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Today's guest is Ian MacKenzieWe go deep talking about:What we can learn as men from myth and the mythopoetic men's movementWhat we as a society have forgotten from important myths like the split between men and womenUnderstanding that toxic masculinity is actually immature masculinityElements of a mature mindset and how lack of a father figure or having a toxic father growing up can affect you as a man, partner, and fatherWhy self-healing and doing inner work as a father is crucialBeing more involved in your children's lives as a father to build and sustain your relationship even in the futureIan MacKenzie is a filmmaker and writer who lives on the edge of the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over 13+ years, he's been tracking the global emergence of new culture. From the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall St, he has sought and amplified the voices of visionaries, artists and activists who have been working toward planetary system change. He is most known for his films Sacred Economics (2013), Amplify Her (2017), Occupy Love (2013, Producer), and Lost Nation Road (2019). Ian is also the creator of The Mythic Masculine Podcast as well as The School of Mythopoetics, and a Rad Dad facilitator.---Welcome to the Dad.Work Podcast!It's my goal every episode to help dads suffer less, love more, and parent confidently.We'll be diving into mindfulness practices, healing trauma, conscious parenting, natural living, compassionate communication, the spiritual aspect of fatherhood, and more.There are a lot of amazing teachers and guides who help men become more aware and conscious, but there's not a lot of resources for men who are both fathers and interested in a mindful exploration of consciousness and improvement.This podcast aims to help bridge that gap.Resources, Links, Show Notes:https://dad.work/podcast/Get our Free 14-Day Better Man, Better Dad Email Series:https://dad.work/email/Join our online brotherhood + training community, The Village, to become a better man, husband, and father today:https://dad.work/village/

On this episode, our guest is Ian MacKenzie, a filmmaker and writer who lives on the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over 13 years, he's been tracking the global emergence of new culture. From the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall St, he has sought and amplified the voices of visionaries, artists and activists who have been working toward planetary system change. Ian is best known for his films Sacred Economics, Lost Nation Road, Amplify Her, Dear Guardians, and Occupy Love (directed by Velcrow Ripper). More recently, he founded The Mythic Mascline Podcast and Network, exploring in-depth conversations about emerging masculinities, as well as A Gathering of Stories, an online mythopoetic ceremony. I met Ian some years ago at the Orphan Wisdom School near Ottawa, Canada. Since then, we've become friends and co-conspirators in the deep work of apprenticing the culture, what is absent in it, and what might be done about it. Ian joins me to discuss the backpacker "gap year" and the lack of initation for young men and women, the difference between a tourist and a traveller, the theatre that the tourist industry creates for tourists, what it means to be a guest, creating ritual space, and Joseph Campbell's "hero's journey." Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Mackenzie's Official Website The Mythic Masculine Podcast & Network A Gathering of Stories Support Ian via Patreon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support the pod & movement via our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theendoftourism Discover more episodes and join the conversation: http://www.theendoftourism.com Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @theendoftourism

