Inscapes Blog
Staying with What is Stirred
A participant in a recent gathering remarked that they felt both stirred and supported by the day’s teaching. It struck me that, at the heart of the work we do, is an invitation to engage in the oft muddied movement of our lives.
Gratitude
I have been deeply touched by this picture of the Lord’ Prayer
Lynne sent us on Thanks giving day.
The picture made its way directly to my heart and gratitude filled
it immediately.
When I read sections of the book, I can’t believe it came from me,
but this picture reminds me – that with so many of you, I, too, lay
it on the altar with humility and gratitude.
Our Climate Changes
As I write, a major rainstorm is pounding down with ferocity. Thunder strikes and lightning flashes. Nature is speaking in alarming ways and there is no avoiding the clashing of elements and the agitation that is stirring.
Humanity too, is in a state of agitation and the outside thunder and lightning illuminate the collective human crisis of the personal storms that form inside each one of us.
We are All CoCreators
Before humanity ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil we just saw everything as “good”. We did not impose judgements on everything that came into our lives. But, splitting things has now become common place and we hold tightly to the things we like and are comfortable with, and we push away the things that may be tedious or hard to understand. The most glaring example of this in the world today is politics. One side feels their views are the “best” views and the other sides views are, well, the “worst”.
Book Signing Success
The Lord’s Prayer: A Path for Transformative Living Illuminated by the Enneagram was officially released at an intimate gathering on August 13th. Seventy eager followers lined up to have a brief catch up with author, Carol Ann Gotch, and have their copies signed.
A New Inscapes Logo: A New Enneagram Symbol
The enneagram, like all symbols when given our attention, reveals new and evolutionary wisdom. It is a key, giving meaning to the greater depths of reality, as well as our being human.
In an effort to open to the greater depths of the enneagram, we are offering an inspired revisioning of the symbol here.
Getting Unstuck!
Ever find yourself in this scenario?
You say what you mean and think you mean what you are saying….
Then BAM! “I said what? I did that?”
You look to the left, then look to the right in disbelief.
You take a look around in wonder…
“Here I am again?”
Grief
Traditionally, autumn is the season associated with grief and earlier this month, Carol Ann led us in an exploration of this dark emotion. Dark, not because it is ‘bad’ but because it is hidden. We live in what has been called a ‘death-denying’ culture and when we deny death and loss, we lose the ability to grieve consciously.
The Inner Light of Fall
We were born from warmth and light, a soft glowing and slightly wavering light within an inner warmth.
It is an ancient mystery that we carry within, a mystery that is veiled and hidden within the soul and spirit of each one of us.In ancient times this ‘mystery wisdom’ of our beginnings, was witnessed by awakened individuals.
Gratitude for Community
In order to truly benefit from the enneagram, we are required to stay present to how we behave, how we react, and how we respond to people and the world around us. Our ability to observe ourselves is never to be undervalued.
Often, people begin working with the enneagram and interpret the teachings as things “we should do” and things “we should not do”. But we soon discover that there is no ‘right’ way of behaving. There is only the way that is truly right for us in the moment.