Re-member who you are...before you arrive anywhere. Illuminate the pathways of your progress quietly and like a soliloquy. I am enrolling in a Positive Intelligence course in July.
In the hush between heartbeats, and the hover of your finger over your mouse's left button, wisdom waits. It is never in the delayed send or the scheduled email...it is in the hesitation and the instinctual slowing down...to hear the whispers of the ancestors.
We live as vessels, as tuning forks, not meant to rush, nor lost in the echoing noise of urgency,
but in the sacred stillness where thought softens into knowing. Inner and mysterious knowing. Gnosis.
From that silence of isolation often blooms the petals of discernment —not flashy, but flowing still, and resonating with what is true, like the dops of dew. That is what is necessary, and that is the thirst we need to quench now.
If we let it, art moves us — as compass, and container and curator and companion. Like on a long walk in Central Park. Let us meet the world with the ease and gesture of the brushstroke, with the gentle touch and breath, where upon words surf and spiral like wind through the untethered soul.
Do not merely witness the world turning —instead turn with it.
“To be still is to listen. And from all three, we begin to truly belong.”
That line hit me like a tuning fork.
Thank you for letting this Field Note move something in you — and for reflecting it back with so much reverence. Your words remind me why I do this. Not to produce, but to witness. To hold. To offer just enough stillness that something true can surface.
Excited for what unfolds as you step into the Positive Intelligence journey. I have no doubt you'll meet yourself there in beautiful ways!
love the Coffee and Change podcast already. nice work you're doing in the world. thank you for your service -- have you already checked out the Resilience Tech Report? i think you'd love it -- 10 mins. nice POV. https://resiliencetech.report/
I’m so honored you listened! Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for that gift of your time and deeply listening. 🎧 Hosting the podcast has been a life curriculum. I’ll definitely check out the resilience tech report when I land tonight. Off to my Alma Mater to open a new student center. 🎓 👏🏻🙏🏻❤️🩹
and listened to the first iteration, and read the first draft,
then this morning, i'm weeping listening and seeing more in the pictures? your craft in telling someone else's story with the fidelity and transparency, the seeing what lies beneath, is remarkable. quite astounding. thank you.
what i learned in this process will inform my coaching -- TODAY.
we are sitting on a FAULT LINE [and it's a feature not a flaw]
the stillness is the work.
let the room we are in, and others speak. deep listening.
even listen to the Planet's breath.
its riddles, its ancients and the rituals -- from darkness to light
I love the focus on inner awareness.. This one made me smile as I wrote a story on the characters found in the referenced book “Positive Intelligence”, so I could internalize the concepts and make them tangible for readers:)
I love that! Turning the saboteurs and sages into story is such a powerful way to embody the work. There’s something really beautiful about making the internal landscape tangible— not just for readers, but for ourselves too.
Grateful this Field Note resonated with you—and smiling knowing it sparked that connection!
Re-member who you are...before you arrive anywhere. Illuminate the pathways of your progress quietly and like a soliloquy. I am enrolling in a Positive Intelligence course in July.
In the hush between heartbeats, and the hover of your finger over your mouse's left button, wisdom waits. It is never in the delayed send or the scheduled email...it is in the hesitation and the instinctual slowing down...to hear the whispers of the ancestors.
We live as vessels, as tuning forks, not meant to rush, nor lost in the echoing noise of urgency,
but in the sacred stillness where thought softens into knowing. Inner and mysterious knowing. Gnosis.
From that silence of isolation often blooms the petals of discernment —not flashy, but flowing still, and resonating with what is true, like the dops of dew. That is what is necessary, and that is the thirst we need to quench now.
If we let it, art moves us — as compass, and container and curator and companion. Like on a long walk in Central Park. Let us meet the world with the ease and gesture of the brushstroke, with the gentle touch and breath, where upon words surf and spiral like wind through the untethered soul.
Do not merely witness the world turning —instead turn with it.
To create is to commune.
To move is to understand.
To be still is to listen.
And from all three, we begin to truly belong.
Bill—this reads like a blessing.
“To be still is to listen. And from all three, we begin to truly belong.”
That line hit me like a tuning fork.
Thank you for letting this Field Note move something in you — and for reflecting it back with so much reverence. Your words remind me why I do this. Not to produce, but to witness. To hold. To offer just enough stillness that something true can surface.
Excited for what unfolds as you step into the Positive Intelligence journey. I have no doubt you'll meet yourself there in beautiful ways!
woah, i agree with Lindsey. this is such a beautiful reflection bringing its own wisdom. thank you! poetry runs through your veins.
Thank you! 🙏🏻 I thank the ancestors for it everyday.
love the Coffee and Change podcast already. nice work you're doing in the world. thank you for your service -- have you already checked out the Resilience Tech Report? i think you'd love it -- 10 mins. nice POV. https://resiliencetech.report/
I’m so honored you listened! Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for that gift of your time and deeply listening. 🎧 Hosting the podcast has been a life curriculum. I’ll definitely check out the resilience tech report when I land tonight. Off to my Alma Mater to open a new student center. 🎓 👏🏻🙏🏻❤️🩹
how is it that i was THERE for this conversation,
and listened to the first iteration, and read the first draft,
then this morning, i'm weeping listening and seeing more in the pictures? your craft in telling someone else's story with the fidelity and transparency, the seeing what lies beneath, is remarkable. quite astounding. thank you.
what i learned in this process will inform my coaching -- TODAY.
we are sitting on a FAULT LINE [and it's a feature not a flaw]
the stillness is the work.
let the room we are in, and others speak. deep listening.
even listen to the Planet's breath.
its riddles, its ancients and the rituals -- from darkness to light
No you're making me tear up Karl!
I love the focus on inner awareness.. This one made me smile as I wrote a story on the characters found in the referenced book “Positive Intelligence”, so I could internalize the concepts and make them tangible for readers:)
I love that! Turning the saboteurs and sages into story is such a powerful way to embody the work. There’s something really beautiful about making the internal landscape tangible— not just for readers, but for ourselves too.
Grateful this Field Note resonated with you—and smiling knowing it sparked that connection!