This is a segment of episode 299 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Work Of Men: Emerging Masculinities In The Crater Of Calamity w/ Ian MacKenzie.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmackenzie3 Learn more about The Mythic Masculine podcast and subscribe: https://www.themythicmasculine.com Ian MacKenzie — visionary filmmaker, storyteller, and host of The Mythic Masculine podcast — returns to discuss manhood, mythology, and emerging masculinities in the wake of calamity.  This conversation runs deep. Ian and I attempt to navigate the complexities and shadows of men's work in our time of emerging inquiries and contemplation about gender identity and expression. We wholeheartedly acknowledge that as necessary as those discussions around these subjects are, as vital as they may be, we must ask: Where do men fit in this? Ian and I are both what can be described as cisgendered and fairly heteronormative in our relationship styles — situated on a spectrum that has, traditionally, benefited folks such as ourselves in very concrete and obvious ways. That reality is not contested by either of us. But, as we expand upon in this discussion, the patterns of behavior and the beliefs that accompany men through their lives extremely limit them in their relationships — both with others and with themselves — and in their development through the various stages of adulthood. The patterns of domination, manipulation, and violence that characterize so much of how men engage with those around them stem from deep wounds that must be looked at and addressed. Ian and I delve into these subjects honestly, and I ask Ian to express what he has learned on his path exploring these subjects with his work in film and The Mythic Masculine podcast. Ian MacKenzie is a new paradigm artist who lives on the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over 10 years, he’s been tracking the global emergence of new culture. He is the host of The Mythic Masculine podcast and the founder of A Gathering of Stories. He is well known for his films Sacred Economics, Lost Nation Road, Amplify Her, Dear Guardians, and Occupy Love (directed by Velcrow Ripper). WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast / https://venmo.com/LastBornPodcast BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 10:22] Ian MacKenzie — visionary filmmaker, storyteller, and host of The Mythic Masculine podcast — returns to discuss manhood, mythology, and emerging masculinities in the wake of calamity.  This conversation runs deep. Ian and I attempt to navigate the complexities and shadows of men's work in our time of emerging inquiries and contemplation about gender identity and expression. We wholeheartedly acknowledge that as necessary as those discussions around these subjects are, as vital as they may be, we must ask: Where do men fit in this? Ian and I are both what can be described as cisgendered and fairly heteronormative in our relationship styles — situated on a spectrum that has, traditionally, benefited folks such as ourselves in very concrete and obvious ways. That reality is not contested by either of us. But, as we expand upon in this discussion, the patterns of behavior and the beliefs that accompany men through their lives extremely limit them in their relationships — both with others and with themselves — and in their development through the various stages of adulthood. The patterns of domination, manipulation, and violence that characterize so much of how men engage with those around them stem from deep wounds that must be looked at and addressed. Ian and I delve into these subjects honestly, and I ask Ian to express what he has learned on his path exploring these subjects with his work in film and The Mythic Masculine podcast. Ian MacKenzie is a new paradigm artist who lives on the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over 10 years, he’s been tracking the global emergence of new culture. He is the host of The Mythic Masculine podcast and the founder of A Gathering of Stories. He is well known for his films Sacred Economics, Lost Nation Road, Amplify Her, Dear Guardians, and Occupy Love (directed by Velcrow Ripper). Episode Notes: - Learn more about The Mythic Masculine podcast and subscribe: https://www.themythicmasculine.com - Learn more about Ian and his work: https://www.ianmack.com - The music featured is by Waxie: https://waxiemusiclibrary.com WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast / https://venmo.com/LastBornPodcast BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Ian MacKenzie is a filmmaker, writer, speaker, and facilitator who is most compelled by the intersection of eros, emergence, and village.  He is the host of ‘The Mythic Masculine’ podcast.  And he is best known for his films Sacred Economics, Lost Nation Road, Amplify Her, Dear Guardians, and Occupy Love. On this Episode: Ian MacKenzie | https://www.instagram.com/ian.mackenz/ | https://www.ianmack.com/  Adam Jackson | https://www.instagram.com/adam___jackson  Produced by Shaun Offenbach | wayfindersmedia.com CONVERGENCE V RE-ALIGN: Join us In-Person, April 22 - 25 | https://www.sacredsons.com/convergence5  Join us Online, April 30 - May 2 | https://www.sacredsons.com/convergence-online    Connect with Sacred Sons: Website | https://www.sacredsons.com  Upcoming Events | https://www.sacredsons.com/events-calendar Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/sacredsons  YouTube | https://youtube.com/channel/UCgkxve4wyzqYlRhwhXldLxw 

