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Remembering Our Belonging – Part 1

Remembering Our Belonging – Part 1

Our deepest suffering comes from feelings of separation, and as a species, our great task is realizing our belonging—to our bodies and hearts, to each other, to the living web…

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Remembering Our Belonging – Part 2

Remembering Our Belonging – Part 2

Our deepest suffering comes from feelings of separation, and as a species, our great task is realizing our belonging—to our bodies and hearts, to each other, to the living web…

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Power of Prayer: From Longing to Belonging

Power of Prayer: From Longing to Belonging

…what poet John O’Donohue calls “unearthing our ancient belonging.” “What’s it like if you bow your head and whisper and call on something larger?” from earlier that evening: Meditation: Relaxed…

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Blog: From Longing to Belonging

Blog: From Longing to Belonging

…us to belonging. The more times we traverse this path—feeling the loneliness or craving, and inhabiting its immensity—the more the longing for love becomes a gateway into love itself. Our…

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Belonging to the Earth

Belonging to the Earth

As a species, forgetting our belonging to our larger body of Earth is causing suffering for this entire living web. In this talk we look at what causes and sustains…

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From Longing to Belonging

…go outside after sitting and walk in the snowy woods. I found a sense of belonging with the great Douglas firs, with the chickadees that landed and ate seeds from…

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True Belonging

We all have a longing to belong. When pursued at the egoic level–often through our good-personhood projects–there may be temporary satisfaction but our sense of separation is ultimately reinforced. In…

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Transcript: Love is Always Loving You

Transcript: Love is Always Loving You

…in a sacred way, connection or belonging. John O’Donohue puts it this way, “Our life’s journey is the task of refining our belonging so that we become more true, loving,…

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True Belonging – Refuge in Presence and Relatedness

Touching Enlightenment with Our Body

…from our bodies (hearts, each other, earth) and the pathways of belonging. The evening is dedicated to John O’Donahue, a teacher of the divine longing that carries us to belonging….

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Blog: Opening the Gateway of Love

Blog: Opening the Gateway of Love

…I often ask the following questions: 1. With whom do you feel connection or belonging? Feel cared for or loved? Feel at home, safe, secure? Some people immediately identify an…

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