Intuition

Following my post the other day, I was contacted by Dr. Michael Pucucci through this blog! what great fortune! Interestingly, as I continued reading I read a great quote about synchronicity, he describes it being a "wink from the universe that tells me I'm on the right track" (page 23). So I invite everyone and anyone to take a chance, put yourself out there, in cyber space or on the street and see what happens. Follow your instincts because as Malcolm Gladwell echos in Blink your gut impressions are extremely valuable and often correct. Trust yourself, take a risk that feels good- you never know where it will take you, but without it you might not get anywhere.

ritual?

I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing Dr Wade Davis speak nearly two weeks ago. His lecture literally opened up my sense of the world. He is an anthropologist/ ethnobotanist with a wealth of experiences and stories all told with a poetic elegance to be envied. His lecture was exciting and energizing, I want to do something with his knowledge. He said (roughly quoting) "Cultures are the answer to the question of what it is to be human." Beautiful words. And so appropriate for amassing a toolkit for good living... what and how can we learn from other cultures about human needs and how to fulfill them? I am beginning a journey to find out. First direction of interest is the role of ritual in various cultures. I am hoping to glean some tools that i can then appropriate for my western/contemporary needs.

I have started reading...
Ritual as Resource energy as vibrant Living by Michael Picucci
Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell