Author Archives: Dennis Dean

2Rt Mate Tuesday The Cellular Palimpsest of Nature’s Feral Architecture | Brooke Carter Brooke Carter | @brookecarter.offical Featured Lesson: The Cellular Palimpsest of Nature’s Feral ArchitectureThe Hard Wired: Jessica & Tom QuinnBetween the Covers: Ryan Holiday: Wisdom Takes WorkThe Daily Pranasphere from Pranayama.comA 3 min. Practice and Inspiration PodcastHosted by Dennis Dean & Guest Before We Start | My Conceptual Prelude:This particular editorial flow came to me while I was reading…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Mycelium Resists Cartography’s Monopoly of Truth | Malcolm Gladwell Wyoming through The Lens: Cara May Longtine Featured Lesson: Mycelium Resists Cartography’s Monopoly of TruthThe Hard Wired: Maty Ezratz, Chuck Miller & Leigha NicoleBetween the Covers: Malcolm GladwellPranayama.com’s New Home | The Pranasphere Before We Start | My Conceptual Prelude:Cartography = the human attempt to map something elusive, a metaphor for intellect, order, and exploration.Mycelium = nature’s…

2Rt Mate Tuesday The Cetaceans’ Sentient Quorum | Richard Freeman The Coconut Octopus Featured Lesson: The Cetaceans’ Sentient Quorum The Hard Wired: Richard FreemanBetween the Covers: Philomath (2021) by Devon Walker-FigueroaPranayama.com’s New Home | The Pranasphere Before We Start | My Conceptual Prelude:Sentient = able to perceive, feel, and respond with awareness.Cetaceans = whales and dolphins — ancient intelligences of the sea.Quorum = a threshold of presence where alignment gives rise…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Liminal Wisdom From The Continuum | Sergio Hernandez Cardiff By The Sea, Ca. 2010 Featured Lesson: Liminal Wisdom From The ContinuumThe Hard Wired: Sergio HernandezBetween the Covers: Henry ShukmanThe Pranasphere Podcast Before we start:Liminal= being at a threshold — a space between one state and another, where transformation, insight, or renewal can quietly take place.Wisdom= the understanding that grows from experience — the ability to see clearly.Continuum= unbroken flow…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Letting Nature In | Jane Goodall | Clara-Jumi Kang Lessons Learned: – Letting Nature In- The Hard Wired: Jane Goodall- Vibe We’re Lovin’- Between the Covers: – Picture This: Hello Friend, 👉 In short:Letting Nature In is less about escaping to the mountains and more about opening the door — literally and figuratively — to the living world that wants to steady us. We forget how porous we are. A breeze moves through us; birdsong rearranges the day. Even a single tree outside the…

2Rt Mate Tuesday The Ecstatic Motion of Magnanimity | Rumi The Ecstatic Motion of Magnanimity Lessons Learned: – The Ecstatic Motion of Magnanimity⚡ The Hard Wired: Jean Lowe and Kim MacConnel🎶 Vibe Were Lovin’📖 Between the Covers Hi Friend,Before we begin: what follows is my playful almost poetic way of taking a look at the delicate difference between gratitude and magnanimity. 👉 In short:Gratitude is a disposition of appreciation and thankfulness.Magnanimity is kindness and generosity…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Pedestals | The Sexual Revolution | Nature’s Refection Sunrise this morning.. * Nature’s Reflection of Wisdom * Vibe We’re Lovin * The Hard Wired * Lessons Learned Hi Friend, As I sit sometimes in my open field here on Butterfly Ranch the grasses bend in the wind, the hawks circle overhead & the 5 mountain ranges to the east allow my mind to drift into the past. Every story you can possibly imagine is there. There’s a wide variety of different places I’ve been on this planet,…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Amaroq Weiss | Nature Walks | Lessons Learned Editorial: Nature Walks This Weeks Read: Jack Kornfield & Vanda Scaravelli The Hard Wired: Amaroq Weiss+ The Teachings: 3 ways to reduce stress.+ The Pranasphere Podcast Update Hi Friend,All of nature’s landscapes have offered a safe haven — not just for me, but for countless souls before me. They provide a grounding no philosophy or practice possibly could. Nature is the beginning of all philosophies and practices. Rumi once…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Of Truth | 1960 | Rose in the Garden Part of Rosie’s Garden… Hi Friend, I often work on stories for months, which is the case for this one.Rose in the Garden is an excellent story in its own right but I needed something to take it deeper..I found inspiration while talking to my friend Tim in Costa Rica earlier this year.Enjoy… Rose in the Garden Being in love with a woman in her garden is a magical experience for this man. Shedding years of toil just in a glance. Is it a…

2Rt Mate Tuesday Solitude | Humor | Somatic Kinetic Intelligence Hi Friend, The body seems to be able to say just what it needs and when I say body I mean that in the largest sense. For me it’s the body of the universe itself, mirrored within our own inner landscape — an intelligent current of energy that moves through galaxies and through our very marrow with the same unbroken wisdom. To sense this current requires solitude — not isolation, but the quiet turning inward that happens when we…