All Hearts on Deck
"One of the most helpful and powerful actions we can take as we move through this transition as a species is to increase opportunities for conscious reflection from the personal to the planetary scale."
— Duane Elgin, author of The Living Universe
— Duane Elgin, author of The Living Universe
The All Hearts on Deck (AHOD) series of Group Offerings are geared to leverage personal and collective transformation and are rooted in Trillium Awakening (TA) teachings. TA is a highly effective path of whole-being realization that integrates consciousness, embodiment, and mutuality.
I currently offer two monthly online awakened activism groups on the Second Saturdays:
I currently offer two monthly online awakened activism groups on the Second Saturdays:
- Open Circle for a general audience
- Mature Trillium Practitioners sittings
Next AHOD events:
The "Other": Social Undercurrents in Mutuality
Saturday, Nov 17
Register for one of the two options, below (Open Circle, or Trillium Practitioners)
The "Other": Social Undercurrents in Mutuality
Saturday, Nov 17
Register for one of the two options, below (Open Circle, or Trillium Practitioners)
It is often said in Trillium circles that our individual shadow work serves both personal and collective healing. This is because the conditioning that caused us to protect and hide our authenticity came through our primary caregivers who, in turn, were deeply conditioned by their families and culture.
This conditioning goes back countless generations, and now we finally have the understanding, tools, and capacity to consciously integrate what our ancestors were unable to. Lucky us, right?!
Renowned spiritual teacher, Thomas Hübl, talks about cultural trauma - patterns of psychological disruption that characterize an entire group of people. He points out that one of the key features of trauma is what he calls "the absence of sensing and seeing," and this happens not only individually, but with entire groups of people.
In our Western, industrialized culture, there are patches of collective trauma - massive blind spots - that make it difficult to sense and see things clearly, and where we lack access to empathy. These absences of sensing and seeing, which, by definition, we are unconscious of, deeply affect our capacity for mutuality - one of the three petals of our path. In Trillium, we recognize that our wholeness depends on deep reciprocity with others, and with all of life.
Join us in a rich AHOD inquiry where we'll explore what it means and how it feels to have socially-related "absences of seeing and sensing." Some of the questions we may contemplate include:
This conditioning goes back countless generations, and now we finally have the understanding, tools, and capacity to consciously integrate what our ancestors were unable to. Lucky us, right?!
Renowned spiritual teacher, Thomas Hübl, talks about cultural trauma - patterns of psychological disruption that characterize an entire group of people. He points out that one of the key features of trauma is what he calls "the absence of sensing and seeing," and this happens not only individually, but with entire groups of people.
In our Western, industrialized culture, there are patches of collective trauma - massive blind spots - that make it difficult to sense and see things clearly, and where we lack access to empathy. These absences of sensing and seeing, which, by definition, we are unconscious of, deeply affect our capacity for mutuality - one of the three petals of our path. In Trillium, we recognize that our wholeness depends on deep reciprocity with others, and with all of life.
Join us in a rich AHOD inquiry where we'll explore what it means and how it feels to have socially-related "absences of seeing and sensing." Some of the questions we may contemplate include:
- What are some of our cultural blind spots?
- What is it we do not want to see, feel, or bear when we are with an "other?"
- How does this affect our ability to be in mutuality with others who are significantly different than us?
- How can we become conscious of an "absence" in the current moment of encounter?
- What are some ways we might begin healing these closed-off parts of our individual and collective psyche?
We have been born into the fragmentation of our former generations, so we don’t know a world without trauma. Which means that we make trauma normal.
We only find out over time the symptoms of the trauma history that we biographically have, but we have hidden our ancestral and collective past.
I learned that not only was the individual trauma important, but it is super important to bring it into a much larger context. Trauma is not a stand-alone thing. I love the quote of Goethe, that says: “Every object, well contemplated, opens up a new organ of perception within us.” It opens up the tremendous capacity of hosting the world in us...but trauma is hunkered down, and when the traumas of the world appear in us, our perception is way smaller than the world we live in, and we create many more side effects by not sensing and not seeing.
