Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

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There is nothing
real except the recognition
that real is what we feel
and not what we think
because to follow a thought,
even our own,
is to follow a ghost
and yet most
of us cling
to this thing,
this idea of what would be
and how we,
you and me,
would see
things differently
at a future date
in a place
where laughter must rule,
work is for the fool,
and tragedy a tool
in someone else’s tool box,
and we would dream
and row our boats,
merrily,
down a stream
to moments
that contain unbridled joy
and song,
heroes
and suns
that never set
if only we could let
ourselves
embrace
the certainty
of absolute truth
and the reality
that humanity
understands
grand plans
and the speed of light,
the mysteries of death
and the dark night
of the soul
within the body
of life
that holds us
as we breathe
and one day die
in the desert
that is space,
a place
without time
within which we chase
ourselves down dark alleys
past pubs and salons
where we offer comfort
to ourselves and one another
because there is no stream,
no dream
or cream
that can erase
the wrinkles of time
that wrap themselves
around our face,
creating space
for tears to hide
outside
as we age
inside the cage,
and yet if we look to see,
and not just to exist,
we can choose to explore
what it means to be or not to be
and resist
the urge
to explain to others
what things mean
and how to experience the mystery
and the tragedy
that is life,
because what we think is real
is merely a thought
that got caught,
and so we if can let that idea go
and step back from what we think we know,
we create more choices,
more spaces,
more voices
in the bittersweet symphony
of life
on a sphere
in a galaxy
too far
and too near,
so enigmatic
and dear,
neither there nor here,
spinning within
and without
year after year
until we are
dust in the wind

About Spaciology

Spaciology is not abstract theory; rather, it is a practice you can feel.

  • Inside: Pause, breathe, notice.
  • Outside: Design rooms, rituals, and agendas that slow the spin and invite care.
  • Between us: Make dialogue a place where different truths can live together long enough to teach something.

Ultimately, leadership is the art of making space for what’s important (for everyone) and letting that clarity shape the next step. When we change the spaces from which we lead, our strategies change with them.

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Stepping Off the Train: Beyond Right and Wrong

Stepping Off the Train: Beyond Right and Wrong

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In these divisive times, it feels somewhat comfortable to gravitate toward an existing train of thought. This train goes left, and this one right.

Invariably, some of us shout at those who ride what we may perceive as the “wrong” train. Who determines the ‘wrongness’ of a particular train of thought? Who determines if it is “right?” Are not concepts of wrong or right arbitrary at best, catastrophic and limiting at worst?

Freedom

Recently, I came across a passage in Meeting Life by Krishnamurti. In it, he suggests that to be “ really revolutionary” means “non-acceptance of any pattern set by oneself or another, no sense of conformity, nor accepting any sort of authority, which means freedom from fear” (1991, p. 118).

Out of this freedom, we can “live a totally different kind of life” (p. 118-119). This is not a life established by those who have come before us nor a life experienced in the abstract.

No, life is not an abstraction nor can its meaning be captured in “brilliant articles” by “clever men” (p. 124). So what is life about?

Krishnamurti says it is about love, but do any of us see this love today? We do not love. “We have become brutal, callous, indifferent, ruthless. Without love you can solve nothing” (p. 125).

Krishnamurti uttered these words more than 50 years ago, yet their relevance to today cannot be overstated. Why don’t we love? This is the question.

Why don’t we love sunsets and shooting stars? Why don’t we love each other, especially the ones who grace our lives with their presence?

It is remarkably easy to allow oneself to drift into what is known. When something is known, something is lost.

Rediscovering the Mystery

Perhaps freedom from the known means rediscovering the mystery and the mysteries present in the experience of everyday life. A bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins. A piece of homemade bread with melted butter and orange marmalade. A single solitary butterfly wafting through the air on a Saturday morning in June just before 9 AM.

I also love trains, regardless of the direction they may travel, because ultimately they all return to the same station. Who runs this station?

Perhaps, this station is not a station at all. Perhaps, it is simply an open space, boundless, without tracks or timetables, through which we pass.

What if the real journey is not about choosing the right train but stepping off entirely? What if love is not found in the direction we take, but in the stillness between arrivals and departures?

Perhaps freedom is not about the next destination but rather about looking very deeply—past the station lights, past the timetables, past the tracks—into the infinite self.

About Spaciology

Spaciology is not abstract theory; rather, it is a practice you can feel.

  • Inside: Pause, breathe, notice.
  • Outside: Design rooms, rituals, and agendas that slow the spin and invite care.
  • Between us: Make dialogue a place where different truths can live together long enough to teach something.

Ultimately, leadership is the art of making space for what’s important (for everyone) and letting that clarity shape the next step. When we change the spaces from which we lead, our strategies change with them.

Spaciology Learning Commons

Want to go further? Join the Spaciology Learning Commons.

  • Free membership gives you access to community conversations and introductory resources.
  • Paid membership opens full access to courses, live sessions, and the complete Field Guide.

Stay in Touch