(Finding the Way Out) — (Finding the Way Out) Who knew When all this began That we would get stuck here? . In this tunnel between hope and despair This cutting of lively figure from spacious ground This endless loop This eternal triangle of reiteration This stultifying daylight robbery of Soul from Spirit from Material Body From which there’s no escape Except the way out That we can’t see Through the open door

The landscape shapes the stream, which shapes the landscape — The landscape shapes the stream, which shapes the landscape . The stream doesn’t make the landscape . We are creations, not creators of our situation . Knowing this brings humility, relieving us from feeling solely responsible — and so accepting undue credit, blame and shame — for what happens to us beyond our control . But it doesn’t remove our ability to attune receptively and responsively as best we can to the situation in which we find ourselves

Your Constant Companion — Your Constant Companion I am always with you Do you hear me As I seek To find a way To guide you? . Do I call you softly? Do I chastise you harshly? Am I calm or rough with you Or somewhere in between? . Do I soothe? Do I…

How do we as human beings come to know and understand the complexities of the natural world in which we are situated? — How do we as human beings come to know and understand the complexities of the natural world in which we are situated? And how does the way in which we do this affect the way in which we live? …

I have long been both puzzled and disconcerted by the popular conception of ‘The Web of Life’. It is not at all clear to me what this is… — I have long been both puzzled and disconcerted by the popular conception of ‘The Web of Life’. It is not at all clear to me what this is really supposed to mean. What does it mean to you, I wonder? A succinct (Oxford) dictionary description of ‘web’ is (1) a…

Every living being has a unique, receptive-in-responsive self/awareness, which simultaneously both influences and is influenced by its… — Every living being has a unique, receptive-in-responsive self/awareness, which simultaneously both influences and is influenced by its contextual neighbourhood (https://admrayner.medium.com/self-in-neighbourhood-neighbourhood-in-self-the-comprehensive-situational-awareness-of-natural-ae62ede623bf ).

Somethingness & Nothingness — Somethingness & Nothingness Every body is a dynamic inclusion of nothingness Which makes it somethingness Temporarily That includes you And that includes me Quite obviously . …

I am grown past caring — I am grown past caring Past sharing Past daring To put my soul on line Where resistance begins And receptivity ends As an impenetrable wall Unyielding to all Transgressions Yet utterly without foundation . Influence remains as life passes There is so much Joy in my life, work and art …