Session of 8th February

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Adrienne's mindfulness practice today was "Noticing our attitude to the Undercurrent" and she introduced it with David Whyte's moving poem "The Well of Grief". 

Bev introduced the 7 minutes of writing with the prompt

otherness
everyness
nothingness

and this was bravely taken from her own poem:

Friend Pen

Hand over to friend pen.
Let slacken the taut expectation of sense, sometimes 
even descending into gibberish. Much is for nought - no expectation 
just still, let flow, say farewell to control,
listen for that bell note of resonance that is

otherness
everyness
nothingness

Wither and wait, dither and sip tea, if it's there.
Stroke the cat if it stays, or just doze,
till the ink bubbles up and 
the tiny ball in the pen must be drawn through
the soft-promise pulp of the page,
the graphite scratched on its parchment repose. 
Let the clatter of keys on computer 
be the letting of words, the leeching of prose
from your head, your heart and your history… 
and some other place, person or paradigm
that shall not be named.

BS Jun 2016


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