(Written at a retreat with Jack Kornfield, December 2008)<\/p>\n
Thinking about stories Jack told about \u201cretarded\u201d people, and I thought that was god manifesting in a \u201cretarded\u201d body.\u00a0 So then I wondered why god had manifested Jenny.\u00a0 What particular energy did Sacred Unity want in the world and so produced my life?\u00a0 Celebrating diversity.\u00a0 Inclusiveness.\u00a0 Supporting people to be their true selves.\u00a0 The sacred calendar \u2014 using science for celebration.\u00a0 Creating community celebrations based around traditional village dance.\u00a0 Actually building a place where all these things could come together, and then subsidizing it out of my own inheritance.\u00a0 To put money to good use for socially responsible purposes.\u00a0 And a whole piece about valuing the natural world and concern for the environment.\u00a0 I always felt badly that I didn\u2019t take more action in the service of these values \u2014 well DAMMIT what is action if building & running Neskaya isn\u2019t action?\u00a0 Then there\u2019s a whole piece about dysfunctional families and emotional pain and trauma and how to heal it.\u00a0 And it hasn\u2019t been focussed on just my own healing \u2014 I did Journey into Courage and educated a lot of people.<\/p>\n
(Written at a retreat with Jack Kornfield, December 2008) Thinking about stories Jack told about \u201cretarded\u201d people, and I thought that was god manifesting in a \u201cretarded\u201d body.\u00a0 So then I wondered why god had manifested Jenny.\u00a0 What particular energy … Continue reading