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Laurence Cole is a song elder and ritualist based in Port Townsend, Washington. An abiding thread throughout his life has been a longing to discover when, where, and how human beings have lived in respectful, sacred, equitable relationship with each other and the rest of Nature, and what arts, ethics, and practices enabled them to do so and pass such attitudes and behaviors on to the coming generations.   In these profoundly challenging times, characterized by separation, polarization, and the commodification of nearly everything, (and the consequent damage such a culture is wreaking on the life support systems of this world,) the capacity to stay together and work cooperatively as a people is crucial for effective healing and restorative action in all realms. The communal arts of group singing, ritual, and the collective crafting of beauty are primal “technologies” of connection and belonging, and have been the integral bedrock of all viable and regenerative cultures through the deep time of our presence here on Earth. When we take steps to reclaim that heritage, making use of nothing more than what we were born with, (our bodies, our hearts, our voices, our spirits) we can once again experience the bonding recognition that our true wealth is each other and that all flourishing is mutual.  Laurence has also been facilitating and offering community grief tending gatherings throughout North America for about 15 years.  His primary teachers and influences have been Sobonfu and Malidoma Somé, Angeles Arrien, Michael Meade, James Hillman, Francis Weller, Joanna Macy, and Martín Prechtel.  He is an advocate for this work not only for the ways it can bring release and healing for individuals, but also for the ways it can enable a renewed sense of respectful connection and belonging for groups of folks working together for restoration of mutually flourishing communityEpisode Highlights▶ Laurence's journey into grief work▶ The role of singing in grief rituals and why it is so powerful▶ The community and belonging we can find through grief work▶ The primal wound and modern disconnection▶ How we can find hope and healing in a disconnected worldLaurence Cole's Links & Resources▶ Website: http://www.laurencecole.com▶ Communal Grief Retreats with Laurence and Alexandra (ahlay) Blakely:  https://www.healingattheroots.com/communalgriefretreats▶ Grief Tending Mentoring Program: https://sacredgroves.com/intro-grief-tending  Download Beth's free business trainings here: Integrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into a Transformational Business:https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-businessClarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business ▶ Beth's Programs & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Beth on Instagram: http://instagram.com/bethaweinstein▶ Beth Weinstein on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nychttps://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbiz▶ Join the free Psychedelics & Purpose Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicines

In EP 010 of The Feel More Podcast we indulge in my book reading/sharing series, Lemme Read To You, an immersive audio experience featuring readings from my personal recommended books, backed by calming jazz music. Where you get some wisdom, but also allow for your nervous system to be soothed. I made this for you. In this episode I read chapter 9, The Illusion of Romance from the book The Spirit of Intimacy by Sobonfu Some ✍

How do good people create systems of oppression?  What is Health? What is unHealth? And how do we move from the latter to the former in ways that mean good people create systems of co-creation, inter-being and connection?  This week, we explore all these questions with Sophy Banks, Founder and Lead Facilitator of Healthy Human Culture. This week's guest is a remarkable woman who was one of the shining lights amongst those who came to teach us at Schumacher college, before the pandemicSophy Banks has been an engineer, a footballer, and a therapist. She was deeply involved in the Transition movement from its inception, finding ways to balance inner and outer work, to keep heart-focused in a world where a lot of outward-focused action can so easily lead to burnout. I met Sophy as she was moving away from that role, moving into Inner Transition as a new movement and also working deeply with Grief Tending workshops inspired by her time with Sobonfu and Patrice Malidoma Some from Burkino Faso. That was back in 2017 and clearly the world has moved on since then and Sophy has moved with it. She is now Founder and Lead Facilitator of the Healthy Human Culture movement where she brings together the deep learning and experience of the past decades in a system of online learning journeys and other workshops which offers a vision for a world in which societies, communities, workplaces, families and individuals can thrive. It's a journey of healing and understanding and exploration and it feels absolutely core to where we are going, could go, need to go as people and as a culture. It is always an honour, a delight, and a deeply thought-provoking, moving experience to talk with and learn from Sophy. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Healthy Human Culture https://healthyhumanculture.com/Grief Tending  https://grieftending.org/Sophy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophy-banks-uk/

