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Feeling really quiet. Like fall is happening inside me, if that makes any sense.
Still need to write and not finding time yet. But maybe I can unpack the car this weekend. : )
You know what feels exciting? Curling up with a blankie, reading. Next to a heater.

I like the sound of Te: a good goal to work towards...

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Tao and Te

Tao is brought forth, as Te nourishes.
Everything takes form,
and is shaped by nature.

Tao and Te are part of everything.
Tao and Te do not defer to anything.
Nature is unconstrained and endures forever.

Tao is made apparent by Te,
as Te nourishes, increases, feeds, protects,
and watches over Tao.

To produce without possessing is Te.
To nourish without expecting,
to increase without usurping,
to feed without demanding,
to protect without interfering:
This is the sublime Te!

From The Tao Box, Priya Hemenway

Nahua reconstructionists

I love the internet, and the way it offers up all kinds of glimpses into human creativity and bricolage. Until about ten minutes ago, I had no idea that there were Nahua reconstructionists wandering about out there, but it seems that there are:

http://www.amoxtli.org/cuezali/index.html

How wondrous, that such beings exist! Must read and explore this man's (woman's?) mind...

And if this is too weird for you, here's a calmer link to some beautiful Nahuatl poetry:

http://www.plu.edu/~friesjj/poems/home.html

one important thing

Quick moment of insight: probably the most important thing I did at Fires of Venus was something I didn't expect to do. I told the truth about what I was feeling and who I was becoming over and over again, in several different contexts. It felt odd to speak about things I had been holding back, and it left me feeling somewhat vulnerable. But on reflection, I think it was a good thing.

It is better to live in truth, with everyone knowing who you really are and what you really think, than it is to live under the illusion that holding back will protect you.

As someone said at FoV, nothing protects you but an open and fearless heart.