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The 3 Building Blocks of Transformation
True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction and false social realities.
We have to retreat into our own cocoons and come face-to-face with who we are. We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar’s body begin to spread out and its light, beautiful wings begin to form.
~Julia Butterfly Hill
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This past month, I’ve been supporting the 24 people who are going through “Fall in Love with Your Work.” One of the things I love about teaching this course is watching the transformations that unfold for participants on their way to create right livelihood.
When I first created the course, I didn’t anticipate the deep levels of change that people would go through – not all of those changes directly related to their work. Some of them ended relationships that no longer served them or their partners. Some started exciting new projects, like a meditation group for their local community. Some dove headlong into creative endeavors that they had been postponing for way too long.
The “Yes!” List / September
Raising awareness about the crippling effect of student loan debt
The September Yes! list… intended to give you creative and positive ways to respond to some of the big challenges of our time.
The Great Matter
I. The Great Matter
Let me respectfully remind you
Life and death are of supreme importance –
Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost –
Let us awaken –
awaken . . .
Take heed: Do not squander your life.
I’ve chanted those words hundreds of times at the end of retreat days in Zen communities I’ve practiced with. I’ve heard the phrase “the Great Matter” an equal number of times. But I’m not sure I ever really got what this meant until a month ago.
In Zen Buddhism, life and death are referred to as “the Great Matter.” As in, nothing else really matters when it comes right down to it. This breath that separates life from death…. everything hinges on that breath, on the realization that one day that breath will not be taken, and on the realization that every day could be that day.
This day, this moment right now. This could be your last moment.
