ii. 3/3 Causal - becoming elders
The most powerful journeys we must take are the ones we are not ready for and cannot prepare for.
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Bayo Akomolafe
To support our awakening:
1. Tune in to your instrument - develop relational rituals first with yourself, then with energies beyond you
2. Work with that instrument to build familiarity and depth to hold the paradox and weight, to be coherence and stillness amidst the maelstrom
3. Connect with Spirit, tune in, and merge
4. Finding a community to
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You might be wondering at this point what comes after Finding. The answer is exploring and simply being. In a very real sense, people go from seekers to Finders and then on to explorers. Simply being in existence is amazing, and there’s no shortage of it to explore
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On a spiritual path working with different modalities that move forward in simplicity (though it may appear to be complexity - like mahamudra) the next question or feeling is often “ok I’ve done this, so now what?”
The question, as you move forward, morphs into “ok, so now how?”
The question ‘what am I doing’ loses its pull and interest. “How am I being” becomes much more alive, and focuses on the individual as a vessel connected to the whole, and therefore allowing that whole to come through based on how the individual shows up.
One day as I was about to step on a dry leaf, I saw the leaf in the ultimate dimension. I saw that it was not really dead, but it was merging with the moist soil and preparing to appear on the tree the following spring in another form. I smiled at the leaf and said, “You are pretending.”
Thich Nhat Hanh • Beyond Birth and Death
Thich Nhat Hanh
9/17/20
Lion’s Roar
Sometimes our journey takes place in the context of a vital, mythologically grounded culture, whereby one feels open to and supported by the mysteries. Then one experiences purpose in being, a sense of harmony with the world and with one’s self—both the world and the individual journey are clothed in meaning. For so many more of us, our journey... See more
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What does a modern cultural grounding look like? Is modern culture even sufficient to ground a soul? (I don’t think so - the over emphasis on the individual has led to a severing of the connection to place, community, culture, lineage, religion, or any other larger narrative.)
We must use that hyper individuality to our advantage - dive deeply into the individual - who am I, what am I, what are the big questions that I’ve been taught to avoid about my place in existence, where and to what do I feel connected or disconnected in a self, other, system framework. Take what would feel selfish - a deep excavation of the self - and the way through the self will illumninate the connection to something bigger than the self.
my vow to support, strengthen, and awaken those devoted to the human spirit who are seeking how best to serve. May we be together in this exploration and recognition of who we are.
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Ep. 268 – Ram Dass and Stephen Levine: The Heart of Healing
Experience of working with those dying. They’re a mirror for our own fear and pain. Can we be with a dying person with love rather than fear and heal each other in those moments? Can we move toward the pain and let the healing in?
Pain throws us into separateness which can lead us to the universal. Connects to tonglen practice of picturing those around the world feeling same emotion or sensation you’re feeling at that same time.
Swap “God” for “Life.” Its the same. God inadvertently frames as an exterior motivator. Life is us, and everything around us. Its both inside and out, unifying.