Today’s topic is a challenging one. A few weeks ago, numerous allegations surfaced regarding sexual misconduct by two prominent male musicians in the festival world: Lorin Ashton (ie Bassnectar) and Nahko, who I interviewed on this podcast last month. At the time of the allegations I decided to remove that podcast from my catalogue pending an accountability process. To make sense of this cultural moment, I invited my good friend and mentor in men’s work, Ian Mackenzie, back to the podcast to explore the theme of sexual predation through an archetypal lens. On the show, Ian offers a mythopoetic understanding of patterns of abuse in our culture specifically through the archetype of the Addicted Lover. We discuss restorative justice and the challenges of applying it to cases like this. We talk about our modern lack of the village, and the importance of initiating young men to understand the consequences of their actions. We discuss Cancel Culture as a kind of exiling that doesn’t serve to heal the wounds of predation or allow our communities to truly learn from our mistakes. Finally we look at the parts of ourselves that we wish to exile and the perils of losing intimacy with our darkest places. This conversation is simply two men wondering aloud about the causes of and solutions to sexual abuse. This is by no means an exhaustive analysis and we welcome any feedback to our conversation in the Life is a Festival Facebook group. There are also two prominent women in our community, Tina Malia and Elana Meta, who have written very powerful and public Facebook posts on this subject which are linked to in the show notes. Ian Mackenzie is the host of a stellar podcast called the Mythic Masculine. He is a documentary filmmaker whose works include Amplify Her, Scared Economics, Occupy Love, and the upcoming film Love School about the Tamera community in Portugal. If you feel moved by his work, please consider supporting Ian’s Patreon at patron.com/ianmack LINKS Ian Mackenzie: https://www.ianmack.com/ Ian’s Patereon https://www.patreon.com/ianmack Tina Malia’s post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2615226038736823 Elana Meta’s post: https://www.facebook.com/elanametajaroff/posts/10218498800325847 TIMESTAMPS :07 - Ian’s background in men’s work as a documentary filmmaker and podcast host. :13 - A definition of predation :17 - Our understanding of the allegations raised against Nahko and Bassnectar :23 - The consequences of the lack of initiation for young men in modern culture :28 - The archetype of the Addicted Lover :34 - The problem with Cancel Culture :40 - Our modern lack of a village :46 - The difficulties of applying restorative justice on a large scale :51 - What does it take to create a real community? :56 - The literacy of desire 1:00 - The patriarchal energy of the archetype of the tyrant father

Filmmakers Ian MacKenzie and John Wolfstone discuss their upcoming documentary Love School, which is about the Tamera Institute, a communal research village founded on and dedicated to systems change in love and sexuality as a foundation for planetary healing. Together, Ian and John produce new paradigm films and events through their media collaborative, Re/Culture Media. Ian MacKenzie's work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic TV, CBC Documentary, The Globe and Mail, Adbusters, and film festivals around the world. He is the director of the shorts Lost Nation Road (2019), featuring Stephen Jenkinson; Reactor (2013); Sacred Economics (2012), featuring Charles Eisenstein; and The Revolution Is Love (2011). He co-directed Amplify Her (2018), about the rise of the feminine in electronic music and co-produced the feature film Occupy Love (2013). He is also the host of the podcast The Mythic Masculine. John Wolfstone is a filmmaker, ritualist, wilderness rites-of-passage guide, emergence facilitator and sacred clown focused on the work of cultural redemption. He has wielded these tools in service of restorative justice, ancestral healing and peace building in conflict zones from rural Guatemalan villages, to Middle Eastern refugee camps and inner cities in the U.S. John has studied intensively the 8 Shields Cultural Regeneration model, been a scholar at the Orphan Wisdom School, and trained with the Weaving Earth Relational Education.

