Category: Bagua
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Podcast The Art of War: Enter the Dragon
I have a new podcast up to commemorate International Women’s Day, which is March 8, 2020. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/the-art-of-war-enter-the-dragon/ This memoir is dedicated to victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, incest, and sex trafficking, and murdered and missing indigenous women. I apply the teachings of Sun Tzu in the ancient Chinese…
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Tao Play
When they come to the temple, they are but broken warriors, seeking redemption in Tao play. They enter the temple gates out of the shadows of their lives in the light of the sun rising on the horizon. They are vessels receiving and giving sustenance from the…
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The Art of War: Enter the Dragon
The Art of War: Enter the Dragon He sees me at a distance from the Salvation Army. The soft glow of my white hair, my short stature and square hips, a slight limp, a slow stride, I am an easy mark to a desperate bully. Mam! Mam! Come here! Come…
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Uphill on Walnuts with a Weak Leg
Walking the Bagua circle, I move like a snake Slithering on patchy grass Or a path etched by other warriors On dry soil, as they are Space holders and guardians Of the world in this vortex, This circle of yin and yang. But uphill On walnuts With a weak leg, …
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Be As Water
Be as water, Flowing from falls into silt, Creating pools and streams, Moving around rocks And through openings in Masses of reeds. Be as water, Flowing without obstruction. Finding its course Over the embankments, and Finding stillness In pools fed by streams. Be as water, Earth’s pulse, Flexible,…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 