Letter from the Field: The Magic of Community
I love this letter and the accompanying graphic. Thanks, Lynn! All love, Fred
Dear Fred,
I am writing to thank you for our community that is Satsang 🙂 Nisargadatta said “there is an equal amount of good and bad in the world”. The Satsang you hosted is proof of the good available to all of us.
That Satsang was the first time I really felt what it was to be One with others. Everyone was me. I kept envisioning a clump of healthy grass which when turned over, revealed a single intricate root system supporting individually thriving blades of grass. Just beyond further words.
The story you shared in Satsang of when you & Betsy went out to dinner and she admonished you, was a great example of how precious it is to have even one other person there to remind you that your clarity is slipping. 🙂 [See note below.]
Thank you also for the “Practice Menu” as well as all the wisdom and encouragement towards clarity that you make available.
Attached is a ~ holiday greeting for you and Betsy; non-traditional as well as non-dual of course (laughter!). The truth is, at some point in the journey, I transitioned from scribe to non-dual journalist, and this is the first time I have ever shared any of the “journaling”. While originally just a string of words on a page, they had to take the form of a sine wave to truly reflect reality. It has been a very useful tool for me.
With Love ~ See you in Satsang 🙂 ~ Lynn
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Betsy and I were out getting pizza at a sports bar. Betsy took her seat in the booth. I was standing next to my seat staring off into space. Without bothering to check on what I was looking at Betsy said, “They’ll show her again in a minute. Sit down.”
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*Ba qua is an “extended yin-yang” found in Taoism and Taoist arts, representing balance in the eternal flow.