....We are all shareholders of this collectively traumatized field. It lives in us.
...So, the collective event is never separated from the inability to perceive it. It is very powerful because it means that the event, ”shooting in the school,” is entirely connected to everybody who cannot feel it.
~~Thomas Hübl
Full Transcript of interview
AHOD schedule - Future & Past topics
Future Topics:
Past Topics: 2020
Past Topics: 2019
Past Topics 2018:
- Dec 12 - Deep Prayer: Being the Heart of the World - annual open meditation for all TA practitioners
Past Topics: 2020
- Jan 11 - Love Warriors: Healing the Masculine-Feminine Split
- Mar 14 – Sensing a New Way: Fundamentals of Awakened Activism
- April 11 – Dancing Between Heaven and Hell
- May 9 - Hidden Agendas: The Shadow Side of Activism
- June 13 - Body of Love: Awakened Embodiment in Action
- Aug 8 - Goddess Rising: The Necessity of the Feminine For All Genders
- Oct 10 - Courage Dancing: The Alchemy between Daring & Trust
Past Topics: 2019
- Jan 12 - Choosing: Navigating Overwhelm and Infinite Options
- Feb 9 - Humility: An Alchemical Ingredient
- Mar 9 - Magic Mirror: The Power of Reclaiming Projections
- April 13 - Dare to Laugh: The Necessity of Joy and Play in Awakened Service
- May 11 - The Promise of Awakened Service: A Developmental Perspective
- June 8 – Divine Uniqueness: Liberating Your Brilliance Into Service
- July 13 – Wholeness-in-Action: Bringing Your Whole Self to the Divine Game of Life
- Sept 14 - Lifting the Veil: Social Dimensions of Awakening
- Oct 12 - Sacred Reciprocity: Ecological Dimensions of Awakening
- Nov 9 - Gratitude: The Wings of Awakened Service
- Dec 8 - Deep Prayer: Being the Heart of the World
Past Topics 2018:
- June 9 - Love in Action: The Fire at the Heart of Service
- July 14 - The Power of Trust
- August 11 - The Golden Compass: Exploring Intention & Commitment
- Sept 8 - Redefining Activism: The Bold, New World Beyond Hypermasculine Striving
- October 13 - Dare to Self-Care: Foundations of Sustainable Service
- November 10 - Activism as a Spiritual Path: How Being of Service Supports Embodied Awakening in Mutuality
- December 8 - Deep Prayer: Being the Heart of the World
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OPEN Circle
2nd Saturdays of the month
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pacific Time Meets online via Zoom videoconferencing Suggested Offering $20 - $30 Enjoy community of like-hearted others Engage your Awakening through key principles and practices Integrate overwhelm, grief, and fear Honor your Uniqueness and live your gifts Share our growing edge of insights, successes, ideas, and challenges |
Are you longing to be of service and finding ways to weave conscious action into your spiritual practice? Or are you wanting to bring more spirituality into your activism? These monthly meetings will support you in doing both!
When we are called to respond to the world it can be heartbreaking to discover the ways in which we are actually part of the "problem" we're trying to solve. Doing our inner work can reduce the inadvertent harm that our unconscious conditioning can cause. And, taking action can reduce the tension in our hearts from knowing we're embedded in life and impacting the well-being of the whole web.
As we awaken to our non-separate nature, constricting patterns organically integrate and liberate us into greater capacity to act on behalf of the wellness of all beings. In turn, our daring actions can become pathways for further awakening. This beautiful exchange of action and surrender brings us into greater wholeness and allows us to co-creatively co-evolve with the ever-unfolding Universe.
When we are called to respond to the world it can be heartbreaking to discover the ways in which we are actually part of the "problem" we're trying to solve. Doing our inner work can reduce the inadvertent harm that our unconscious conditioning can cause. And, taking action can reduce the tension in our hearts from knowing we're embedded in life and impacting the well-being of the whole web.
