Sangha of Auspicious Companions

July 6, 2021

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A Story Waiting to Pierce You

“A true encanto, an incantation, this book is pure music. It sings to the reader. This is the real thing. In each paragraph of the book, the Spirit is there. This is what the native people of the Americas have been trying to say, but were never permitted to. This song is the song of wisdom that we native people have not been allowed to sing.” These words by Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) are taken from the forward of Peter Kingsley’s acclaimed book, “A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet, and the Destiny of the Modern World.” More in this insightful review. { read more }

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Kingsley maintains that to approach oneness authentically, Western civilization must rediscover its own sacred origins and purpose. He shares more in this interview. Take a moment to reflect on your own relationship and approach to oneness. { more }

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July 4, 2021

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Leaf Seligman: On Redemption and Beautiful Scars

“As humans, we inevitably experience harm: we feel hurt, we get hurt, and we hurt others. We free ourselves from this experience not by imagining we can escape harm but knowing we can heal it–moving from wound to scar–and then learning to love the scars. This can, of course, be the work of a lifetime. Luckily, I have long loved scars. When I was four, I accidentally cut my left eye. As a result, a small scar formed directly under my eye and inside the eye, where the pupil stayed dilated with a keyhole in it. After I had the eye removed at twenty-one, a photographer I knew told me she wanted to record people’s scars, so I asked her to photograph me with my empty socket. It may be that at twenty-one I looked youthful, even radiant, but that one-eyed image of myself is my favorite photo; in fact it’s the only picture of myself where the subject feels beautiful.” Author, educator, and restorative justice practitioner Leah Seligman shares more in this powerful piece. { read more }

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Join a special circle with Leaf Seligman this upcoming Wednesday, July 7th: The Magnificent Broken- Redemptive Healing Through Words. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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July 3, 2021

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The City Planting a Million Trees in Two Years

As described so eloquently here by the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the loss of forest due to the impact of climate change is about much more than the loss of beauty and shade. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is leading her city’s efforts to make Freetown a tree town by planting one million trees in two years, increasing the vegetation cover by 50%. The goal is to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding and to reintroduce biodiversity. Loss of forest is about the loss of ability to live and Freetown is on its way to insuring the ability of all of its residents to live. { read more }

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In your own yard or place of work, or as part of a community initiative, work on planting one or more trees in your neighborhood

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July 2, 2021

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Discovering & Embodying One’s Unique Life Purpose

“How does one discover and embody their unique life purpose? The subject of life purpose is addressed here in light of the following:
1. There are three distinct purposes: to wake up, grow up and show up.
2. A person is born with a unique purpose that is best understood in the context of their soul. 3. The key to becoming clear about life purpose is engaging in soulwork.
4. Several forces work against purpose discovery and require attention.
5. Eight facets comprise a unique soul-level purpose: known as a person’s “Purpose Octagon.” Jonathan Gustin, founder of the Purpose Guides Institute shares more in the following excerpt. { read more }

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Join an upcoming Awakin Call with Jonathan Gustin. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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July 1, 2021

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The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment

“I want to describe a method invented by the Quakers, a method that protects individual identity and integrity while drawing on the wisdom of other people. It is called a Clearness Committee. If that name sounds like it is from the sixties, it is–the 1660s! From their beginnings over three hundred years ago, Quakers needed a way to draw on both inner and communal resources to deal with personal problems because they had no clerical leaders to solve their problems for them. The Clearness Committee is testimony to the fact that there are no external authorities on life’s deepest issues, not clergy or therapists or scholars; there is only the authority that lies within each of us waiting to be heard.” Parker Palmer shares more in this thoughtful piece. { read more }

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When was the last time you felt your inner teacher emerge? When was the last time you held that space for another? How might you practice inviting the soul to “speak its truth” today?

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June 30, 2021

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The Stillness of the Living Forest

“”I need to get away for awhile.” It’s a recurring and persistent internal refrain for many of us. John Harvey did just that. And his book, The Stillness of the Living Forest: A Year of Listening and Learning is not only an insightful look into his experience but, perhaps more importantly, it’s a call from the wild to the part in us longing to reconnect with something visceral and real; a promise that if we were to act on that soft suggestion all kinds of secrets would be revealed.” For fifty-two consecutive weeks Harvey would travel to the same spot in the woods, to, “sit still, engage my senses, and observe the flow of nature through the full four seasons.” { read more }

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Choose a spot in your own environs that you can return to on a weekly or a monthly basis. Over the course of a year, make a practice of noting your observations in some form.

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When gratitude can’t find a linear cause, it becomes deep gratefulness. Such a feeling has only one response — pay it forward. That’s what turns the gears of ServiceSpace. A prayer circle expands into an interfaith compassion challenge; Brian’s story of a pomegranate becomes an audio project for a summer intern; monks become volunteers, mandalas turn into a platform, speakers join our pods as students. Behind each story are a thousand micro moments of service, all compounding itself by an organic order. No singular cause, no center. Just a bow in reverence for this deep gratitude.