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........... and hello again to you late night visitors ....... I know you are there and want to say that Willie Williams has yet another few quotes on my second fav U2 website;
www.u2.com
and it gives a lengthy quote from a new U2 book ........

"First, U2 are a band who pursue a particular, visceral intimacy with their audience. (Hence, you imagine, Bono's admiration for the Velvet Underground, Patti Smith and Morrissey.) "

Regulars will know I support U2 between albums and during the hot and interesting ones like now. I have gigged with them in the small places when they played for free or little dosh. I have taken groups of teenagers to BBC free radio broadcast gigs and pumped out U2 plasic records from club juke boxes - about thirty years ago.
I love where they are coming from and what they do.

Moving on ...... last week at this conference I had times when I felt lonely.
I want to blog about this because it is a mistake to think that vulnerability is weakness.
On a conference like that I chose not to hang around in groups with humans I work with in several locations. I tend to mix with people from different countries and always hang out with the ones who are on the fringe of the noise and maybe those who spend a little more time than others - with lingering eyes ...... Staring into their warm beer.
That leaves me sometimes between stools.
That leaves me left behind from the crowd.
That leaves me ...... feeling alone and when I am tired I feel it more.
My choice.

Also at conferences and similar events - there is always one person who takes up a central position in the bar/room and gathers humans around with strength of personality and light entertainment.
On the fringe of these humans - usually there is a few others who hang about and hesitate to join the buzzing throng.
In these small groups there is often the best L5 conversations and I love it, love it, love it.

I want to tell you who I am .......

When I got on the plane in Czechia I said to the man in seat A18 ....... I think you are sitting in my seat ....... he then read his A19 ticket out to me ...... and then, then, I spotted the empty seat in front of him, so clearly marked now, and announced "I am having trouble with imperfection ......" as the whole plane seem to laugh .... I smiled too .....

I am telling you who I am ..........

sprinklings of stardust be upon you now and forever ......

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.................... last week I led a workshop in Czechia called;
Human Being
and
Human Becoming

(If you were in that group or know someone who was - can you send me a pic via email so I can put faces to names please? I would like to keep in contact)
I am so bad at names and we were only together for about 90 minutes.

I want to thank these beautiful humans for attending and being willing to give so much trust to me as the leader and to the rest of the bhps present. Thank you for being willing to attempt to do great things within such a short time. Full of wonder, even more, because one human could not speak any English and I spoke no Finnish!
The process used the Level Five Model which I use in my books.
It is a communication tool which can help anyone who wants to develop authentic relationships, helping relationships and even the vital personal relationships.
We did a short journey through the five levels. The co-operation was outstanding and the communication so SO powerful.
It was a joy and a privilege to be with these special humans and share at such a level - so quickly in terms of time. It displayed a willingness and trust. It demonstrated that, having given permission to each other, they would share the deepest things within a climate of trust and confidentiality.

The objectives of the session were;
-To conduct an experiential exercise.
-To create a reality of L5 sharing
-To ensure we communicated from our deepest soul and not defensive opinions and head knowledge generally.
-To use the powerful feeling present to develop the skills and awareness of 'clocking' our own feelings.
-To use those personal experiences to enable us to manage life with emotions - better - and become more whole.
-To introduce a Transactional Analysis as a tool for building relationships and managing putdowns and difficult behaviour of many kinds.

To those not there in the room with us on that special Saturday day - we did, in a short time, lots of journeying which I go on about in this blog so often.
I want to journey with you - as you click towards me - and others who I encounter when I do sessions in differing circumstances.
Life is too good and beautiful to reject this road less travelled.

Stay close and we will keep on this journey together as God places his unique finger print on our soul ....................

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....... my beautiful human mate gets a good mention in the UK Sunday Newspaper 'The Observer" today as I get back to reality.

-- Zoo TV and PopMart -- designed by Willie Williams..... that's the man ....... and they say;-

"On an evolutionary scale, the shows designed by Williams might be said to represent a highly developed form of rock theatre, calling on inspiration and influence from a range of media from fine art to advertising by way of cinema and opera."

...... and another slice here ..... and if you want you can pick up the full article on atu2.com .......

"Zoo TV started as an indoor arena tour in America and Europe, between February and June 1992. Willie then brought in the set design team of Mark Fisher and Jonathan Park to help him realise the big outdoor version, called Zoo TV Outside Broadcast in North America, which came to Europe as Zooropa, and subsequently went on to Australasia and Japan. The idea that the whole Zoo TV concept could be open to ongoing adjustment was central to its vision, and part of the agility of Zoo TV's concept lies in the production's awareness of itself, and the honed acuity of its dialogue with the audience."

I love all these guys and there is now a build up to a new single in November AND then an album to change my life ......... and yours .......

you are beautiful .........

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...... I am back from Czechia and feel tired after a coach, an airport wait a plane a horrible LHR and then an hour or so drive to get home in 11 hours. Better than outward which seems like double that.

Have much to reflect upon but tired in the head from a week of non-stop interactions.
And a few workshops led.

Much to reflect and will do soon .............. sorry I have been off-blogg for a couple of days ............

......... if I was with you now - I would say
"you are beautiful"

true

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..........the Danish deligation led the devotions this morning here in Litomysl.

