Into Silence

Deep within each of us there lies a wellspring of stillness. Beyond the swirling thoughts and feelings, the cares and concerns of daily life in the world, this space abides.

We usually don’t get the opportunity to sit in this stillness, to immerse in the silence at the core of our Being.

Tomorrow I embark on a ten day Journey into silence. No conversations, no screens. Just a cabin, a creek and a cat named Frankie.

I will be cleansing and fasting, using this time of retreat to create greater space in my vessel, release what no longer serves and come into greater clarity and remembrance of Who I Am. With a few days of juice, smoothies and congee on either end, I will consume only water for four days with one day of dry fasting in the middle. I plan on resting, meditating, practicing Qigong and Yoga, journaling and simply being with the flowing water which passes underneath the cabin.

Life has been a crazy set of waves these past years, and it’s been far too long since I simply sat with the breath for days on end, allowing all the clouds of doubt and dust to settle and that clear light at the center of all existence to emerge in radiant remembrance.

This calling has been growing stronger with each passing day, and I feel so grateful for the portal which has opened to allow me to rest and refresh. I have spent around 130 days in silence in my Life, and though it’s been a couple years since my last immersion, I am filled with the same sense of excitement as if I were reuniting with a dear, old friend.

Indeed, that friend is myself.. the greater Self beyond the conceptions and constructs, the part of “me” that IS the whole.. the ocean in the drop.

Silence and Water have been two of my most powerful teachers, and I feel so blessed to be able to take this space to tune in with the Mastery of these primordial elements.

My final day of silence will be the Summer Solstice, and I plan on being on top of Mt. Tamalpais, the tallest mountain in Marin, to witness the sunset. This next month heralds some potent transitions and transformations in my Life, from receiving my gold and jade Shentara Master Ring to receiving White, Green and Blue Tara Initiation from Khandro Kunga Bhuma, to moving in to a new, expansive Home of medicine, magic and beauty in community.

As I move through these thresholds, I know that these are steps into the Empowerment of my Highest Service. I am now ready to empty my vessel in order to allow it to be filled with more of the Truth of why I am here and what I have to share with the World.

Thank you for being a part of this wild ride of Life with me..

I’ll see you on the other side.