We sit down with our dear friend Rob Miller who assisted Sobonfu Somé over the course of a decade.  Sobonfu is from the Dagara tribe in Burkina Faso in West Africa.  She brought the traditional wisdom of grieving ceremonies to the West.  Rob also leads community based grief ceremonies and men's work in Southern Oregon.Sky Cave Retreats is a dark retreat center nestled in the Cascade-Siskiyou Wilderness in Ashland, Oregon.We have 3 private, earth-bermed dark retreats that are situated on a hillside enfolded in 100,000+ acres of wilderness.We invite you to drink deep and rest in the fullness of silence, darkness & light.Website - www.skycaveretreats.comInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/skycaveretreatsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/DarkRoomRetreatsYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLPXxOvnN3OmWWv3CRt5L2Q

Have you ever met someone that changed your life forever? In this episode, Kim Somers Egelsee and Eden Sustin are joined by, Intuitive activist at Living Your Gifts, healer, life coach, and co-founder of Wisdom Spring, Susan Hough. She joins us to talk about how she met Sobonfu Somé, a respected lecturer, activist, and author whom she deeply connected with on a spiritual level. Sobonfu had mentored Susan in African Rituals and quickly they became best friends. Susan shares with us and you much of the ancient wisdom she learned through this friendship and how she has shifted it to apply to modern times in her own mentoring, coaching, and healing. Much of this wisdom surrounds rituals for inner peace, connection, community, finding your gifts, healing, and how to be a humanitarian. Connect with Susan: https://www.livingyourgifts.com/ Get involved: https://www.wisdomspring.org/

Walking With Sobonfu: A Guide to Claiming Your Authenticity and Deepening Your Sense of Community with Susan Hough. http://www.livingyourgifts.com/

Walking With Sobonfu: A Guide to Claiming Your Authenticity and Deepening Your Sense of Community with Susan Hough. http://www.livingyourgifts.com/

Kleine Rituale sind Teil unseres Alltags, festliche Rituale wie Trauerfeiern und Silvester kennt jede*r. Aber was ist „naturverbundene Ritualarbeit“? Und was bringen mir Rituale überhaupt? Muss man einer bestimmten spirituellen Richtung angehören, um Rituale zu machen? Jessica Heiler ist inspiriert vom Volk der Dagara in Burkina Faso. Sie schlägt eine sehr erdverbundene und realistische Brücke von der ritualisierten Stammeskultur in unsere moderne, westliche Kultur. Sie gibt Antwort auf all diese Fragen – und bietet ab Januar 2022 eine Ausbildung in Sieben Linden an. Wer lernen möchte, zeitgemäße Rituale zu gestalten und zu leiten und dabei noch interessiert ist an persönlichem Wachstum, kann sich jetzt zu dieser 3-jährigen Jahresgruppe anmelden. Ausbildung zur Naturverbundenen Ritualarbeit – Start Januar 2022 – jetzt anmelden: http://jessica-heiler.com/rituale-und-feste/ausbildung-in-naturverbundner-ritualarbeit/ Video zur Ritualarbeit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34DgAeGnkSY Informationen über Sobonfu und die Bücher, die sie geschrieben hat findest du auf Jessicas Website hier: http://jessica-heiler.com/unsere-leherinnen/?preview=true&preview_id=1668&preview_nonce=cc2ef0c60f Hier spricht Sobonfu über das Gemeinschaftsleben in ihrem Dorf, Kinder, Rituale und viele andere Themen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjDs_OE57e4 Jessica ist auch Wu Tao-Lehrerin und gibt vom 29.-31. Oktober einen Workshop in Sieben Linden – melde dich gern noch an: https://siebenlinden.org/veranstaltungen/wu-tao-the-dancing-way-1/ Website: www.siebenlinden.org Autorin: Simone Britsch E-Mail: podcast@siebenlinden.org Interviewpartner: Jessica Heiler Veröffentlicht unter der Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), Copyright Freundeskreis Ökodorf e.V., 23.10.2021

