Subject: Re: Thinking about being ... the morning after the DC Inspiration gathering - Wednesday night!
From: "Sandy Wiggins" <[email-masked]>
To: "Martha Sherman" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Inspiration" <[email-masked]>, "Abby O'Neill" <[email-masked]>, "Adrienne van de Beemt" <[email-masked]>, "Daniel Blum" <[email-masked]>, "Debbie Schechter" <[email-masked]>, "Emily McCay" <[email-masked]>, "Hope Rubin" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter B" <[email-masked]>, "John Blount" <[email-masked]>, "Julie Silverman" <[email-masked]>, "Kappy Laning" <[email-masked]>, "Kathryn Gaughan" <[email-masked]>, "Kathy Jankowski" <[email-masked]>, "Kenny Lewis" <[email-masked]>, "Kevin Garrett" <
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:17:01 -0500

Dear Martha,

Thank you for sharing this.

Dear All,

I want to apologize for my inarticulate sharing following our practice together.  I want to share this poem, which I scribbled after our time together, which I hope does a better job.

The Rose

See your perceptions and your beliefs
painted in two dimensions
on the petal of the rose. 
Now follow them around
the gentle and sublime,
the soft and unfathomable curve,
descending to the center 
and opening to
Infinity.
There to find the rose. 
See the flood of perception and belief
flowing from each light,
a wash across each petal, 
descending to the center
and opening to
Infinity.
There to find the rose.

With love and gratitude,

Sandy

> On Jan 26, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Martha Sherman <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Dear all - Last night, for those of you who weren't there, I shared about feeling depressed for the past few weeks, feeling relentlessly the heaviness of all that is going on, in spite of my knowing that All is Well and the Light of Love is meeting the darkness that is ready to be healed.
> 
> I had two great take-aways from last night: 
> 
> first, to "listen with our breathing" .... to anyone I might call "other", to those who I essentially agree with, to my own internal dialogues ... we each have our own perspective on everything that is happening and each perspective matters.  Everyone's.
> 
> second, for me, that we are deeply loved.  Deeply deeply loved. All of us.  Everyone.
> 
> Today, in the Washington Post Express paper that is distributed on Metro, I encountered the attached article...which fills me today with hope and joy...that such encounters are happening, that they are being noticed and lifted up, that All is Well even as we have so much work before us.
> 
> Thank you, Jessica, for making the trip down to support us here in DC on the path of staying awake.  Thank you, Lauren, for hosting in your beautiful home.  Thanks to all who came and breathed with me!  Gratitude for each of you!!
> 
> We are the Light!
> love
> Martha
> 
> 
> 
> From: Inspiration <[email-masked]>
> To: Abby O'Neill <[email-masked]>; Adrienne van de Beemt <[email-masked]>; Daniel Blum <[email-masked]>; Debbie Schechter <[email-masked]>; Emily McCay <[email-masked]>; Hope Rubin <[email-masked]>; Hunter B <[email-masked]>; John Blount <[email-masked]>; Julie Silverman <[email-masked]>; Kappy Laning <[email-masked]>; Kathryn Gaughan <[email-masked]>; Kathy Jankowski <[email-masked]>; Kenny Lewis <[email-masked]>; Kevin Garrett <[email-masked]>; Koichi Take <[email-masked]>; Lauren Cafritz <[email-masked]>; Leah Ray <[email-masked]>; Martha Sherman <[email-masked]>; Mary Carr <[email-masked]>; Melanie Steinkamp <[email-masked]>; Michael Payne <[email-masked]>; Rebecca Fox Stoddard <[email-masked]>; Rob Fersh <[email-masked]>; Robbie Wright <[email-masked]>; Roderick Bowes <[email-masked]>; Samuel Silverman <[email-masked]>; Sandy Wiggins <[email-masked]>; Savannah Fox <[email-masked]>; Sharon Coviak <[email-masked]>; Stephen Jarrett <[email-masked]>; Tracy Bowen <[email-masked]>; Rachael E Pitts <[email-masked]>; Jaime Hedlund <[email-masked]> 
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 4:42 PM
> Subject: DC Inspiration gathering - Wednesday night!
> 
> Dear Beloved Friends,
> 
> We are gathering this Wednesday night in Silver Spring to do practice together, and to share and support one another.
> Please let us know if you are planning to come.
> 
> Our meeting on Dec. 1st was profoundly moving for all who attended. Without exception each person described the practice period that we did as magical, transformative, and like a spiritual initiation. I myself was deeply impacted by what felt like special energy about being in DC in this critical time in our history. We held each of you in our awareness as we practiced and went through our evening. 
> 
> Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 25th from 7-9pm. It will include practice, sharing, and a vegetarian potluck dinner. It will be held at the house of Lauren Cafritz. Her address is 6015 Walhonding Road, Bethesda, and her phone number is 301-221-8278 <applewebdata://4C3A1BA1-9713-48BF-9EC7-D1C6E13EA67E>. 
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. I am very excited about meeting in DC with you on a regular basis, and building a powerful container for inner work and fellowship. 
> 
> Love and blessings always, 
> Jessica
> 
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