Walking with a Bear S.O.U.L.
Welcome
A collection of writings by:
Author: derek
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It is a real gift to know that you are there, living in your commitment. Expressing your true self. Choosing to walk towards right relation with the rest of creation. Perhaps there are others like you. I find myself wanting to exchange stories, but the time we have together is often so short. Yet there…
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Dearest nature loving companion, Would you join me in feeling deep gratitude for the natural world? Would you join me in weaving together our heart strings into a growing basket of sinuous fibers that helps bond us together in times of uncertainty? Would you join me in extending those fibres in all directions to weave…
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We live in a world of spoken and unspoken agreements. Often it is the unspoken agreements that leave us feeling depleted, misaligned and misunderstood. Light facilitation is necessary in the modern world we share in order to model peace-tending and to respect the differences we all must live with. These ten agreements are not rules,…
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Recounting a journey through fog and rocky waters, emphasizing the challenges of navigating the unknown. Instead of viewing fear and uncertainty as obstacles, the author embraces them as part of a deeper relationship with the sea. This experience fosters respect and connection, transforming fear into a guiding force.
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I was eleven years old, deep on a portage trail, when something shifted. The trees, the wind, the earth beneath my feet—it all turned toward me, as if nature itself had a sparkle in its eye. It wasn’t just me moving through the wilderness; the wilderness was alive, aware, seeing me as if it was…
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Tom Brown’s Grandfather Wisdom Tom Brown Jr.’s mentor, known as “Grandfather Stalking Wolf,” emphasized the importance of always having 3 to 5 good questions that one is working on in nature. This practice was rooted in the belief that curiosity and continuous learning are essential for deepening one’s connection with the natural world. According to Brown,…
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It’s ironic that on a cloudy, misty day I sit to write of the soaring eagle vision. Generally, the eagle is thought of as a majestic visionary bird who soars high in the blue sky with the crisp brightness of the sun high overhead. And that is the crystal clarity that one might seek in…
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In 1995, Derek acquired his first sailing certifications with the Canadian Yachting Association. As a member of Sea Scouts (Scouts Canada), his troop acquired 3 sailboats, which they sailed in Lake Ontario. Later in his 20’s, Derek acquired his first sailboat, a 40-foot sloop called the ‘Foot Loose’. Derek had naturally found himself in a…
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Nothing to try here, Or to strain, or stress, or tense. Fret, frown or repent. Just the empty, silky sensation of divine grace flowing effortlessly without restriction coming from any sense of individuality, separateness or personhood. All activities of the mind seen as a play, held in the attention only for the moment they arise…
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You don’t know what you don’t know. Flip that upside down and ask how knowing about something differs from deeply knowing something? What is knowing? To know is to be one with. According to an old friend, Clare Blanchflower, The mind gets in the way by conceptualizing and projecting its concepts outwards onto the play…
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Ever notice how good you feel when you stop what you are doing and go sit outside? For a moment… it dawns on you that nature is awesome. Then some thought comes into mind, maybe that nature is awesome, or something else, and then that feeling quickly fades as you head off in some direction…
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Today a big cedar tree came down. It held the south shield powerfully for an entire family. With its absence sorrow filled the air, unresolved with ancestral grief. What did it hold for this family? Was it protection, was it privacy, was it shade, was it dominance, was it hierarchy, was it darkness, was it…
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An expedition is a journey with a purpose. So, what then is a journey with the purpose for life? A better question may be then, what is the purpose of life? Firstly, what is life? Is it love? Is it consciousness? How do we find out? Where do we look? How do we arrive at…
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We’re coming into the Beginning of the Year. The North East shield marks the true beginning. Doing the math, 12 months divided by 8 shields would take us to about 45 days after The North Shield at Winter Solstice to The NE. So by about February 4th we’ll be completing the last cycle and beginning…
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This world, so full of glory and beauty. The wild ones, so innocent, so free….. Destroyed. BURN ignorance. BURN arrogance. GOOD-BYE GREED. So Long Selfishness. BURN misconceptions, illusion, separation, suffering. LET US SEE THE END OF UNNECESSARY DEATH and DESTRUCTION.
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Reposted from: April 22, 2013 (cohesion |kōˈhē zh ən|noun the action or fact of forming a united whole : the work at present lacks cohesion.) Cohesive was the last word I remembered while going to bed last night after a day of transformation and integration. There was really only one thing keeping me back from surrendering to this beautiful reality…
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