Ronald L. Barnett

May 27, 2024

A Visual Meditation on Hands

Human hands touch and affect the world.  They serve many purposes including to inspire, to console, to love, to create, to heal, to help, to lead, and to follow others. Hands  can even have spiritual significance. In Hinduism and Buddhism mudras are gestures using hands and fingers to express symbolic meanings.

Here are visual examples where the sight of hands suspended the ceaseless, mechanical automaticity of habits and routines of the mind.

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             At a end of life celebration.

About Ronald L. Barnett

Welcome to Hey World - a home for my writings, much of it autobiographically-inspired. My hope is that they entertain, educate, and inspire. I’m simpatico with Enid Sinclair who told Wednesday Addams, ‘’I write in my voice. It’s my truth!” I hope you enjoy them. And if you subscribe and have comments, I’d love to hear from you.

I received the Doctorate in Psychology (concentration in human cognition and learning) and after 5 years working as a community-based mental health clinician, I worked in medical research with the National Institutes of Health for the remainder of my career.

 I served Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. (CO) as a teacher, group facilitator, retreat leader, Chapter Coordinator, Board Member and Trustee and taught with The Miksang Institute for Contemplative Photography.

As of 2020 I retired, hosted the podcast All Things Contemplative, and still volunteer with CO. I also facilitate Charis Circles with the Charis Foundation for the New Monasticism and Interspirituality - and enjoy information technologies, photography, nature, swimming, biking, and kayaking.

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Lifespring - early blog 2009-2020 https://lifespring.posthaven.com/