Sangha of Auspicious Companions

June 2, 2019

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A New Republic of the Heart

When we face a moment of crisis, individually or collectively, a whole wave of radical conversations is inevitable. For these conversations to really make a difference, we must break through our personas and our inauthentic poses. This is a deeper level of discourse than has hitherto seemed thinkable in public–disarming, tender, and authentic. Such a conversation requires a level of trust, vulnerability, and truthfulness that our culture seems to preclude, and we tend to shy away from it. The courageous vulnerability to speak and listen at this level is profoundly humbling. We have to speak from the place of not knowing and curiosity. We have to listen with an open mind and a soft heart. Terry Patten invites us to meet him in this place of not knowing, so that we may enter the profound shared experience of creating a republic of the heart. { read more }

Be The Change

Start your own radical conversation. Reflect on where there is a sense of urgency in your life. Then ask one or more people to sit with you with the intention drawn out of your comfort zones into something deeper and more real, meaningful, and rewarding.

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June 1, 2019

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Grief is Praise

In this excerpt from The Smell of Rain on Dust, Martin Prechtel tells the story of a friend who has asked his advice about burying his recently deceased mother. In the book, Prechtel explains that the unexpressed grief prevalent in our society today is the reason for many of the social, cultural, and individual maladies that we are currently experiencing. In this beautiful tale, he illustrates what happens when one stoic, mid-western American expresses his grief based on Prechtel’s advice. { read more }

Be The Change

Consider what you have not grieved and set aside the time to allow that expression remembering that “grief is praise of those we have lost.” Find or create a song to praise the life and love you have been given.

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