about anything. I wind up feeling detached from my life, and nothing seems to really matter. It’s a...
Avoiding Hurt: The Cost of Control
Have you ever felt flat? Bored? Empty? Even if you’ve only felt this way for a day, or a week, or longer, you know that this can be a pretty terrible state of affairs. I’ve known people who when faced with this experience have gone to extreme measures to feel...
Cigarettes: Pretending Nothing is Real
For about 10 years, from 2017 to 2018, I have had an on-again, off-again emotionally abusive relationship with smoking. I love it dearly, and yet it also ruins my day. I go long periods without picking up a cigarette, bumming one or two in double the number of months,...
Starting My Own Practice: Learnings, Challenges, and Weirdness
“Weird.” This has been my default answer to the question, “Hey Dylan, how are you doing?” At the beginning of 2017 I took a serious leap of faith. Having spent five years working at various mental health agencies in Boulder, Colorado I decided it was finally time to...