I stand at the river's edge in my mind...
I shall follow it to its source like salmon
As the backwards flowing shall wind, unwind
I shall find that river-demon
Haunting backwaters, floods and rivulets
Bound by my thought's amulets.
And that source, should I find it, will always be
And be nothing, compared to the river that I swam
Or writhed through, flopped up on the bank by a tree
Gasping like a landed trout, when no thoughts come
Seeing the sun for the first time and thinking,
It is not I that is rising, but that which is sinking.
Sometimes I am lifted up
Raised out of the water on sharp bearclaw
Done with my floundering, wriggling, as I drop
Back gratefuly towards the water I saw
Anew from on high, I will say:
I may think the source - but I'll get there someday.
Poem inspired by reading parts of "The Handbook of the Navigator" at http://www.handbookofthenavigator.com/ along with the journal entry here on Ideals and Archetypes at http://www.philosophyoffreedom.com/node/2220 and an essay by Eugene Gendlin Jeff referred to there which can be found at http://www.focusing.org/gendlin/docs/gol_2137.html.
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Wonderful and thanks and again, Tim! Again!
Thanks so much for sharing that poem. Gendlin uses the poet's process to point towards his philosophy over and over. I read your poem many times and then let it run away from my heart:
against the bright forward rush
I push home.
(sink sinkingly)
From darkness I am
flung into a spot of first light crying
"only home, only home"
(downwardly down)
He claws away billions
pushing darkly, only home
singing against all brightness
(sink lovingly, love)
Namaste
Tim -
As the head bows at evening you call it to rise at the dawn.
As the heart seeks silence, you call it to beat ever new.
EVOE
Broken Link
The Navigator link is dysfunctional. How to get to the information? Any inside information Tim?
Navigating to the Navigator
Hi John,
There are three realistic options I think - the link works fine for me so there's probably something different at your end:
1. Do the Help Desk thing - you tell me what browser do you use, what security settings do you have, have you enabled Java/ActiveX/whatever etc. etc. Probably a bit complex. Go to option 2 without further ado.
2. You Google "Handbook Navigator" and click on the first link that comes up.
3. I can send you the whole book, it's Adobe PDF format, about 1.1MB.
The website looks a bit fancy so fiddling with some of the settings under 1. might help depending what error you are getting.
Indistinct
Tim, the actual link you posted is fine - the rest of the site seems to be undergoing selective deletion and change. Sorry for the confusion in my careless communication.
Waterfall
Very powerful and inspiring. Tim and John, thank you both.
I can hear the sound of a Waterfall…
It comes closer and closer...
Its Might
Embraces all
We get united,
Purified,
Come back to the river,
Full of Light...
:)
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