To dwell in the sacred is
to live with shimmering presence in the physical world. It is to experience your
home and community as living, breathing extensions of your mind, body and
nature. It is to engage visible forms and colors, objects and places as allies
revealing the unseen forces energizing and guiding you. In the middle of the
crushing craziness of daily life, it is finding spaciousness and peace wherever
you are. Dwelling in the sacred is your natural way of inhabiting the earth. But
it gets lost in the fears and limited patterns of thinking promoted by our
materialistic culture.
To reclaim sacred ways of dwelling
involves expanding beyond the conventional mindset that views the world as
isolated, lifeless objects. It is to see with fresh eyes and shape your
surroundings in ways the promote renewal and awakening. Sacred seeing opens you
to experiencing walls and windows, chairs and cabinets as the alchemy between
human imagination and the earth. Through such awakened eyes, inhabiting your
home and city becomes an active meditation for touching profound vitality and
connection through physical places. Sacred making offers you ways to create
homes and workplaces that nourish wholeness in your mind, body and
family. It is a means of entering a dialogue with nature and finding healthy,
sustainable ways of establishing your place in the world.
You can learn how to dwell
in the sacred at a workshop I am leading May 17-19 at the Shambhala Mountain
Center. This retreat invites you to experience your home, workplace, and
community as sacred places that can serve as allies on your life journey.
Exercises held in the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya will allow you to feel the
archetypal elements of holy sites and to learn ways of finding peace, healing,
and inspiration within the buildings you inhabit each day. Through a variety of
practices we will sense the connections between the buildings sheltering you and
your patterns of thought, speech, and action. You will learn ways of arranging
furnishings, selecting colors, and choosing materials to increase inner and
outer harmony, health, and happiness, and to engage your living spaces as
vessels for spiritual awakening. To find out more and register click here. I hope you will join us
for a fun, inspiring and transforming weekend.
After taking a similar course I taught in New York,
a real estate agent there sent me this email: “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought of you and the new
awareness you brought me as I walk through my city. It really added to my
fascination with the architecture of NYC in that now I really look at all of
the little details and feel the energy behind their creation—the joy and
beauty. It brings me into the present moment and I feel a connection with
timeless existence and my place in it. Quite a gift! Many thanks.”
love the way you write ! Thumbs up !
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