Wednesday, April 15, 2026

๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐


Children. Kids. Angels, every one of them. Our little bundles of joy. Pure as the driven snow. Full of life, and life's potential.

So, look. Those little brats may be God's gift, but they didn't show up ready to go. They gotta learn some things. Education. How to live in the world. Big subject. I do have something to share about that. Parenting ... that too. Per Joseph Chilton Pearce, "If you want your children to be the way you want them to be, you be the way you want them to be". But not chapter and verse, just the central, core stuff. On parenting, that's all what's gonna be said. On knowing how to work the world ... there's one point not to miss.

So ... pay attention!


We all live under the influence of the Force of Gravity. No exceptions. Born that way. Nothing new about that.

Yet ...

On account of Gravity being so constant, ever-present, and everywhere we don't notice it, as such. Like, ask a fish, "How's the water?" ... those buggers would be clueless. Never mind that fish can't talk; or understand English. That is, as far as we know. Maybe they have their own language and us Humans aren't in on it. 

Anyway ...

Gravity has its effects. It pulls you down. It also lifts you up. Did you know that second one? "Centrifugal" it's called ... "moving away from the center". The all too familiar "pulling down" part, that's called "Centripetal".

We know lots and lots about Gravity. Intellectually, mathematically, practically, and personally. As very young children we learn to stack blocks; what it takes to get them to stay one on top of the other. Who hasn't stacked blocks up to as high as possible before they all come tumbling down? This is preverbal stuff. On the other side of the smart spectrum, there's that we have figured out how to send rockets to the Moon — toward our  dastardly enemies too. On an everyday level, we know when the picture on the wall is off kilter; or, if we drop Mama's prize thin porcelain tea cup it's gonna fall down and most likely break. All practical, useful knowledge. And, tuck that pinky in whilst consuming said tea beverage. Kapische?

But, what do we know of Gravity itself, that is how it works on our physical body? Not like a tight rope walker. That's outer stuff. Like fish know about water. Well, not that they notice. But, when they jump into air out of the drink, you can be they feel the difference.

So, then ... feeling Gravity. And ... kids.


Indispensable but often overlooked life lessons ...

We all want our children to have the best in life; early on, in their education. Yet, we don’t pay much, if any, attention to a set of life lessons that will affect them throughout their lives. Learning how to deal with the physical world, particularly the constraints of the force of Gravity.

As infants we learn to sit up. To crawl, to climb, to walk, to run. The important point in this is in that area of basic life skills we are mostly self-taught. To some extent that’s as it should be. But that’s not the whole picture. Some of the individual patterns we’ve developed may be inefficient and limiting. [Just look at how we all have the same parts, yet how differently we use them.] 

We grow up with an individually unique mix of random patterns fixed into the makeup of our bodies. Mostly it's taken as “that’s the way I am.” Well, you didn’t start off that way, did you? Genetics you say? There’s that. But, how we’ve come to actually use our genetic inheritance, that’s learned. And, again, self-taught.

Why leave that area to chance? Only to take action when "something happens". 

Rolf Structural Integration is the peerless and definitive teaching for the basic life lesson of using your body correctly. It’s based on well-understood science. Training the individual toward the uprightness and symmetries inherent in the Anatomical Design of the body. Training the simple Physics of balance in respect to the dictates of Gravity.

Interested? I can answer your questions and provide more information. At your service.


Monday, March 23, 2026

๐Ž๐ฅ๐๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ... ๐—๐—๐— ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ... ๐ˆ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐….

This guy named Dave goes to the Doctor with a concern. Okay, stop a minute. BTW This is about a guy named "Dave". That's the writers name too, but it's just a coinquidink.

You see first there was a obvious pattern to it. Dave would be steppin' out on the town as is his per usual, and seeing him his friends would say, "Dude, you don't look too good! Real bad. Whassa matter, Boy?" Dave snap back, "But, I feel fine!" "Peachy keen!" "Fine and dandy!" "Spot on!" "You jivin' me?"

This exchange would go down often enough however what to make Dave think it's time for a visit to the old Doc.

So, there he goes. One step into the Doctor's office and the Doctor gets up abruptly, runs over to him and grabs hold of him: "Get in here, Boy! You ain't lookin' so good! Bad!"

"Now, what seems to be the trouble?"

"Well, Doc, that's just it. Everybody's tellin' me that I look bad, but I feel fine! Damn good, in fact. What goin' on, huh?"

"I see", says Doc. 

"Let's see", says Doc.

He's called "Doctor" [or "Doc" for brevity, if you're into that thing. (TU The Dude ... The Big Lubowski.)] But, he's not a Doctor in the conventional sense. No formal schooling. Self-taught, but well and thorough. And, kind. Worked it down to the Four Pillars of Health". Some use the term "whittled". "Quintessence" if you wanna get fancy.

The Doc reaches for his obviously well used, self-published book of symptom diagnosis.

Studiously leafing through the tome ...

"Let's see ... 'Looks good, feels good'. No, Boy, that definitely ain't you!

"Looks bad, feels bad." Nah.

" 'Looks good, feels bad.' No, that not you neither. (We got plenty of pills for that!) And I know a really good plastic surgeon."

"Okay. I got it! Here you are ... 'Looks bad, feels good'.

The anticipation is killing poor Dave. "So? So? What is it? Tell me!"

 "Boy, you a Pussy!"



Friday, March 20, 2026

๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐š ... ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ

Going beyond all objects and subjects is the king of views.

Absence of distraction is the king of meditation.

Absence of effort is the king of conduct.