It is the humility of the failed hero that allows him to truly connect with his brothers. My man Ian has a new podcast called The Mythic Masculine. It’s a bimonthly exploration of myth, culture and the emerging masculine archetypes. On today’s episode of Life is a Festival I’m sharing our conversation from Episode 5 of his show titled The Boy Hero Must Die. If you’ve been following my story, this conversation picks up where we left off in Episode 18 of Life is a Festival where I shared my Rite of Passage initiating with the Bwiti people in Gabon and the plant medicine iboga. On today’s show, we explore the aftermath of that self-authored hero’s journey and the Sisyphean task of the ego attempting to surpass itself. We discuss the Mythopoetic Mens Movement and the idea of using masculine archetypes for personal development, particularly the paradox of the hero archetype. We explore masculinity as non-universal, we discuss the troubles with building brands around mens work, and we share tools to cultivate a culture of trust amongst men. Ian MacKenzie is a writer, documentary filmmaker and now a podcaster. You can check out his writing on Medium (I really loved “Home is Wherever I’m With You — And Other Modern Calamities”). He produced the films Occupy Love in 2012, Amplify Her in 2017 and the forthcoming documentary Love School about the polyamorous community Tamera in Portugal. If you’d like to learn more about the philosophy of Tamera and how they are teaching love free from fear, check out the interview Ian did with Tamera co-founder Benjamin von Mendelssohn on Episode 5 of the Mythic Masculine. From our speaking tour in Australia, to lounging at Bass Coast in Canada, I have had many edifying conversations with this brilliant man and I’m honored to share this one with you. LINKS: Ian MacKenzie: https://www.ianmack.com/ The Mythic Masculine Podcast: https://www.ianmack.com/mythicmasculine/ “Home is Wherever I’m With You — And Other Modern Calamities.”: https://medium.com/@ianmack/home-is-wherever-im-with-you-and-other-calamities-db950a300202 The Mythic Masculine #5: A Culture of Love Beyond Patriarchy with Benjamin von Mendelssohn: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2WSPQRb529sK2x21k3gF59 A special thank you to Adam St. Simons, my Medici supporter on Patreon. If you have the means and the vibe, consider visiting Life is a Festival on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lifeisafestival) and dropping a coin in the fountain.

Velcrow Ripper is an award-winning filmmaker who creates powerful, cinematic feature documentaries that deal with the central issues of our times. His epic "Fierce Light Trilogy" began with Scared Sacred, winner of the 2005 Genie Award for best feature documentary, continued with 2008’s award-winning Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, and concluded with Occupy Love in 2013. His first feature-length documentary, Bones of the Forest won nine awards, including Best of the Festival at Hot Docs and the 1996 Genie for best feature documentary. Velcrow is also well known for his award-winning sound design of such films as The Corporation and A Place Called Chiapas. Metamorphosis is his sixth feature film. Visit www.velcrowripper.com & www.OccupyLove.com. Get the new Your Inner World – Guided Meditations by Sister Jenna. Like America Meditating & on Twitter.  Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Velcrow Ripper is an award-winning filmmaker who creates powerful, cinematic feature documentaries that deal with the central issues of our times. His epic "Fierce Light Trilogy" began with Scared Sacred, winner of the 2005 Genie Award for best feature documentary, continued with 2008’s award-winning Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, and concluded with Occupy Love in 2013. His first feature-length documentary, Bones of the Forest won nine awards, including Best of the Festival at Hot Docs and the 1996 Genie for best feature documentary. Velcrow is also well known for his award-winning sound design of such films as The Corporation and A Place Called Chiapas. Metamorphosis is his sixth feature film. Visit www.velcrowripper.com & www.OccupyLove.com. Get the new Your Inner World – Guided Meditations by Sister Jenna. Like America Meditating & on Twitter.  Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

