Good morning! Welcome to the DKos Sangha weekly open thread.
This is an open thread for members of the DKos Sangha and others who are interested in discussions concerning how we integrate our progressive political activism into our spiritual practice. If you have observations about the political discourse of the week, or about practice, or about anything else related to walking a spiritual path through the political world, if you wish to share, or if you seek support, or if you simply want to say hello, please do; this space is for you.
If you would like to write a diary for the DKos Sangha, please let me know.
If you care nothing for spiritual practice and only wish to denigrate and disparage, please do so elsewhere, and respect that this is a community diary for the DKos Sangha.
The weather here where I am has been gradually getting warmer, the sun higher in the sky and up for a longer time. New growth is starting to peek from the ground. The earth is starting to wake up after an unusually long and cold winter. I've been outside working on the foot trails, the driveway, the drainage ditches; and I have some seeds in potting soil. Like the earth, this body too is waking up after a long winter.
In yin yang terminology it is a yang season; a time for expansion, moving out into the world, exploring new possibilities, opening to new experiences. The natural rhythms of our bodies are like that of our mother earth; we tend to come alive in springtime.
As we move forth with this season of growth and renewal, it is an opportunity to deepen our connectedness with the earth; it is an opportunity to explore more fully who we are.
Events will unfold in unexpected ways; our conditioning may want to resist, hide, push back. But as our practice deepens, we open further to what the universe presents us. Things might not go as we had planned; but that's ok. Meeting whatever arises is what practice is about; it is how we grow more human, opening further to our true selves, the truth of who we are.
Springtime is a season of expansion, moving outward, growth, renewal, warmth, increased energy, opening. Moving out into the world with open eyes and open hearts; allowing our bodies to gradually open as the earth itself begins another new year.
Touch the earth.
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You are welcome to join us each week in our Monday night group meditation here at DKos Sangha. This online group meditation is hosted by Ooooh, and the diary is posted at 7:00 Eastern. So that we are able to be together for as many here at Daily Kos as wish to participate, the meditation period runs from 7:30 - 10:00. This group sitting is open to beginners and advanced, and is not restricted to any particular traditions or practices. It is not expected that you sit for the entire period; sit for as long as you like, when you like. The idea is that we are here together; supporting each other, holding space for each other.
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Enjoy your day!
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