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Personal blog of Darren Logan covering various spirituality, psychology, and cultural issues from an 'out of the box' perspective as well as covering southern utah hiking adventures, presenting mystical poetry (focused mostly on the sufi poetry & ghazals and including some of darren's own poems), as well as covering happenings in Boulder UT and darren's art and music output.

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English - Mysticism/Spirituality, Canyon Hiking, Cultural Critique

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exorcising the self · 1Y ago

brief thoughts on the new year

this being posted in march denotes the first thing: Patience & slowing down.Silence.Experience.Not participating in mumbo jumbo, be it spiritual, political, intellectualAllowing life and all in it to tell me about itself, instead of me imposing meaning.I think that is called Listening.Not using airy

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exorcising the self · 1Y ago

Deserts and Mountains

Thoughts on Deserts and Mountains, a novel by Yilmaz AlimogluIf there is one thing which I love about this new cultural landscape of the internet we seem to inhabit more and more, it is the ability of cultural creatives, artists, musicians, writers, armchair philosophers, spiritual seekers, and just

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

a birthday poem?

Another year of challengesPassesWhen did it start,When did it end?Somehow those times Simply seem to blendTrials of the heart,The head,Sharing a space,Sharing a bed.Saying goodbye to an intimacyWhich transformed intoSomething new and wonderfulAfter a bump or two…New creative twistsReinvention, re-ig

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

spring changes

Changes and similarities flowing back and forthVying for a sense of balance – equilibrium.Winter and spring both bringing emotional challengesI seem to be facing them rather well, so far.Transformation, reassessment, new ideas, new feelingsEchoes from before still haunt from time to timeThough they

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

head and heart.

¬ The head should always follow the heart.Otherwise, our thoughts and actions cannot be properly tempered with true empathy and compassion. If we start at the head and only consider the heart and emotions with the intellect, we fail to truly touch the meaning of such heart based feelings.Words can b

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

winter time

Rebuilding, renewing. The time comes.Winter is such an intense time of reflection. Especially here in the small ‘hamlet’ of Boulder Utah.There is little to no work, a big blank spot in which one must face themselves or go nuts trying to avoid it.This year, I was thrust into the winter with intense c

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

in the now

so...to all of my friends that i have not been calling and keeping in touch with or whatever, just know that it is not personal, i have simply been caught up in the here and now.working doubles and gardening, etc. have been taking up almost all of my time and when i have down time i have been taking

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

work work work

all work and no play is no fun!!!!!Work, ugh. How to escape it?I was amazed to figure out the other day that I am working more hours per week now than ever before in my life. How the heck did that happen?I suppose I should be happy to have so much work and people begging me for hours considering the

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

i am a desert creature (part 1)

Edward Abbey…sigh…Love him or hate him, he just gets under your skin.I remember thoroughly enjoying my first experience of reading his work when I was given a copy of The Monkey Wrench Gang back in the late nineties, way before my days out here in canyon country. I’m definitely needing to reread it

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exorcising the self · 2Y ago

cool weather.

spring continues to be rather cool. it has made watering the garden easier but the tomatoes are not happy and growing much.i will be posting pics of the garden soon.Katherine and I managed to get out of town for 4 days last week. We went down to gallup NM (what a hole!). She wanted to check out an e

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