As we awaken to our non-separate nature, constricting patterns organically integrate and liberate us into greater capacity to act on behalf of the wellness of all beings. In turn, our daring actions can become pathways for further awakening. This beautiful exchange of action and surrender brings us into greater wholeness and allows us to co-creatively co-evolve with the ever-unfolding Universe.
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The All Hearts on Deck Open Circles are non-denominational. Trillium Awakening practitioners are welcome to attend, as are people from all spiritual backgrounds and inclinations. Space is limited to 10 participants |
Spirituality is intimacy with the living universe - intimacy with ordinary reality, and engaging it at its depth.
— Duane Elgin, author of The Living Universe
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AWAKENED ACTIVISM INQUIRYfor
MATURE TRILLIUM PRACTITIONERS
2nd Saturdays of the month
10:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific Time Meets online via Zoom videoconferencing Suggested Offering $20 - $40 Enjoy mutual empowerment with like-hearted others Honor the prompts of Being and cultivate your unique gifts and passions Deepen your awakening by choosing, daring, engaging, and expressing Share our growing edge of insights, successes, ideas, and challenges Integrate overwhelm and nourish each other during setbacks Dance in Trust as you respond to life with compassion and joy |
Have you been stabilized in your whole-being realization for a while and are longing to bring your awakening out into the world more fully in the form of service?
Or, have you already ventured forth in fulfilling your purpose but could use some mirroring, support, and encouragement as you dare to act on your dreams? If so, the Advanced Trillium Awakening Practitioners Circle is aimed to help you do just that!
Or, have you already ventured forth in fulfilling your purpose but could use some mirroring, support, and encouragement as you dare to act on your dreams? If so, the Advanced Trillium Awakening Practitioners Circle is aimed to help you do just that!
Is this you?
If so, we encourage you to join us!
- You’ve been stabilized in whole-being realization for some time and sense a growing necessity to lean in and be of service
- You’re in the process of awakening, have a passion for environmental and/or social activism, and want to use this passion to support your awakening process
- You have a mature capacity for self-awareness and self-responsibilty
- You have some access to a Trust in Being, a Wellness of Being, or being supported by Mystery or Consciousness that gives you some spaciousness and ability to be with What Is
If so, we encourage you to join us!
If you're ready to engage the wild realities of this place and time in global history and offer your gifts for the well-being of all, then the All Hearts on Deck sittings are here to help you dare to know and share your unique brilliance in a truly awakened activism.
The sitting format includes meditation, gazing, topic discussion, and sharing.
The sitting format includes meditation, gazing, topic discussion, and sharing.
What is trillium awakening?
Trillium Awakening is a highly effective spiritual path that deeply integrates consciousness, embodiment, and mutuality. It is also a mystery school consisting of nearly 40 teachers and over 20 mentors who provide highly tailored one-on-one coaching as well group events to support people in their whole-being realization process. More info
WHAT IS whole-being realization?
Whole-Being Realization is awakening into non-separate conscious embodiment. Consciousness paradoxically fuses into feeling-union with the body-mind, becomes self-aware as the Core Paradox (of being both infinite and finite), and realizes its existential nature as the same essence with all that is. While this is a permanent shift of one’s experience of the ground of Being, it requires integration over time that may be categorized into early, middle and late stages for its fullness to be realized.
As you relax more fully into the discomfort of the Core Paradox of existing simultaneously as infinite and finite, divine and human, you recognize your identity has shifted to being this paradox. This fundamental shift may be gradual or sudden. It is often felt as a “landing” into self as never before, and actually changes your whole orientation to life.
Your sense of self is no longer exclusively identified as the finite body-mind, or as infinite Consciousness, but now incorporates the entire spectrum of being, which includes everything and excludes nothing. Whole being realization is just the beginning of an ever-deepening journey of awakening and integration which over time becomes an embodied awareness that’s stable amidst life’s fluctuations. This tacit knowing brings relaxation, openness, and well-being.
