A fundamentally
freer and richer experience of being alive
THE CLEARING
Through writing, conversation and gatherings, we explore how we see, meet and participate in life. A community is developing around that exploration, with room for real conversation, deeper connections and discovering what becomes possible in our everyday lives.
what we see
We rarely meet a situation with only what is happening in front of us.
There is what we think it means, what we expect to happen next, what happened before, what we want, what we fear, and what we believe should be happening instead.
These can become so familiar that we do not notice how much they are shaping our experience of life.
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When we cannot distinguish what is happening from what we think, expect or assume about it, we begin responding to all of it as though it were equally real.
This can influence our decisions and relationships, and create much of the tension and struggle in our lives.
MEETING LIFE
As we see more clearly, the way we participate changes. We become less occupied with trying to predict, control, or secure what comes next, and more able to respond to what life asks of us.
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Relationships change, things fall apart, opportunities appear, and sometimes we find ourselves somewhere we never expected to be.
We can plan, choose, pursue what matters and move towards what we want, while leaving enough room for life to inform what happens next.
STaY CONNECTED
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