We had a blast getting to know you at the Living Room.
We’re integrating everything from an amazing weekend and already looking forward to the next one. Let’s keep learning, connecting and deepening the grooves of the 2nd tier we-space we’re creating.
You’ll be hearing from us soon to resume the conversation via our monthly community calls, and we really hope you can join us.
Photos by Brett Walker
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Terry Patten, Diane Musho Hamilton and Jeff Salzman. The morning sessions gave a direction for the day.
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Jeff is asking Ole Vadum Dahl from Denmark to share a Danish word that he taught to Terry Patten; hygge. Often translated as “cozy”, it is really the concept of creating a nice, warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with the good people around you.
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Diane Musho Hamilton of Two Arrows Zen and Rebecca Ejo Colwell of Ten Directions.
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The lovely and talented Julia Kanro Sati, chef, administrator for Two Arrows Zen and assistant to Diane Musho Hamilton.
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Diane, Terry and Jeff wanted to cap attendance at approximately seventy participants to keep the gathering intimate. All told, there was about eighty-five people in the room.
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“‘Row, row, row your boat’ is probably one of the most enlightened songs ever written,” Jeff, leading us in song.
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Terry Patten, Alyssa Morin and Diane Musho Hamilton. In this exercise we stood behind our chairs and embodied our “higher” selves to ask and answer some interesting questions.
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Diane is about to rile us up into different factions — not easy to do with a room full of “true but partial” integralists.
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Brooke Gessay McNamara, with little Lundin in the pouch, Terry, Diane, Rob McNamara and Jeff. Brooke and Rob showed up each day to help us with some embodiment.
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“If God invited you to a party and said everyone in the ballroom tonight will be my special guest. How would you then treat them when you arrived? Indeed! Indeed! And Hafiz knows there is no one in this world who is not upon His jeweled dance floor.” ~Hafiz
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“True Love, my dear/Is putting an ironclad grip upon/The soft, swollen balls/Of a Divine Rogue Elephant/And not having the good fortune to Die.” ~Hafiz
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Ken Wilber getting ready to speak to the gathering about our evolution in all quadrants. The drive toward more goodness, truth, and beauty is apparently intrinsic to emergence itself, and wresting Darwin’s legacy from the scientific materialists is our work.
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The distinguished Danish contingent, from right: Gisli Magnusson, Ole Vadum Dahl, and Steen Degn (with camera). Ole is a celebrated teacher in Denmark and has devoted his life to helping people unfold their potential. Gisli has translated many of Ken Wilber’s books into Danish. “He is not merely a tradesman,” said Ole, “he is an artist.”
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The three assistants, from left: Brett Walker (assistant to Jeff Salzman), Julia Sati (assistant to Diane Hamilton) and Rebecca Baum (assistant to Terry Patten).
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In the foreground, left to right, Gabe Wilson and Steven Elliott saying goodbye, or perhaps “until next time…”
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There were many small groups and opportunities to dive deep with people — too deep for some people’s comfort, yet not quite deep enough for others. The gathering will continue to evolve.
Brett,
These pictures take me back to the beautiful experience of being together with so many amazing souls creating our We space.
Thank you….blessing.
Thanks Mary Linda! It was fun to capture.
Brett, you awesomely beautiful soul… thank you for capturing in pictures, and your exquisite words, the subtle grooves of Kosmic possibility that etched meaning into every moment. Love you dearly. J
Thank you Julia 🙂