Nature and Eros: Intimate Engagement with a Living Universe

We live in an extraordinary time. Western industrialized culture has conditioned us into the assumption that we are separate selves living upon the earth. Yet across disciplines we are awakening to the knowledge that we are living organisms intricately woven into the ever-evolving vibrant web of life. Coming to understand and, most importantly, to live from this knowing requires a profound shift in our perception of the larger web as well as a recognition of our deepest identity as an inextricable part of the cosmic unfolding that brought us forth.

Beginning with explorations into the wonders of the cosmological story itself, aims to initiate and support this shift in consciousness – a shift that encourages the movement from alienation to intimate connection; from striving to active surrender. Through mutually reflective encounters with the larger Earth community, with our own rich interiors and with each other, we will begin to dissolve our borders and discover our deepest belonging, both to ourselves and to the larger whole. Rather than being passive, the invitation is to a deeply embodied and sensual way of listening to the world and its constant beckoning.