i was thinking about this as ias walking. There's a way in which our own patterns of psychological holding, like our trama, is a kind of fixation or resistance in the system. And the relationship of love, of welcoming, is what allows it to kindly start to flow. In the flowing, the possibility of sacrification starts to take place. Because what prohibits something from being sacrificed is, in part, the fixed meaning we apply to it.
In this episode fellow Monastic Academy resident Ellen McSweeney and I explore the relationship between Circling and Soulmaking in an attempt to make sense of the experience we shared co-facilitating the Anti-Fragile Heart retreat in March. Towards the end there is a Q+A with retreat participants.
If you'd like to explore the practice of Circling MAPLE is hosting the SAS 6-month Circling Training starting in June.
This conversation was recorded in the meditation hall at the Monastic Academy, and the audio is a little wonky...