I know that some of you, like me, struggle to make meaning of all of the despair in the world and find a way forward that feels like you can grieve while also continuing to find beauty and respite in all the wonder that surrounds you. For some of us, it’s not a choice but a driving force within to search for and use our strengths to make some kind if difference. But it’s not always clear how.
The work I’ve been engaging in over the past four years through my ecotherapy certificate and my soul journey have been significantly guided by Joanna Macy and the spiral at the heart of her Work That Reconnects—Coming from Gratitude~Honoring Our Pain for the World~Seeing with New Eyes~Going Forth. I’ve experienced it all but I haven’t studied it at its origin.
I have so much going on right now in an effort to recreate life for my third act that caution would tell me I need to stay focused. However, I can’t quiet my inner voice that keeps telling me this is the next right thing. I would like my next offering through Internal Luminosity to be a shared reading and experiencing of The Work That Reconnects through the book ACTIVE HOPE by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone. Joanna left this earthplane this summer at age 96 after a lifetime as an activist, author, and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology, and creator of the work that reconnects. Don’t let that be intimidating, though, because her writing and process are very accessible. I’d like to swim in a bit of her stardust with you.
If you are looking for a safe space to acknowledge every deeply troubling thing that is happening in our country and on our planet while also living in gratitude and identifying the gifts you have to offer during this Great Turning, won’t you consider joining me? My current thinking is committing to the next three months to joining a Zoom meeting to discuss about 79 pages once a month. This would give us plenty of space for all the life that is happening along with time to do reflections and exercises offered throughout. And i could be available—or create a general space—for folks who would like to connect during the in between spaces to discuss what they are discovering.
I’m attaching a few photo excerpts so you can get an idea of why I think it might be a powerful elixir for us now. I was able to purchase my book on eBay, so not breaking my boycott of Amazon.
If you feel called to do this, you would certainly be helping me to continue to grow my confidence in offering this work to others and hopefully experience some new insights, at least, if not a whole new way of seeing.
Please direct message me if you’re interested in joining me. ✨💖
Internal Luminosity 
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