They said that their new hymn book was complained about because it included a line about God being a handicapped person with no hands.
They changed it to say
"you are the hands of God ......"

I like that.
We are God with skin on.
If that does not make sense, there is a story downpage from here about 'God with skin on'.

Beautiful human
see you later ...............

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....... are you sitting uncomfortably?

Me here in Czechia ...... and if you have emailed me with no answer ..... I am off line on pip da wilson @ ............ I cannot get my mactop on line due to my technoignorace ...... and I have just been told that the computer room will not be available to bloggers like me ...... so this maybe the last one till sunday.
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Heaven is not a place for retired christians but a place to worship God.
As long as it is not Charismatic worship I will be happy.
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It is fantastic here to say the Lords Prayer every morning with about 120 others saying it in their Mother Languages ..... about 20 different languages .. ........ the diversity ... it is great and makes the feel humble .........

I will struggle in my last workshop I lead to go to some depth with people who cannot speak English. It is real - yet to go to some depth with limited time ....... I don't know how to do it ...... so I will just do it .......

TRY ...... reminds me of the Bugge Wesseltoft track often mentioned here .....

thanx for clicking this way .....
I leave you by reaching out my finger tip towards your unique self ......


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...... 1.50 pence for three bigger than pints-larger hmmm.

That is Czech land ..... and stiull is.

Itis great to have a discussion group here with humans from;
Armenia
Finland
Austria
Germany
UK ..... that's me - from the world really.

Yes still here in Czech and bobbing into the computer room (pc ..... strange computers)
So it is coffee again and I clicking a bit before doing the sipping.

I have a day of involement today - not leading anything but going to all then workshops - and love the meeting of the humans more than the content - most times.
The other days I am doing funky stuff.


I am aware that I am thinking that
growth and development does not reside in our comfort zones.
The challenge is to lead sessions which stretch in a safe environment and not do things which take people too far too quickly.

I also want to be outside my comfort areas of life ......

Click on Jill scott dot com for a dash of music - if you have not got the album yet



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.............. one of the good things about a 12 -13 - 14 hour journey is listening to music on my iPod ........ I listened to three two hour programmes and managed a litttle talk with humans.

1 dj fitz from 1xtra - a fab gospel/music/hiphop show
2 gilles me man peterson - seems like a friend because I have listened to hiom for yonks
3 zane lowe = and elctric guitar man mainly - the rock kind of stuff on R1 mon to thurs and I like his style and some of his music



Lots of things on my mind soul head ....... one thing to click about was - I did the opening session for the conference of multi national ymca people - 120 and many who had travelled longer than me - even.
It was a move around - game - activity -buzz talk and kick off session which may seem to be thrown together.
The truth is - I spent a lot of time getting the flow as best poss - for the tired and difficult with english people. To be non-threatening.
To have fun
to stretch
to be becoming

think it was good and a few have said that but
lots think I don't need encouragement coz I am the man with the mike and the jokes and games.
I think it went well - the feel I good about it .........

we are kicking.

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...............I am in Czech and missed a day on the blogging machine because I was up at stinking 3.30 to drive to Heathrow and travel travel ........... we only got to the centre here at 7 or after so ....... so long stinking day and no blogging pip.

Now got a lot of things to say but I am in a little internet room and it is coffee break AND I NEED COFFEE ..............

I have noticed that there is a button on the pc and not on the mac which lets me highlight links for you like

www.pipwilson.com

never doner that before so see if it works eh??

........ will sign off and get back to you ........ you beautiful human

and I need to tell you that Zig is a beautiful non-human

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I was talking to this human there was a most beautiful expression of feelings. pain joy discovery

Why am I afraid to tell you who I am

because if I tell you who I am

and you don't like who I am

that is all I have.

That is the title of my favourite book of all time and

it has been for some years.

Above is the title on the 'back' cover.

The front cover calls it;

"Why am I afraid to tell you who I am"

That discovery of 'who I am' has been fantastic.

Still is.

It is ongoing.

It is the greatest journey.

Inward.

I am here.

If we can be in touch with 'who I am'

that means

knowing we are feeling something

clocking it

taking it to the head

into our brain

into the centre

the soul

THEN we can begin to really work on life

enjoy

stretch

own pain

own failure

own weakness

own richness

own skills

own awareness

own experiences

own beauty

Owning the beauty of creation

it vital

I

am

talking

about

you

your

own

your

beauty.

I was talking to this human

there was a most beautiful expression of feelings.

pain

joy

discovery

family

friends

art

creativity

stumbling

hurting

passionate

thirsting

Yes I was with this human and a delight it was.

I learn as the human drags my eyes as I want to catch every expression

every word

the lip movements

the brow

the hands

leaning

back

forward

use of my name

everything.

Now I can see another human

I was there

I heard the words

saw

"I feel like sticking him"

"I feel like sticking him"

These words were dragging my eyes to the demonstrated stabbing movements

I did not want to see

stabbing movements

and the facial expression

repeated words

repeated stabbing movements

repeated twisted facial pain.

I have to be with both humans

to miss any one would be not owning life as it is.

If there is a step into clocking

them feelings

there is light

a journey through a tunnel

maybe

but

illuminated

at

the

end

BHP