To give us a break from discussing trauma and time to work on YOUR healing before diving back into the discussions on trauma I decided to read a little. Even the reading addresses our healing within our relationships which too often do not address our traumas until they have already been detrimental to the relationship. I read the Foreward and Chapter 1 then briefly discussed the information. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uahc/message

Sawubona is Zulu it means "I see you, you are important to me and I value you”. It is so amusing to me the influence words make when read out loud. Welcome to Season 2 of the Universal Afrikans Healing Circle podcast. This episode we continue reading The Spirit of Intimacy, Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Somé, reading chapters 2 & 3. In discussing a Song of Spirit and The Embrace of Community we are given many gems to implement in our lives that will aid us in healing ourselves, tradition and our communities. Even using our mother tongues (mine is Tswana/Sesotho) helps the healing process. The significance between Sawubona and just saying hello. I have elders that, that's the only way I greet them and when I say it, it brings me a deeper sense of connection, connection to my elders, connection to my ancestors, connection to spirit, and connection to community. I would love to read in the comments ways you'll work towards healing yourselves and in turn reviving your communities or building community and reconnecting with spirit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uahc/message

You Are Mighty! You Are Powerful! You Are Loved! We Rise In Power! You Rise In Power! I Rise In Power! Free Movement Is Your Power. Identify Love. Revere Love. Magnify Love. Ascend Love. Sending light and love, ALWAYS x “To Love Thyself Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure.” LD Lore Today’s extract: The Spirit Of Intimacy by Sobonfu Somé Rise In Power Available to Stream now on all podcast platforms.

Inner Journey welcomes some of our amazingly brilliant guest from the past.  We have had the honor of hosting some of the greatest thought leaders on the planet on KX93.5fm with Inner Journey.  This time we revisit with Marianne Williamson, a ground breaking presidential candidate, James Redfield from, “The Celestine Prophecies”, Neil Donald Walsch from, […]

Translating Our Experience with Spirit Baby Medium Monica Hagerty    Monica is a Spirit Baby Medium, Psychotherapist, Energetic Healer supporting people around fertility, conception and the depths of grieving babies. Monica's sacred work as a spiritual fertility coach, who supports and assists spirit babies yearning to be born.   Monica supported Nameh through a major life transition, translating what was unfolding and manifesting. They have both learned from Sobonfu Some through the grief rituals Sobonfu brought from her West African tradition. In this conversation we explore undigested emotions, complicated grief, how to build our intuition muscles, deepening our connections with our spirit community, where do we go when we transition out of our physical bodies, hearing what is served through the pain of our experiences, how is the shaming message keeping you stuck and much more.    Monica has a Spring Retreat coming up April 12-14th, 2019 for a time of transformation and rejuvenation in the Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve in Freemont, Indiana.       Resources:  Kelly Meehan - Monica's Spirit Baby Medium mentor Sobonfu Some - West African grief ritual tradition preparing a sacred space audio and video of Sobonfu grief audio and video of Sobonfu upcoming grief ritual following Sobonfu's legacy Song: In Dreams by Jai Jagdeesh

Colter Johnson, director of "20 Miles a Glass" and Ellie and Charlotte from Laguna Beach High School's "Walking for Water" join Greg to explore ways of getting water to those desperately in need.If you grew up in the United States it's hard to imagine a world where water does not appear at the turn of a faucet. With a few rare exceptions, in our modern society we have access to clean, usable water wherever and whenever we want.I'd always known that not everyone around the world enjoyed our open level of access to water, but I never knew the details until I sat down with my friend Sobonfu Somè. Sobonfu was born to a small village in rural Burkina Faso, one of the most remote regions on the African continent. Bordering the Sahara desert to the north, Sobonfu's village had extremely limited access to water. She told me her stories as a young woman growing up in this unforgiving region, stories like walking all day for a single jug of unsanitary water. At times they would walk all day, only to find that the well had dried up. And she had to witness the horror of a child dying of thirst.For obvious reasons, these experiences had a lasting impact on Sobonfu. When she first arrived in the US, she couldn't believe that water literally flowed out of the walls. Sobonfu felt that she needed to bring this technology back home to those who desperately needed it. Sobonfu founded an organization called Wisdom Spring. Wisdom Springs' objective is to bring health, education, and clean water to indigenous people around the world.After reading one of Sobonfu's books, Americans Susan Hough and Kristen Wood came on board with a unique concept; to raise awareness on the water crisis in American high schools. The result of their effort has been positive on two distinct fronts, first, in bringing aid to communities in need, and second, in teaching American teens the power of positive action.I'm honored that the team has agreed to let me tell their story and I feel passionate about sharing it with the world through the power of film.

