Integrating the Nature of Light

And a Mini Practice of Non Duality

We are in the height of summer in the northern hemisphere (my most favorite time of year!). Just past the solstice point. And everything is glowing and shimmering with radiance and new codes of intelligence and light.

And with all of this ineffable grace and beauty abundantly available…. worldly structures continue to collapse in devastating and heartbreaking ways.

This is the nature of evolution and life. More light pours in and as it does all that does not resonate with it is illuminated and displaced to be reconfigured and reorganized.

So how do we be with the reality of this world, exactly as it is, exactly as we are- and make our way towards integrating the beauty that is on offer, into form?

Here are some things we can consider as we make our way through this liminal, transformational time.

~You are part of something greater. However you frame that for yourself…. in whatever way is most real and true for you….. Be it Nature, The Universe, God, Goddess, a whole legion of Deities and forces……something bigger, more intelligent, and ultimately benevolent (in the highest non dual way of perceiving it) is holding it all… so that you don’t have to. You are held and part of an interwoven matrix crystalline coherence expressing as form.

~Every life, no matter how blessed, has its tenderness and difficulties. Hardship is a normal part of the package of living a life in form. So is pleasure and joy. Do you have what you need in place to get through the challenging moments? Practices, community, a network of support? Do you have a way to welcome and reorganize your dissonant parts?

~Trust your inner knowing, guidance and navigation system. Know what that is for you. Beyond your conditioning or strategic mind. Your intuitive knowing is just as valid, and often more accurate than your logical mind. With so many levers moving all at once as the world transforms….we can’t rely on logic alone anymore… There are more factors at play than we can account for. So what are your intuitive ways of knowing? And how do you stay actively engaged in an emergent conversation with all creation so that you are part of an evolutionary current rather than a destructive one?

These are things we explore and build in all of our programs and offerings in one way or another. Because when nothing is certain, all things are possible and we get to learn how to ride these massive waves. Join us in the practice and the play.

(Image is of the solstice eve sunset at Esalen in Big Sur this year)

I leave you with a mini practice-

Sitting in a meditative seat. Going into a state expansion and contemplation…

*Yes that is true.

(In relationship to whatever it is that you are experiencing)

*It’s not the only truth.

(Inquire, what is more true within you right now)

*I choose the truest truth.

(Open to what that might look like for you in this moment).

*And from here life meets and chooses me in wildly unexpected ways.

(Affirm this and see where it leads).