Lee Warren, Queen of Death

How do we die to our expectations of permanence?
How do we lean into the discomfort within and around us?
We know these things theoretically yet when there's an opportunity to practice in reality, we resist.
There is no permanence. There is no certainty. There is no security.
Let's unmake and remake the world anew.
Each moment.
Let's support each other to grieve and fear and rail against these knowings.
None of us are alone in being undone!

Who is trauma and grief literate and resourced enough to brainstorm how best to support massive individual and collective shock/grief processing? Let’s get together.

Contemplating death invites us to turn inward. Facing what emerges may be hard. But the rewards outweigh. We gain a more highly tuned intuition, a deeper guidedness, and more authenticity. It’s worth the trade.

“I did not meet this life until I met its brevity. I did not meet my voice until I knew every word could be my last. I did not know what prayer was until I started praying for what I already have.”

~Andrea Gibson

”Trying to get lasting security teaches us a lot, because if we never try to do it, we never notice that it can’t be done.” ~Pema Chödrön

 Too much certainty and we’re frozen in dogma.
 Too much doubt and we’re frozen in anxiety.
 Bouncing between the poles, we go insane.

The sweet spot is that liminal and alive space where we know absolutely nothing and have access to everything.

The reason I love death contemplation and preparation as a mystery school portal is because the mind can't really argue.

All other pathways to the infinite are lined with defenses and arguments.

But death? There's no arguing with her.

There's either trust & surrender or go down fighting.

You get to the same outcome but one journey is ecstatic while the other is pure suffering.

This short course is happening this week. Tuesday and Thursday.

Death & Dying in Community - Foundation for Intentional Community Contemplating death, ours and others, is a deeply empowering practice that allows us to live more fully in the present and gives us access to an immense gratitude for the miracle of our own existence. There is no other mechanism quite as powerful in bringing us face to face with profound awe. Join s...

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