As you relax more fully into the discomfort of the Core Paradox of existing simultaneously as infinite and finite, divine and human, you recognize your identity has shifted to being this paradox. This fundamental shift may be gradual or sudden. It is often felt as a “landing” into self as never before, and actually changes your whole orientation to life.
Your sense of self is no longer exclusively identified as the finite body-mind, or as infinite Consciousness, but now incorporates the entire spectrum of being, which includes everything and excludes nothing. Whole being realization is just the beginning of an ever-deepening journey of awakening and integration which over time becomes an embodied awareness that’s stable amidst life’s fluctuations. This tacit knowing brings relaxation, openness, and well-being.
what is a trillium sitting?
A sitting is a gathering where mutuality is uniquely practiced in the Trillium path. Sittings are held virtually and in-person, and generally include gazing meditation, discussion relevant to the embodied awakening process, and participant sharing. During the sharing time, you are invited to explore something important to you in your awakening or seeking process – particularly your current “edge” of growth or development or a place where you are stuck and want movement.
The teachers provide guidance and reflection, while honoring each person’s inner wisdom. The intention is to provide a supportive and trustworthy container in which participants are deeply met and seen in all their Infinite Radiance, as well as their very human limitations. As you share, the group listens consciously with their whole Being and without offering solutions or advice, which provides support and safety for you to come forth as your authentic self.
Openly feeling into the darkest portions of ourselves unexpectedly gives us the freedom to also deeply feel our spaciousness, gifts, and freedom. The energy and attention that has become stagnant from resisting these difficult feelings then give way to movement and become available for deeper inquiries and integration. Being held in mutuality, together with the teacher’s transmission of embodied consciousness, helps to quicken and deepen your embodied awakening.
In the context of awakened activism, these inquiry-based sittings will focus on our edges around participating ever more fully in life and offering ourselves in service.
The teachers provide guidance and reflection, while honoring each person’s inner wisdom. The intention is to provide a supportive and trustworthy container in which participants are deeply met and seen in all their Infinite Radiance, as well as their very human limitations. As you share, the group listens consciously with their whole Being and without offering solutions or advice, which provides support and safety for you to come forth as your authentic self.
Openly feeling into the darkest portions of ourselves unexpectedly gives us the freedom to also deeply feel our spaciousness, gifts, and freedom. The energy and attention that has become stagnant from resisting these difficult feelings then give way to movement and become available for deeper inquiries and integration. Being held in mutuality, together with the teacher’s transmission of embodied consciousness, helps to quicken and deepen your embodied awakening.
In the context of awakened activism, these inquiry-based sittings will focus on our edges around participating ever more fully in life and offering ourselves in service.
prerequisites
- Active in Trillium Awakening for at least 6 months
- Familiar with core Trillium teachings (e.g. have taken the Trillium Orientation Course, IAM’s Foundation Course, have read Becoming Divinely Human, or equivalent)
- Currently working with a Trillium Awakening teacher
- Have attended at least 3 Trillium sittings or a weekend TA workshop
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Subtle forms of activism like global meditation and prayer, especially when integrated with more conventional forms of activism, can play a crucial unifying role in any holistic approach to collective healing and social change.
— David Nicol
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"...Divine Love cannot be only an interior experience: after all, it is also the energy that creates and sustains the universe. To live in Divine Love is inevitably to act from it, both by the radiance of your presence and in actual acts of justice and compassion."
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Embodied Awakening
Take your activism to the next level
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Experience a quantum shift in your ability to be compassion-in-action Catalyze your whole being realization using the proven path of Trillium Awakening™ Deeply know your fundamental inter-being-ness with all of life Enjoy highly-attuned support for your unique awakening process |
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Individualized sessions focusing on the embodied consciousness awakening process are a great addition to all of the groups. See my Trillium Awakening teacher's page for more info.
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