Share this postMissing the annual retreatwww.thegateless.orgCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherMissing the annual retreat10/4/2023 Recovery is a great dharma lessonCon/Jur/dOct 04, 20238Share this postMissing the annual retreatwww.thegateless.orgCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther1ShareNo things aren’t the same — they never are — take advantage of the reminderHowever — equally important — to not let RECOVERY become a new identity — how quickly friends forget say — I’ve been in recovery for X or XX days yearsNot that there’s anything wrong with that — as the neoliberal comic extrusion said — and hey friend — anything that works for you — is good with me — trust me I’ve done far worse/better — same/differentThis is just a gentle reminder for us both — don’t let some dead/live person’s experience substitute for your own — everYOU LOOKING AT ME?What an absurd question:Why is today the first time I’ve heard PJ Harvey’s “I Inside the Old I Dying”?SubscribeThere are balls in the sky — or more accurately — “There are gulls in the sky” — once I looked up the lyrics — pattern recognition is never wrong — just often mistranslatedThere is something captivating/horrifying about the memetic trend of — HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED — as if any of us could keep up with the manufactured dross of our industrialized decayIf recovery keeps apace I have new and lovely projects on the horizon which will mean some changes around here — hardly news — and yet not oldsMuch love,Con/Jur/d, 10/4/2023AND THIS
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