Spiritual Activism
There is a hybrid, online/in-person training on Spiritual Activism in the works.
At the same time, I regard all serious spiritual study as activism. The times we live in are most dangerous. The powers-that-be would lead us astray from ourselves. The spiritual path brings us back home, which is a great act of resistance.
May we be free from the patterns that bind us. May we be free to follow our true passions, which will only change the world.
The collective vision is growing. Positive change comes in infinite forms.
Spiritual Activism Course: People who practice alternative spirituality are highly individualistic, highly concerned about the state of world affairs, yet mostly self-defined as apolitical. This reflects a deep cognitive dissonance.
This course is meant to help spiritual people overcome their internal dissonance, to meet their internal desires for connection and to create outer activity to alleviate their feelings about the state of global affairs.
Learners define for themselves what spiritual activism is, explore their inner passions and craft a sustainable plan of self-expression that avoids burn-out.
Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is yours alone to sing
falls into your open cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world so worthy of rescue.
by Martha Postlethwaite
One group’s vision on spiritual activism:.
I celebrate that you listen to the whispers of the shadows.
I celebrate the discoveries you have tripped across,
the wisdom you have gained.
I celebrate your constant, stubborn seeking
during seemingly endless nights.
And I celebrate the Light that shines forth from your Heart
that which allows us all to see much better.
Awaken now.
It is time.
Time to make our move towards Light.
To say Yes.
I do believe.
I choose to hold the shaft of Hope.
I choose the path of Joy.
I accept the Divine Inspiration
and I move with the Light
in flow.
I choose.
Tasara