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About Howard Dieno

I am very interested in dialectic inquiry, and in any and all avenues to enhance communication and co-operation amongst people and groups. I am in private practice as an osteopathic practitioner in Victoria, BC, Canada

Challenges, Obstacles, Reminders

The last while has been a difficult time for me. Recently, my home was burgled and both of my computers were taken. The only other thing that was removed was a piece of musical hardware that was attached to my … Continue reading

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The Field – (a book by) Lynn McTaggart

Most of this post was written weeks ago, but Life has intervened. See later post(s) to hear about what has been in the way of my blog writing of late … Just finished reading this very thought-provoking book. It was … Continue reading

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Converting despair into first solutions

The following is an example of my mindstream in recent days. The first video clip below is poignant, clever and a shocking testament to the insanity of excesses popping up in most parts of our lives on this planet. [Added … Continue reading

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Midweek Update

Well, I am improving – though the symptoms are not trailing off quite as quickly as I would like. Today I am noticing some light-headedness. You will be relieved to hear that I won’t spend any more time cataloguing symptoms. … Continue reading

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A Forced Break

Right now, I need to keep this entry short, but I will be posting more over the coming days. I am beginning the recovery / recuperation phase after a sudden and shocking health crisis. Nine days ago I was up … Continue reading

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Collective Wisdom – Part Three

Rod Punnett and I are asking interested people to join us in reading this life-changing book and then to engage in inquiry, and the suggested practices, to transform the world as we know and experience it.
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Collective Wisdom – Part 2

I am now back in Victoria, and have had a busy practice day, followed by a two meetings. The first meeting was with other practitioner members of the Victoria Community Health Co-operative, and the latter was with an osteopathic practitioner colleague, … Continue reading

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Collective Wisdom Initiative – Part 1

I began reading a wonderful book today: The Power of COLLECTIVE WISDOM and the trap of collective folly – by Briskin, Erikson, Ott and Callanan. My dear friend, Rod Punnett, has been urging me to read this book for several … Continue reading

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Healing Civilization

I have just read a life-altering book: Healing Civilization by Claudio Naranjo.

we probably have only one generation in which to turn around the basic drives and values that run how we live on this little Blue Planet. I would agree that the first and most foremost task in that turnaround is a joint commitment to shift our Education of children toward learning how to simply Be, rather than to become “productive members of society”as it presently exists. Continue reading

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Musings from Here and Now

For some weeks now, I have been getting intuitive impulses to write of the many different but related threads to my life and practice. Since these threads all seem to be pointing in roughly the same direction it feels like I can only make good sense of what is emerging by writing it out in this manner. Continue reading

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