Welcoming Spirit Home is a book that anyone interested in birth, Children, or the fostering of non-violent, compassionate societies is likely to want to read. Start to finish. In one reading. Sonbofu Some brings to life the importance of an entire community's celebrating the significance of the processes of a baby's conception, a women's pregnancy, life in the womb, the mother and child's birth, and their bond and development as souls, in the context of their family and community-at-large. Sonbofu speaks with the natural ease of a woman born and raised in a well-functioning, bonded culture.  She shares a great deal of the ancient wisdom of her Dagara trive of Burkina Faso, a tiny land-losked country in Western Africa.  This is where Sobonfu lived until she was "chosen" as a wife for Malidoma Some, an older man from a nearby tribe who was already living and teaching in America. Finding herself in a strange culture, not knowing the language, Sonbonfu bore the shock of all immigrants, but especially because she had never before been outside her tribal village. In the subsequent years she learned fluent English and, like Malidoma, took her place as one of only a handful of Africans who have continued to live with one foot in the modern technological culture of the U.S. and the other in their native land.  She regularly returns to her village for spiritual susrenance and familial ties.  It is this unique blend of outside observer of Western culture and modern Westernized woman who works hard maintaining her deepest traditional values that makes Sobonfu's wisdom so special.   

Back again! In mid-November 2016 I have been in an African village to participate in a ritual for grief and life energy with Sobonfu Somé. Now you can listen to the English version. Sobonfu: “There is a deep longing among people in the West to connect with something bigger — with community and spirit.” Sobonfu died some weeks after this event. This is my tribute to her.

Author and activist Sobonfu Somé on the importance of grieving and ritual.

Sobonfu Somé is the special return guest joining Life Coach Ade for "Dagara Wisdom for Modern Times." Sobonfu Some is the Keeper of Rituals and serves as a teacher connecting people to their natural state. Sobonfu Somé once said: "What food is to our body, ritual is to our soul. A ritual keeps us connected to our spirit, our soul and our purpose." Elders who remember the old ways help us stay in harmony during tumultuous times. Call in 347 426 3346 orpost your questions on "Ask Life Coach Ade Radio Show" fan  (LIKE) page on Facebook. Also, don't miss Celestial Moment with Celeste Morgan. She offers the energy of the day!   Sobonfu Somé is a respected lecturer, activist and author. She is the founder of Wisdom Spring, Inc. an organization dedicated to the preservation, the sharing of indigenous wisdom and fundraises for wells, schools and health project in Africa. She is one of the foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the West, bringing insights and healing gifts from her west-African culture to this one. Sobonfu often tours the United States and Europe teaching workshops. Her books includes: The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient teachings in the ways of relationships, Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient teachings to celebrate children, community and "Falling out of Grace: meditations on loss, healing and wisdom". For more information, about Sobonfu’s projects and teachings schedule visit:  http://www.sobonfu.com 

Sobonfu is from Upper Volta and was named as “keeper of rituals” in her village. She describes the healing aspects of rituals, especially related to intimate relationships, family, community, healing and loss. What are rituals for special occasions? For everyday life? Why are they so important? As a wise elder in her community and a world traveler, Sobonfu shares both of her perspectives. She is Activating the Power of YES by helping others see how they can be grounded to the earth and to their roots.

