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We are not meant to travel alone. We are social beings that require guidance, nurturing, and support. We also find strength and meaning by offering support to others. Our deepest truth of interconnection says that we are in this together and unless we act from that place, we will not survive.
Seattle Dharma Punx and Circles in the Dark are two ways to engage in community and share in the process of healing and spiritual development. Spiritual mentorship is a way to experience one on one support for your personal practice. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Noah Levine is a Buddhist teacher, author, counselor, and founding teacher of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, with a center in Los Angeles and over 20 affiliated groups around North America. His memoir, Dharma Punx, begins with a street life of addiction, violence, and incarceration. It winds down the tricky and often painful path of cleaning up a life of wreckage and eventually ends with freedom grounded in the present moment and guided by wisdom and compassion. His story has spread like wildfire and there are now Dharma Punx groups in cities around the world.
An important aspect of the Dharma Punx movement is the power of spiritual community. Within these communities we nurture not only the healing of our own hearts and minds, but the safety and freedom of all living beings. Seattle Dharma Punx is a peer-led group. We offer a casual space to meditate in community, explore Buddhist teachings, and share personal experience. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The practice of sharing in Circle offers the opportunity to bear witness to our darkest emotions and deepest wounds in the safety and solace of intentional community. Through simple ritual we invite the wisdom of Silence and Spirit to guide our way through the dark. Through the giving and receiving of our stories we come to see our interconnection, shared humanity, and the impersonal nature of suffering. We cultivate reverence for the strength and beauty of our fragile lives even amidst great pain. Difficult emotions and mind states such as loneliness, isolation, and despair are often calmed when given voice and received in compassionate community. Healing community teaches that although we cannot change the past, we can choose the future. Together we can create an ending to the story that will deepen our compassion and empower our lives.
Please see my blog for the current schedule of Circles in the Dark and feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
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I offer individual spiritual mentorship as way to help guide and nurture your practice. We each bring unique stories and circumstances to our spiritual practice and it is important to acknowledge that there is no one way to approach spiritual development. My goal is that together we cultivate a relationship that empowers your own wisdom and understanding of what is needed as you move through different phases of your life and spiritual development. The mentorship structure is designed according to each individual with room for growth and change. I am happy to work with you either in person or long distance. Mentorship is offered on a donation basis and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
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If you would like to offer financial support so that this work may continue with vulnerable populations, such those experiencing homelessness, incarceration, or war trauma, please contact me directly at rachel@sacredrecovery.com. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
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