To Errol is Human

Hello Dear Fellow Spiritual Sojourners…hope your trip is going well. Long time no blog… Ran into circumstances that forced me to practice what I preach (ugh!) I am reminded that spiritual values are actually felt… thought you might appreciate this reminder. “The universe is fondling you in ways you can’t possibly imagine.” We don’t often think of the Universe fondling us exactly…often as not. the “fondling” can feel like rusty Brillo pads rubbing up against our psyche…that is, if we feel anything at all. But most all of us do long to feel good…and in a higher conscious moment to actually feel “the goodness” itself. Be that as it may, if you stop for a moment, you can actually feel the fondling going on. And if you need some help, here’s a poem I wrote over thirty years ago. I was driving on Highway 70 from Denver to Steamboat Springs when I was struck by…well…I think the poem says it… FEELINGS by Errol Strider I want to be touched. I want the barren, cold hardness of fear‑chromed sens...

WHAT'S AN INFINITY TO DO? The Nature of the Human Stock Exchange (continuation of last Blog... "What's Real and How Would you Know?) So, what's an Infinity to do? Where is it going to spill if it wants to diversify, if it is already filling up everything…always? Why, the finite, of course. "What's that?" asks infinity of itself. "Well…that's what would happens if I separate the In from the Finite"… There you have it. Could that be what happened 13.4 billions years ago? The "In"…separated from the "Finite" knowing full well that that was impossible…hence the illusion, but hey...an illusion might be a really fun thing…like putting an amazing puzzle back together…with the addition of something the Infinite could only dream about…Novelty…and indeed the infinite does probably and literally dream novelty it up…and that's where you come in. Everything grows out of the nature and the quality of The Exchange . E...

What is "real" and how would you know? Is something real if it has weight? Mass? What about an experience…Is that real? What makes experience real? Is the memory of the experience "real"? Is any movement you make real? With your body? thoughts? Movement of the heart? Feelings? Are they real? Is anything that is fleeting real? What about motion itself? Or Stillness? Is pain real? Pleasure? Is reality a Who? A what? A why? All of the above? None of the above? What of any passing experience is real? Understandably, there is so much to occupy us just to maintain, perpetuate and gratify ourselves, that these questions go mostly un-asked…and if they are asked, will they lead to answers? (My roommate in college assured me that there is no answer. Was he right?) Are any "answers that rise from the depth of being" real as it relates to the problems of living? The demands of life? If you follow this line of questioning far enough it leaves you off at... ...

What is the "consumate human being?" A Mensch! I invite you to go on the journey of "menschood" in this poem I wrote several years ago. In case you're not familiar with Yiddish or Hebrew, let me know and I'll translate, but I think you'll get the meaning... Blessings, Errol BECOMING A MENSCH By Errol Strider Stand up full strength, stride inside yourself, rimming over, fully caffeinated male... Fill the frame... with all your humanity, no more holding back no more crouching down Come forth male God incarnate light the way…generous spirit pregnant man with Mensch inside you… Mazeltov! It's a 144 pound mensch. We've waited for years, inside the sack of pain or shame, the womb of struggle and faith, the vagina of "It's about time" You surround each moment with a giant L'chiam and echoes of "To Life!" reverberate into every resonant heart Yea! Mr. Mensch as you breath vitality into families, relationships, communities and ...

How The Laughing Heart Provides the Tools, Methods and Context for Advancing the Six Memes in the First Tier toward the Second Integral Tier. Using Humor with Families (q.v. "Spiral Dynamics" p://www.spiraldynamics.com/book/SDreview_Dinan.htm ) It seems that to consciously and actively participate in the evolutionary spiral, we'd want to advance each meme to its highest development and to assist it in transitioning to the next meme. (Meme = cultural matrix that has distinctive values, belief systems, ways of behaving that have evolved out of each other in an attempt to solve evolutionary problems. Each meme partially solves problems from the previous meme while generating new and different problems that in turn give birth to the next cultural matrix--meme). While we need to honor and work with the evolutionary cycle/spiral, it is equally important to realize that we can interface with all memes in any given instant through accessing the still point that ...

THE LAUGHING HEART, A Vision for Radical Change PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, Part I " A hands on approach to transformation" From Bill Bradley and his book, The New American Story "The only things that can stop us are fear, ignorance, self- centeredness , and greed." From Marianne Williamson's Healing of America "What we lack is an evolved sense of our collective purpose for our talent and intelligence." "But it feels as though there is no unified social force field for the effort, no number to call, no place to sign up." "We need a new vortex of social energy in America, one that arises from the shared intention of our society." "Minds in agreement form the most powerful force in the universe. To harness that force would constitute not so much a bridge as a super sonic transport into the 21st century." "They want to feel that they are contributing to a larger process, something bigger th...