Birding

What about birding you ask? Good question.

When I went into treatment for alcoholism in February of 2003 I was off work for 6 months. I spent many hours working on my recovery and in Alcoholics Anonymous. But I found I needed something else. In recovery I realized that I had lost connection to the world and that while I needed to reconnect with people, friends and family, I also needed to reconnect with the world itself. And this involved, as Thich Naht Hahn states so eloquently, developing a sense of "deep looking"

For me "deep looking" involves not just seeing but also hearing and feeling as well. It is an attempt to discern the authentic reality of the world at that very moment of observation. But it is more than that. it is for me an attempt to become one with the world.

more to follow

God

Of necessity and purpose this blog will speak clearly about "god".

I have no preconceived notions of god and when I speak of god

I do so in the broadest and most general of terms.

I am not in anyway promoting or criticizing any ones perception

or any religion's conception of god.

I speak only of the spiritual power that is greater than ourselves.

How one defines that power is a purely personal choice.

It is yours and yours alone.

I only ask that the reader to acknowlege the possibility that such spirituality exists in the world.

It exists for me and my ultimate acceptance and recognition of that spirituality

has made all the difference.

It changed my life

It gave and gives me purpose

And hopefully it will allow me to live a life of meaning for whatever time I have left on this earth

Peace

Phillip