Speaker at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu, whose name means “keeper of the rituals” travels the world on a healing mission sharing the rich spiritual life and culture of her native land […] The post Embracing Our Gift appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

Tami Simon speaks with Sobonfu Somé, a teacher, author, and leading authority on African women's spirituality in the West. Originally born into the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso in West Africa, Sobonfu is the founder of Ancestors Wisdom Spring. She has written the books The Spirit of Intimacy, Welcoming Spirit Home, and Falling Out of Grace, and with Sounds True she has published the six-session audio learning program Women's Wisdom from the Heart of Africa. In this episode, Tami talks with Sobonfu about the use of rituals for our health and happiness, how we can see our wounds as potential gifts, and what we can do to invoke help from the spirit world and connect directly with our ancestors. (67 minutes)

Sobonfu Somé is an author and teacher, one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to the West. Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu – whose name means “keeper of the rituals” – travels the world on a healing […] The post Live at the Ancient Wisdom Rising Conference with Sobonfu Somé appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

"There is a deep longing among people in the West to connect with something bigger -- with community and spirit. People know there is something missing in their lives, and believe that the rituals and ancient ways of the village offer some answers." These are the simple yet deeply poignant words of author and teacher Sobonfu Somé, one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to west. Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu, whose name means "keeper of the rituals" travels the world on a healing mission sharing the rich spiritual life and culture of her native land Burkina Faso, which ranks as one of the world's poorest countries yet one of the richest in spiritual life and custom. Recognized by the village elders as possessing special gifts from birth, Sobonfu's destiny was foretold before her birth, as is the custom of the Dagara Tribe of Burkina Faso and was fostered by early education in ritual and initiation in preparation for her life's work. "My work is really a journey in self discovery and in building community through rituals," says Sobonfu. Dagara rituals involve healing and preparing the mind, body, spirit and soul to receive the spirituality that is all around us. "It is always challenging to bring the spiritual into the material world, but it is one of the only ways we can put people back in touch with the earth and their inner values." Filled with grace and eloquence, Sobonfu possesses a charm and modesty that enables her to touch her audience deeply. Her message about the importance of spirit, community and ritual in our lives rings with an intuitive power and truth that Alice Walker has said "can help us put together so many things that our modern western world has broken."

