leopold kohr, size cycles, and the question of scale: maybe the country is just too damn big

on the way back from our three-day colab work meeting, i got into a conversation with two colleagues (aly and dayna) about the size of country. i think aly and i were on the “the country is just too big” side of things and dayna was on the “we just need better structures and systems to manage the size” side.

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self-mastery: emotional intelligence

earlier this week at a retreat facilitated by the justice collective, i took my first emotional intelligence (aka EQ) test. i knew about eq and the book, emotional intelligence 2.0 is currently on my reading list. but i haven’t read it yet so this was a great opportunity to get into it!

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learning about won buddhism at the won dharma

earlier this week, i did some intentional learning about won buddhism. while we were at the won dharma meditation and retreat center for a colab work meeting, i wanted to do more digging into their what and why than i did the first time. sitting in on their morning meditation, i got to experience some of their routine.

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lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

on the third day of the on being gathering, i got to experience a session on narrative medicine with lewis mehl-madrona. he is a physician and indigenous wisdom teacher and the sweetest guy. he taught a session called “speaking in order to listen, listening in order to speak” and it was just great.

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reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center

this is the second day in a row that i’ve sat in on the morning meditation at the won dharma center. we’re on a colab staff retreat and since i missed out on the sits last time, i resolved myself to do them this time. they’ve been really good. some thoughts:

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