Absence of hope and fear reveals the fruit.

Beyond the objects of concentration, the nature of mind is clear.

There is no path to walk—you have already entered the path of the Buddha.

There is nothing to get used to. When you get used to this, you have attained the unsurpassable.

Tilopa



Wednesday, March 11, 2026

๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข-๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž!

  

We can accept the doings in Gaza now that Bibi has clarified for the world that those critters are Amelekites [sub-human]. Lord knows, we don’t want to contradict the Chosen One of the Chosen Ones, that would be anti-Semitic.  Or the goings on with Iran, for what reason* is not at all clear. Just a bunch of "untermenschen" anyway over there too. BTW don’t forget the "goyem" around the world; useful idiots all. 

But, oil at $200.00 per barrel[?]... we must draw the line! C’mon.

*This just in: Since we’re justifying things on — ahem — Biblical exegesis — not by any means scholarly, but for purposes of self-serving, political convenience, some say— it turns out that after all the rhetoric is sifted through we’re in for an apocalyptic experience. 

No worries. That is, if you’re a Good Jew**. Or, a Christian zionist; but only the good ones of those bunch of literal Bible thumpers.



 

**Like Bibi.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ...

 

Thursday, March 05, 2026

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐๐š ๐. ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ... ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐“๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ


Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration

... Inside of the Inside of its Classic Ten Lessons 



My profession is Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration; certified as a Rolfer in 1981. I am as enthusiastic now as ever over the potential for Humans to learn to live consciously growing in alignment with the Force of Gravity ... for optimal health, peak performance, and full creative expressiveness. Enjoying being really alive!

This is written to specifically lay out the themes and goals. And in particular, what it is in terms of it’s being a received experience. Literally, a "body" 
of knowledge. Not book learning; but a realized, tangible take away. You feel it. “The proof in the pudding” kind of thing.

This is not just an intellectual exercise. If you go to the meat and potatoes topics and imagine each within yourself, that is a DIY approach anyone can do on their own. Individualized guidance and assistance is what Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is for.

For a comprehensive presentation of what goes into this peerless and definitive body of work here is a link to the Standards of Practice which lays out all the many particulars in detail.

Traditional Classic Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is formatted in a ten session series. There is informed touch and guided movement. There are distinct themes and hallmark goals for each session in the series.

Dr. Ida P. Rolf originated this approach toward the evolution of full human potential. She named it “Structural Integration”. Practitioners of this approach use manual touch and guided movement, working in partnership with their clients addressing areas of the body related to each session’s theme and goal[s].

This method is not a therapy. It is a training, with lessons; there’s homework. Living in balanced alignment with the Gravitational Force of the Earth is the essential goal ... “Gravity is the tool. Gravity is the therapist” [IPR]. But this is not a didactic, intellectual exercise ... it’s experiential; there’s a takeaway, ownership. The creative potential of standing in your own right, on your own two feet. As a whole Human Being. Free from outdated and unnecessary conditioning(s). It is “somatic” and “wholistic”. Somatic in the sense that the whole Human being is engaged, but at the somatic/tactile body level. Wholistic in that all levels are affected ... body, mind, psyche, spirit.

Dr. Rolf practiced and taught in the mid-late 20th Century. The work was called “Rolfing”; and practitioners, “Rolfers”. Her original school was the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration; now as the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute. Graduates of that school are certified to practice under the registered name as “Rolfers”; and as members they are entitled to call the work “Rolfing”. Since the Institute’s founding in 1971 several other schools have branched out internationally, each under different identity names. Schools which practice in line with Dr. Rolf teachings are recognized by the International Association of Structural Integration.

This lays out the inner side of the work. Think of each of the elements as embodied understandings, not just concepts. Practical and recognizable “percepts”.

Each session carries over and is incorporated into the next. Then that set is further incorporated into subsequent; and so on. Like climbing stairs to get to a higher floor.

As I said, you can do this yourself. Just sit for a while and take in each of the sessions as listed below. The wording is mine, let what speaks to you come of its own. And, again, these are not distinctly separate. The idea is to integrate the whole bunch of them into a whole. "Integration." Kapische?

[You are welcome to comment and/or ask questions. See below.]


INSIDE THE TEN [10] SESSIONS ... 

OUTCOMES/OWNERSHIP



1-2-3 SURFACE SET

1. “BREATH” — There’s breath. I’m alive! Breath moves my body ... everywhere.


2. “BASE” — I can sit ... just sit. I can stand ... just stand. My feet are my foundation. The Earth is my place. Right here. Right now.


3. “SPACE” — My body has dimension. It has orientation and direction ... front/back, side to side, up and down.


4-5-6-7 CORE SET

4. “ENTER” — My body has a center. Inside. It goes up.


5. “EXPAND” —Moving upward. Expanding inward.


6. “LEVEL”— Horizontality. Feels even.


7. “TOP” — My head goes on top. Squarely.


8-9-10 “INTEGRATION/COMPLETION SET

8. “ADJUST LOWER HALF” — From waist down. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.


9. “ADJUST UPPER HALF” — From waist up. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.


10. “STACKED” — Together. A whole. Complete.

THE TAKE AWAY


Things feel symmetrical side to side. Horizontal/even. Connected. Uplifted. “Oh! That’s integrity”. Autonomy. Net, net ... “10 toes in front of two feet”. Simple, like “Chop wood.” “I’m alive!” "WOW!"






๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐

Children. Kids. Angels, every one of them. Our little bundles of joy. Pure as the driven snow. Full of life, and life's potential. So, l...