“In some Mayan villages they even have a stage beyond the elder that they call the Echo Person. They say that when an Echo Person, whether a man or a woman, speaks, the words echo both in this world and in the other world. That's why they are called Echo People.” PeopleMenWorldPersonsSpeakStageThis WorldVillageEchoesEldersOther Worlds Author:Robert Bly
“A person who discreetly farts in an elevator is not a divine being, and a man needs to know this.” KnowsMenNeedsPersonsDivineElevatorsFart Book:Iron John: A Book about Men Source: Iron John: A Book about Men
“Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally, when we think of the highest thing. . . . Another way to look at it is that the aim of the person is not to be detached, but to be more attached-to be attached to working; to be attached to making chairs or something that helps everyone; to be attached to beauty; to be attached to music.” ThinkingWayLooksPersonsHelpingBodyCultureGivenVisionPureHighestCommitmentAimLeavingChairsAnother WayTranscendenceDetachmentDetachedPure Love Author:Robert Bly
“My feeling is that poetry is also a healing process, and then when a person tries to write poetry with depth or beauty, he will find himself guided along paths which will heal him, and this is more important, actually, than any of the poetry he writes.” WritingTryingPersonsImportantFeelingsProcessHealingPathDepthHealPoetry IsHealing Process Author:Robert Bly
“Rumi is astounding, fertile, abundant, almost more an excitable library of poetry than a person.” PersonsLibraryFertile Author:Robert Bly
