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Gabrielle Roth, 1941-2012: Disciple of the Deep Dark Divine – Eliezer Sobel

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-99th-monkey/201310/gabrielle-roth-1941-2012-disciple-the-deep-dark-divine ‘You didn’t really think this was about dancing, did you?’ This is the follow up to yesterday’s short film showing 5 Rhythms dance, a wonderful article by Eliezer about Gabrielle Roth, the movement’s founder. There is a lot in … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, actualizing tendency, anger, awakening, beauty, communication, compassion, conditions of worth, congruence, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, cultural questions, Dance, Disconnection, dying, embodiment, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, fear, flow, friendship, Gabrielle Roth, genius, good, grief, growth, healing, human condition, humour, identity, immanence, interconnection & belonging, internal locus of evaluation, kindness & compassion, love, meaning, meditation, metaphor & dream, mindfulness, movement meditation, music, natural world, non-conforming, organismic experiencing, perception, person centred, physical being, presence, reality, relationship, sadness & pain, self, self concept, sexual being, shadow, shame, spirituality, surrender, teaching, tears, therapeutic growth, transformation, trust, unconditional positive regard, vulnerability | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Like a silkworm weaving’ Akka Mahadevi – the eclipse, shadow & growth by Ivan Granger

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2015/09/30/akka-mahadevi-like-a-silkworm-weaving/ Beautiful poem by Akka Mahadevi, and profound and beautifully expressed reflections by Ivan in the wake of September’s lunar eclipse. Here’s a taste:- ‘The thing about the dark parts of life and the dark parts of our own psyches … Continue reading

Posted in 'evil', acceptance, awakening, cognitive, compassion, compulsive behaviour, congruence, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, dependence, Disconnection, dying, embodiment, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, fear, growth, healing, human condition, identity, immanence, internal locus of evaluation, kindness & compassion, loss, love, meaning, metaphor & dream, natural world, organismic experiencing, perception, poetry, power and powerlessness, presence, sadness & pain, self, self concept, shadow, shame, spirituality, surrender, vulnerability | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Find Your Bliss: Joseph Campbell on What It Takes to Have a Fulfilling Life by Maria Popova

http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/09/find-your-bliss-joseph-campbell-power-of-myth/ Fascinating piece from Maria about Joseph Campbell, and ‘follow your bliss’:- ‘I came to this idea of bliss because in Sanskrit, which is the great spiritual language of the world, there are three terms that represent the brink, the … Continue reading

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