Title: MindsEye

Why “Rareflight”? 

Rareflight comes from a book by Gordon MacKenzie called ”Orbiting the Giant Hairball”.  It is an odd-ball Organizational Development book that offers amazing insights into how corporate culture slowly but surely squeezes the fun and joy out of the workplace….and a enthusiastic message about to keep it even among those circumstances. Within the book Gordon posts an anonymous newspaper clip he collected. The clip says the following:

Rare Flight

Departing From: Devious Dependency
Destination: High Triumph

Not the plundering triumph of machismo where the game is to crush a brother or a sister, to become the  victor of the day - tomorrow's distinguished prey. Not that triumph. There is no deliverance there. Not that triumph, but the triumph of finding your divine humanity. To be divinely human - profoundly, passionately human, you must dare to forsake the fear-fed grappling for security that enslaves your spirit. Say “Goodbye, Dependency!” Unfold your wings. Brave skyward to the sanctity of grace, whole in the knowledge that - though the mud of your beginnings will soon reclaim you - you are living your moment, heart and soul. 


I found that to be such a compelling vision of how to live courageously that I took as a moniker…may it remind me of my own goals to do so.

So, Rareflight.   Nice to meet you.  

I joined Gaia many years ago (back when it was Zaadz) then went through a time of darkness…of mental “lockdown”…then went on a long walkabout…..and now I have returned.

I returned because I made many dear friends here; I encountered amazing talent, wit, grace and sources of inspiration.  I returned because I do think this place can ultimately help make me a better person and because….well I want to be of service in some way to the larger cause….I want to learn to be useful. 

So lend an ear, and share a story, and put a hoe in my hands and let me help pull the weeds and till the soil.   If I'm going to enjoy the bounty of the harvest table I have to help grow the garden. 

Blessings to you.  

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