This is the outline I am hanging my lifeline on at the moment. I'm 3 weeee!eeks! fresh back in the States from 7 months in Asia ploundering (combo word from pummeling and floundering) along my path of spiritual quest. Reverse culture shock has reactivated my addictive response to this toxic culture re: food issues. Interesting to watch. Still I find my connection to Source is stronger than ever before and this has blessed me with an unusual stream of confidence which I think will last as long as my connection to source does. This, connection to Source, God, All-One, Buddha, whatever you choose to call it, is the most essential thing that has been lost to our culture. If each of us can remind ourselves to re-connect as a daily practice then we've got all our problems 90%, perhaps 100%, licked. That's the nugget of learning from my travels, so if you haven't made it a priority, do. You'll be saving the planet along with yourself. It's not something you need to "figure out" or "ponder" or do when you "get your shit together". It's a now thing. Do it or don't. But don't at your and our peril. I can guarantee you that if you make connecting to Source a priority everyday, your world will begin to shift. You'll have amazing energy. You will be able to accomplish things you previously thought not possible under current conditions. And all this requires is TRUST. The most elusive leap-of-faith technology under our sun. The concept of trust is easy. We all want it, yet when it comes down to the moment of ultimatum, we too often let doubt and fear win and block our access to never-ending Source of energy. One way is to let go of what is known, let your soul float in the unknown. It's like a game of cards. You don't know who has what card that will let you win but if you let go of control, of power, of needing to be right and the winner, of trying to calculate the odds, you will leave room for the unexpected, room for destiny to unfold in all its mystery and fantasmagorical beauty, room for people to rise to the occasion, room for doubt to be replaced by the creativity of the human spirit. Leave room for these intangibles. And when the unexpected moment comes and you are confronted with something completely new, your spirit, our spirit, one spirit, will know exactly what to do for the benefit of all beings. Higher consciousness will arise. And something that you could not have cognitively constructed will unfold with the synergy of unknown things colliding and the beauty and intricacy of the collective human spirit will unfold itself before you, and you will jump back in awe and say: is that really me? Yes, it's really you, and me, and all connected to Source. So, let go. TRUST. Pause in the space of the unknown, not knowing what will come next. Breathe in that space. Allow the energies to envelope you, inform you. Fully RECEIVE them. Let them intermingle, CO-CREATE with your own energy freely, without construct. Then ACT on the alchemical resolutions of those synergystic vibrations. Ultimately, then LET GO of any desires for specific outcome, don't hold on to anything. Then, as always, return to SOURCE. If you can allow your whole being to breathe in this RHYTHYM, as daily practice, you will purify all the toxicities out of your system and return to the Pure Land, where all is Love and all are Buddhas. And if each and everyone of us does this and only this, we'll be THERE. The impossible place we all dream of but don't know how to reach.

That's a good chunk of what i learned in Asia. Workshops to follow.

bless,
Ashanti

PS I'm headed to Burning Man, camping with Veg Camp, so if you're a friend of mine, or just want to meet, e-mail me your co-ordinates, so we can co-mingle and synergize.