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A Musician’s Defense of Rituals

A Musician’s Defense of Rituals

Practices

“You’ll be able to keep the beat if you are constantly returning to it.” – Marcus Aurelius Keeping the Beat It’s literally impossible to “keep a beat”, but that’s exactly what all band members – and arguably all...
To All My Current and Former Students

To All My Current and Former Students

Community

Yes! I remember you! I regularly get emails, texts, and voicemails that start, “I don’t know if you remember me…” Of course I remember you!  In fact, I’ve wanted to reach out several times and say I love you, and I’m still rooting for...
Suggestions for Global Logistics

Suggestions for Global Logistics

Personal Exploration Space

The Need The Solution How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics (you are here) This is not the right way to run one of these groups.  It’s just how I do.  For now.  It’s already changed, and I still...
The Code of Aspirations (annotated)

The Code of Aspirations (annotated)

Personal Exploration Space

The Need The Solution How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations (you are here) Logistics **These are skills and aspirations, not rules.  The fact that we are here is a strong indicator that we are probably not already great...
The Code of Aspirations (simplified)

The Code of Aspirations (simplified)

Personal Exploration Space

The Need The Solution How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations (you are here) Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics (The following aspirations are reviewed at the beginning of each meeting.  For the explanations behind these specific aspirations and...
How the Groups Feel

How the Groups Feel

Personal Exploration Space

The Need The Solution How It Feels (you are here) How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics Sprinklers and Stages In support groups and CCT meetings, new participants are often stunned when their brilliant thoughts are met with...
The Solution

The Solution

Personal Exploration Space

The Need The Solution (you are here) How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics Group Breakdown I already told you what I miss in some of the world’s best groups.  Now let me tell you what I plan to steal:...
Making Friends of Demons

Making Friends of Demons

Meditation

10:30pm. My wife stood naked in front of me, offering herself.  I was at least self-aware enough to be honest, “No thanks. I’d rather not be accepted right now.” A voice from the past had recently re-entered my home.  It was innocuous on the surface,...
Sayings, Quotes, and Proverbs

Sayings, Quotes, and Proverbs

Practices

I went through a phase, as I think most high schoolers do, where I collected quotes I thought sounded smart.  This is not that list.  These are the meditations I have returned to, one at a time, and great consideration through times of trauma.  But it seems even...
The Need

The Need

Personal Exploration Space

The Need (you are here) The Solution How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics When I was younger – sure, I could attend some church-sanctioned, predictably docile midweek “ministry”, even knowing that,...