In times of distress, conflict and chaos, we can find within us a place of peace. There is a space of Awareness where we can find refuge, rest and restoration. We go there not for the purpose of escaping this world or denying the reality of its suffering. We go there in order to return […]
deep in the breath beyond knowing peace blossoms (from “not poems: moments of Awareness,” © Donna Thomson 2018) Our greatest gift is Awareness. It is inherent in all of us, and indeed in all life. Mystics and sages of all the ages have identified consciousness as the fundamental ground of the universe, the source of […]
“Transfixed by our technologies, we short-circuit the sensorial reciprocity between our breathing bodies and the bodily terrain. human awareness folds in upon itself, and the senses-once the crucial site of our engagement with the wild and animate earth-become mere adjuncts of an isolate and abstract mind bent on overcoming an organic reality that now seems […]
Sketch by Bob Schrei The ground of our practice of SourcePoint is Awareness – with a capital A to emphasize its all-pervading presence, the Awareness that we take so for granted. Every moment, we are aware. We see, we feel, we taste and touch, smell, think, perceive, observe, remember, we hear, we make choices. Our […]
Photo by Josh Schrei In the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism, there are considered to be five elements: air, earth, fire, water … and space. Space contains all other elements. Space contains all thoughts, feelings, events, experiences and incarnations. The inherent nature of our mind is vast, infinite space. Meditation helps us experience this spacious awareness […]
This post could also be titled “After the Workshop.” Any SourcePoint workshop you may have attended, three years ago, or three weeks ago, this applies. Often after workshops people write to me with stories of their experiences when they return home. Mostly it goes smoothly, and they find they can integrate the work and experience […]
One question that keeps recurring is, “How long do I hold the points?” Here’s what Bob has to say about this: Like any other discipline this is a learned skill that takes time and awareness. Practice! Here are some general guidelines that apply whether we are talking about the Guardian Points, the Diamond Points, the […]
Another useful practice is, when holding the points, pay attention to what you are feeling in your own body rather than focusing on the client. This helps you to just let the blueprint do its work. Sometimes, of course, images or insights about the client will come to you. Watch out for the phrase, “This […]