EP380: Chaos is extremely good news

“Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Chaos seems unwanted and perhaps terrifying to a mind that’s always trying to hold things together.

But in Greek mythology, Chaos is viewed as a primordial void or emptiness from which all else emerges. 

It’s the source of everything. Chaos, emptiness, void…source, aliveness, new life. It was not viewed as a lack of existence or total disorder, but the birthplace and source of everything.

Maybe it really is extremely good news? 

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The retreat will provide a supportive space for you to steep in your essential being. You’ll immerse in what’s always here, unchanging, beyond the pull of thoughts, feelings and identities, in the absence of everyday distractions and conditioning.

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