crawling forth, beyond ptsd


the swamp

if ptsd is a swamp, just say, a heavy-gravity, venomous, creature-laden scary-zone, then shit!

know, its primal being is to pull you down, suck us under and digest, forget about each of us instantly—burp, no questions allowed.

to be writing this, holding this, seeing this and knowing ...

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systems and standard, two


the commons

To cut to the chase, people hurt others to keep them from the Light. They violate them so 40 years of nightmares pass to work through the reverberations of the assaults.

mindful brilliance

So we must be Light, and shine.

The opposite of Loving well are actions that ...

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systems and standard


The scale of things, the patterns that swirl in and out of being, systems and subsystems, let's look, even if it's ugly...

detraction

There are numerous large, detractive, meanly destructive systems at play in the world today. Evidence of their civic and spiritual malfeasance can be seen in ...

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inside ptsd, mere survival


survival

survival is a beautiful word, and mere survival is vastly under-appreciated... for me at least, by those i've met who've never been hair-trigger from death, who've never been thrown from sleep and violated in nightmares.

mere survival is bodymind living to take another breath—celebrate that ...

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acute


immediate

it's all so acute, each moment, super concentrated and intense.

90 minutes is the bubble i live in, -5 minutes to +85.

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