Out Beyond

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

I will meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language, even the phrase each other

doesn’t make any sense.

- Rumi

Hi, and welcome to Patty o Talk! In this space I will meet with you Out Beyond “wrongdoing and rightdoing” as Rumi, the great Persian poet and Sufi master writes in his poem above.

Here, I’ll explore the art of connection, uncover ways to express ourselves clearly without the drama of crushing others and do my best to unravel societal beliefs so we can understand better the grace of allowing.

It is in this allowing that I have found the courage to express openly, in this scary uncomfortable forum, my life’s experiences, both successes and failures as well as my study and work in effective communication. There will be those who disagree with me, for you I hope you allow what I postulate to be ‘wrong for you’ and for those that my thoughts resonate with, that it is ‘right for you’. For when we frame our reactions to new ideas or others opinions in this way, we are resisting judgement and that is a wonderful step towards truly effective communication.