by Havi Brooks | Jun 15, 2011 | my personal practice
A peek into notebook from Rally (Rally!). This is from yesterday. Let’s talk Q: Systems! I’m stuck! Let’s talk. So. What is the essence of what I want when I think about systems? A: Order. New patterns. Q: Why do I want this? Why do I want order? A:...
by Havi Brooks | May 10, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
Why is such a tricky question. Maybe even the trickiest. There are times when it is so completely not useful to ask why. The resistance-filled why, which takes me into self-interrogation and blame. But there is also the helpful why. The one that is loving, curious and...
by Havi Brooks | May 2, 2011 | my personal practice
The thing about memory is that it can be so tricky, as we know. It rewrites itself in mysterious ways. In the wormholes. And every so often I set off on another internal investigation, only to discover that I am, yet again, wrong about so many things. That second time...
by Havi Brooks | May 1, 2011 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write these VPAs to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted. I always get useful information about my relationship with various...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 7, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
A really useful concept or thoughtful question doesn’t just sit there. It lands. And it doesn’t just land. It touches down in your consciousness and ripples out. Circles echoing circles. Reverberating. It sets off a chain of spiraling cycles that move...