What would be possible if we got really good at detecting the split off universes in our bodies, the unhelpful stories, and the made-up structures of life with crystal clarity and became a bigger space? What would we stop struggling with? How easily might step right out of our limitations? What kind of magic might be unleashed if we could step out of all small spaces and reclaim our oneness? If we came in contact with the ground, became the ground in some way, would we be nothing but our “true self”, our real self? What might fall away and …
Category: Flourishing
This spring I took the opportunity to go on a 7-day silent retreat in Colorado with a teacher, Susanne Marie. I hadn’t been on a silent retreat that long and wondered what it would be like. I’ve done vision quests before, and compared to 4 days and nights isolated on the land fasting, this seemed quite luxurious. I would have shelter, a bed, and meals!
Silence can be intense, especially if we aren’t used to it, and I was surprised to feel like the retreat was actually not very quiet at all in the ways I was imagining. Most mornings …
This past week has been intense. I was in a gathering the other night where we all checked in and as I sat in silence, I wondered how to name what was happening for me. An image came right away. When I was in labor with my first child, it became clear he had flipped upside down and was stuck that way. From the moment we discovered his position, my midwives told me not to push. Sometimes that physical urge is described as similar to the urge to throw up or sneeze, but with exponential intensity. Try stoping that when …