The most important political revolution of our time may be connected to how we love, at least that’s what the erotic visionaries of the Tamera community in Portugal believe. According to Tamera, the revolutionary peace research eco village in Portugal, liberating love from fear violence and lies is the root solution for a true system change. Today on the podcast, I’m speaking with Ian MacKenzie and Julia Maryanska about their upcoming documentary Love School: The Film about Tamera’s radical work in healing sex, love, and the relationship between genders. We discuss Tamera’s Love School and the powerful ritual called “The Forum” where participants can dis-identify with personal challenge and see it as a collective issue within a wider cultural context. We talk about Free Love as love free from fear, how jealousy is not love, and how the healing of the world requires a radical commitment to community. Ian MacKenzie is a filmmaker, writer, and activist who has spent over 10 years tracking and amplifying stories of emergent culture. His films include Occupy Love, Amplify Her, and now Love School. Julia is a filmmaker who has worked on numerous award-winning documentaries. Her work re-imagines how we look at women’s bodies, relationships and our approach to sensuality through video poetry, her other film UNION and her photographic project “Sensual Surrealism.” Along with their co-director John Wolfstone, Julia and Ian are part of the filmmaker collective Re/Culture Films. If today’s podcast lights up your imagination, consider supporting Love School: The Film on Kickstarter. Love School: The Film http://www.loveschoolfilm.com/ Support the Film on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwolfstone/love-school Julia Maryanska http://www.juliamaryanska.com/about UNION http://www.uniondocumentary.com/ SENSUAL SURREALISM http://www.sensualsurrealism.com/ Ian MacKenzie https://www.ianmack.com/ Occupy Love https://www.ianmack.com/occupy-love/ Amplify Her https://www.ianmack.com/amplify-her/

Most of us know that our current economy does not play in our favor...When we choose to monetize all facets of society we disintegrate community and starve ourselves of our basic emotional and spiritual needs through the commodification of our values. So why do we keep fueling an economic system of domination, deception, and separation when very few of us would be brazen enough to proclaim that we are supported by it? In this week’s conversation, Charles Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie join Ayana to discuss what features are inherently built into this money system, how economics does not have to be a merciless system, the importance of universal basic income, what it looks like to step into gift giving, and how we can hold healthy boundaries in the process. Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. Charles’ books cover much ground: Climate: A New Story makes a case for a wholesale reimagining of the framing, tactics, and goals we employ in our journey to heal from ecological destruction. The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, offers a highly distilled exposition of our society’s transition in its deep stories. Sacred Economics explores the transition as it applies to the world of money, economy, and gift and The Ascent of Humanity traces multiple crises — ecological, medical, educational, political, and more — to a common origin. Ian Mackenzie is a filmmaker and writer, who has spent over a decade exploring and amplifying the seeds of emergent culture. His films include Occupy Love (co-produced with director Velcrow Ripper), and more recently Amplify Her, which follows the rise of women in the electronic music scene). His focus covers a range of diverse topics & subjects, though all fall under his mission of exploring the intersection of eros, emergence, and village. So many of us are aching for gift giving in our personal lives but remain challenged by the mindset of existential scarcity. Let this conversation be a vessel to guide you in the age of transition, in an age where we must simultaneously starve a system that is not serving us while creating our own nourishment and sustainability on the periphery of crisis. Charles and Ian encourage us to step more into the “gift” to radically transform our selves, community, and the systems we build. Music by Skeppet https://skeppet.bandcamp.com/music skeppet.bandcamp.com Skeppet Skeppet. Malmö, Sweden. http://www.notnotfun.com/posts/skeppet-phase-3-lp/

Are you keenly aware that the answer to your prayers is YOU? The answer is YOU being the loving presence you were born to be. Perhaps you still persist in making unloving choices, creating upset in your relationships, workplace, health and finances.Originally aired December 13, 2011

