The only time I was ever in the midst of a large group of wild animals was on a trail leading into Fern Canyon, north of Arcata, CA. (Supposedly they shot part of Jurassic Park near there - I can see why.)
The wild animals were elk and there were about thirty of them all together, [...]
Category Archives: Romantic
Animal Government
November 10, 2007 – 9:13 pm
My Monogamous Heart
September 19, 2007 – 1:56 pm
From Daniel Pinchbeck, who I had the pleasure of seeing speak in person last night…
For the last few years, I have been exploring the nature of sexuality, love, and relationships, both personally and philosophically. When I separated from my last partner, I realized that I did not feel that monogamy was working for me as [...]
Tentative Technical Definition of Mature Romantic Relationship
September 15, 2007 – 3:59 am
Written in all caps as it was transcribed during closed sessions:
MUTUAL INSPIRATION AND SHARED VALUE
CREATE ABUNDANCE AND PLEASURE.
ABUNDANCE AND PLEASURE LEAD
TO CHOICE AND CONTENTMENT.
THESE TWO CONFLICT BECAUSE
IT CREATES THE CHOICE
TO ABANDON
ABUNDANCE
AND CUT OUT
CONTENTMENT.
CHOOSING TO WORK AT STAYING CONTENTED
(A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE, AT TIMES)
BRINGS ABOUT SHARED VALUES
(not value) AND COMMUNITY.
MUTUAL ADMIRATION, MUTUAL INSPIRATION
SEALED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT,
THE [...]
Perceptual Fields: Gender & Depth
August 21, 2007 – 9:36 pm
I have been playing a lot lately with perceptual fields. That is, trying to develop my awareness of situations out of their ordinary ruts so as to include new information. There are a number of good tricks and techniques you can try out with this which friends and I have been using here and there. [...]
Saving The Gnostic Body
August 16, 2007 – 10:04 pm
A Practical Guide to Gnostic Masturbation
Jesus said, “Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body, and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy.”
The importance of the body in Gnostic cosmology is cloudy to say the best. Philosophically, it seems like they often describe an existence in [...]
