One of the most important propositions in archetypal traditions is that nature is sentient. And by that we mean that it is intelligent and its intelligence is of itself. So this means that it is not the same as us imposing our intelligence upon nature, but rather, that we experience the particular intelligence of nature when we are able to mirror. And that mirroring was done through embodied ritual traditions.
Read MoreIn many ancient traditions across the world had dance was the central modality of their intelligence. Dance in these traditions had the role of being a technology of body consciousness. And that is because many of these traditions were alive to a more expansive intelligence that would allow them to mirror the multi-dimensional and expansive nature of Reality itself.
Read MoreSometimes we say that we can feel something in our bones or we know something in our bones. And my sense is that we're not just talking about intuition, but we're talking about something else, a visceral feeling something that is of the body. In this video, I'm going to share with you the archetypal invocation of bones, especially through this amazing goddess Chamuda.
Read MoreShould we always surrender and accept? Is it bad to resist? The current course that I'm doing is called sattva. And it is about the interspaces, or those experiences, and the intelligence between two opposite conclusions, or two dualistic propositions, for example, good and evil, or right and wrong, or in this case between surrender and resistance. In this video I share with you a very simple but beautiful story, which I hope will illustrate for you this interesting space in an archetypal way.
Read MoreOne of our greatest fears is to be expelled from the familiar. When I meet people who are interested in my Individual Program, for many there is a lurking fear—what if my inquiry removes me from my familiar cosmos? Will it mean I have to leave friends and family? I do not suggest at any point that Self-inquiry is about removing oneself from anything. However, we appear to harbour a deep intuition that there is a mismatch between our Self or authenticity, and our everyday reality, therefore turning to Self may entail a transformation of our intimate reality.
Read MoreThere is something very finite about Bone. We come to an ending in the architecture of Bone which is the skeleton of Body. In the intimacy of Bone, all masks of narratives, like flesh, become one with soil. What endures beyond flesh is Bone.
Read MoreArchetypal dance is the dance that was practiced by many ancient cultures in different parts of the world to transform consciousness. An archetypal tradition is a space of plurality and multi- dimensionality.
Read MoreArchetypes brings reality home into the body as the experience of our senses, and the ability to express that experience through embodied traditions.
Read MoreThe iconic words of Abraham Lincoln describing the modern birth of democracy in the Unites States of America recognises the birth of freedom through revolution, sacrifice and, more directly, death. He draws a line from the death of people who fought for freedom and the emergence of a political and social system that locates agency in the phrase “of the people”.
Read MoreSome of us grew up in cultures where the proposition that everything is conscious was alive, at least in philosophy if not in practice. From the age of seven, before every dance class and every performance, I offered a prayer by touching the Earth and putting my hands to my eyes thereby seeking her “Kshama” or endurance and forgiveness for my stamping feet as I danced on Her. Many indigenous cultures hold the wisdom of the aliveness of Earth in more day-to-day contexts.
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