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we're hosting an Occupy Anniversary Special, bringing on guests Lee Camp of Redacted Tonight, Jerry Ashton of Rolling Jubilee and RIP Medical Debt, and Sue Sierralupe of Occupy Medical to discuss what has happened "because of Occupy". Joining us for the conversation is Occupy Radio cohost David Geitgey Sierralupe. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Comedian and commentator Lee Camp is the host of Redacted Tonight, which airs weekly on RT America. His stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central, ABC’s Good Morning America, MTV, and has headlined more than 500 college and university shows. He was asked, before Occupy, to send out a message calling people to protest and rise up against inequality, and continues to do so to this day. http://leecamp.net/about/ Debt Collector Jerry Ashton is the executive vice president and cofounder of RIP Medical Debt and a participant in the Rolling Jubilee working group during Occupy Wall St. He is the co-author of "The Patient, The Doctor and The Bill Collector", and has been blogging about debt, inequality, and the Occupy movement on Huffington Post and debt industry journals. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/jerry-ashton Sue Sierralupe is the cofounder and clinic manager of Occupy Medical in Eugene, an on-going free weekly medical clinic providing direct experience of the single-payer universal healthcare model in the streets. She is the author of ten books, and the cohost of Real Herbalism Radio show. She blogs at ThePracticalHerbalist.com http://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/ Guest Host David Geitgey Sierralupe is the cofounder of Occupy Radio, which he previously hosted along with Rivera Sun. He is a media activist, a father, and the husband of Sue Sierralupe. His next project, Irresistible Fiction, is in development and soon to launch. Related Links: S17 Occupy 5th Anniversary Commemoration http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/occupy-wall-streets-fifth-anniversary/ Lee Camp http://leecamp.net Redacted Tonight https://www.youtube.com/user/redactedtonight Oligarchy Study https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf Rich People Rule: Struggle Lies Ahead by Rivera Sun (article about Oligarchy Study) http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23473-rich-people-rule-struggle-lies-ahead Clean Money Candidates http://www.cleanmoneycandidates.org/ RIP Medical Debt https://www.ripmedicaldebt.org/ Rolling Jubilee http://rollingjubilee.org/ Strike Debt http://strikedebt.org/ Debt Collective https://debtcollective.org/ The Patient, The Doctor, and the Bill Collector by Jerry Ashton and Robert E. Goff http://nomoremedicaldebt.com/ Occupy Medical http://occupy-medical.org/ The Practical Herbalist http://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/ Real Herbalism Radio http://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/podcasts/ Occupy Love by Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper http://occupylove.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio and this week's featured music is "Shall We Rise - Occupy!" by Diane Patterson on her Build a Bridge CD. www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

A SPECIAL FREE TELECOUNCIL IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FILMMAKER AND Velcrow "Crow" Ripper on the ground at Occupy MOVEON.ORG'S FEATURED OCCUPY DOCUMENTARIAN; OCCUPY LOVE'S VELCROW "CROW" RIPPER DOCUMENTARY AT WWW.OCCUPYLOVE.ORG Velcrow will share about the Occupy Love Movement and his first-hand experiences on the ground […] The post OCCUPY THE DREAM: MLK, Jr. AND THE POWER OF LOVE appeared first on Restorative Justice On The Rise.

Are you keenly aware that the answer to your prayers is YOU? The answer is YOU being the loving presence you were born to be. Perhaps you still persist in making unloving choices, creating upset in your relationships, workplace, health and finances.   In this episode, Rev. Jennifer offers inspiration and motivation as she shares about the life-changing opportunity that awaits you in building a spiritual discipline. This is what “walking the talk” is all about. We put one foot in front of the other in the direction of Love! The masterful life you know as your true identity awaits you! Be masterful!

“How could we ask for anything less than the future?” That is the question. And it was asked by spoken word poet, Drew Dellinger, in a November 16th post to the OccupyLove.org site. How do we—the Big We—take the restorative actions needed to manifest a future that works for everyone? “Many of our shamanic ancestors knew an answer to this question,” explains host and shaman, Christina Pratt. “From the often quoted Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Confederacy that our decisions serve the next seven generations to the Quechua concept of ayni, which is reciprocity and gratitude co-mingled in mature love, our shamanic ancestors knew how to Occupy Love. They created their entire social structure based on taking the actions necessary not only to thrive in their environments but also to keep the flow of energy that animates all things moving, exchanging, and reciprocating. For many shamanic peoples, prior to contact with the religions and beliefs of the Western World, their lives were shaped by accepting a Law of Universal Responsibility which means that everyone engages in the interchange of mature love, knowledge, and right work. And that they do so in a way that willingly acknowledges the interconnection between humans, the natural world that sustains them, and the invisible world of spirit. Our ancestors learned to live in this way by asking their helping spirits how. So we are not looking back to see what to do, but to learn how to ask the questions of spirit that will guide us in taking the restorative actions needed to transform our world.