Episode Description: “For human evolution to continue, the conversation must deepen.” – Margaret Mead This is the seventh and last in a seven-part series of “Pilgrimage Dialogues” forming part of and leading up to a Conference Gathering in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 29-30, 2009, entitled “2012 NOW – Empowering the Transformation”, for which I am serving as the Master of Ceremonies and opening presenter. Past Living Dialogues in this series have included dialogues with myself and Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas (parts 1 and 2), and with Sobonfu Some’. Details and registration information available at www.unveiling2012.org. Duncan Campbell: 2012 Now: Empowering The Transformation, a uniquely innovative, interactive and affordable gathering in this time of global uncertainty, will take place Friday night and all day Saturday May 29 and 30 at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in Fort Collins, Colorado. Beyond just information, to practical tools for change and direct experience of participating in the ongoing transformation of our times. Now is the time and the opportunity to synchronize consciousness with the evolutionary pulse of the cosmos. Join participants bringing stories from around the planet as we explore, co-create, and experience together the transformative dynamics necessary for a successful transit from now through the year 2012 and beyond. More information available on the Conference website, www.unveiling2012.org. See you there.The meaning of the Greek word “Apocalypse” is “lifting the veil” or “revelation”. These seven “pilgrimage dialogues” in advance of the Gathering – contemporary 21st century versions of the medieval Canterbury Tales – are examples of such revelatory “shared stories” on this Road of 2012 NOW.Here is a summary dialogue excerpt describing the Conference between myself and Sobonfu Some’, who will conduct the concluding ritual of celebration:Sobonfu Some’: Well I really believe that initiation is a necessity, you know, much like, you know, 2012 is saying “here is a big initiation”. It, initiation, is a necessity because we have to initiate in order to be able to move forward, to be able to tap into our essence, into our gift and so on. And, you know, in my African tradition the first initiation that we all go through is that of being born, because we are coming from being full of spirit to taking on this human tool that we call the body. And, you know, also, we’ll go through many, many initiations. And I think what we’re talking about in the Conference is that we’re going to get to the place where we are basically going to celebrate being able to give birth to our self and to whatever new vision is going to come out of this Conference Gathering -- so that we can together welcome each other and celebrate together. And I think that is the icing on the cake, you know, that is awaiting us.Duncan Campbell: I think absolutely that’s the case, and myself as Master of Ceremonies and yourself as the person who will be leading us in the concluding celebratory ritual are both involved in helping the entire gathering to activate, all of us together, a kind of transformational space -- including not only the presenters who will be articulating on the stage, but all of the participants with their deep listening who are evoking the insights that are articulated coming out of the group energy field. And this opportunity for expression will also be something we can all look forward to at the extended lunch time on Saturday, when there’s going to be a large and deliberate space for people in very small groups to share stories, deep stories, with each other and evoke and integrate their experience. This is very essential to a true initiation -- that is not just a one way transmission of information, but is actually a transformative initiation -- where together we can evoke an experience that is both intimate and personal in our sense of shift, as well as a kind of collective amplification that allows all of us to celebrate, as Barack Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, “our common humanity”. And that experience has a great carry over effect into our everyday lives and relationships.Sobonfu Some’: Now how amazing is that, because, you know, a lot of people go into conferences and never really get to put in their voice; and, you know, in my Dagara people’s African tradition, when you go anywhere we are always trying to get our voice in, you know, to express yourself with and to others, because it’s like we are all making this huge cauldron and the stories that we bring, everything we share of our self, is part of what is going to make whatever we’re cooking really delicious. And for people to be able to have this opportunity as a gift, not only to themselves but a gift to the community, I really believe is amazing.Duncan Campbell: That’s beautifully put. I love the image that you give here of together we’re collectively creating a crucible or a great cauldron, not only a crucible for the water of life, but a great cauldron in which to cook and use the fire of life to transform our experience, because these are transformative elements, all of the elements are: Earth is nurturing, Wind is empowering, a Fire literally is transforming, and Water is liquid and fluid and moves between the solid state of ice to the evaporated state of the clouds. And so every one of the elements will be involved here. We will be having time outdoors; we will be celebrating the natural world in a beautiful natural environment in Fort Collins, Colorado. And I think that these “pilgrimage dialogues” are pointing to that transformation as they are evolving here. In my first dialogue, with Robert Sitler, he emphasized the joy and the wisdom that is accessible in everyday life that he himself has experienced in the Mayan culture and which he shares so beautifully. Next has been John Major Jenkins, whose great research into the galactic alignment and embedding it and situating it in connection to the primordial tradition, sometimes called the perennial philosophy, has shown how we can bring all of this that 2012 is pointing to into the Now; that this “2012 phenomenon” is not an event that we’re waiting for, that we’re going to have to be acted upon at some time in the future, but it is an atmosphere of opportunity that is present right here, right now…And that energy field is present right now in helping germinate and evoke from you and I what we’re saying and inviting people to; so that in a sense you and I are acting here as inviters and embodiments of the kind of dialogue and transformation that we can anticipate will be happening among us all and amplified at that particular moment on May 29 and May 30 of the Gathering. But that’s only a moment in a continuum of many moments before and after, that we’re all already uncovering and witnessing being unveiled in people all over the world.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and, you know, as you speak and you share that it makes me think about today being this energy that renews itself time and again, which gets stronger every time, as the energy is being shared every time. So as people today listen to this dialogue, and share it with other people, it is renewed and it gets stronger and so on. That’s the image that came to me.Duncan Campbell: Well, I have to say, Sobonfu, it’s been just a wonderful opportunity here for myself and our other deep listeners, and yourself for that matter, for us to have this chance and opportunity to engage in this dialogue together, and I have always so appreciated the great joy and cheerfulness that you embody and bring to any time that I’ve ever had the pleasure and privilege to encounter you. And so I’m very much looking forward to this conference, even as I’m deeply appreciating the present moment here, because the gift I think of this very dialogue is not only to inspire that more such moments can happen between us, but in one’s own life everyday, today for instance, and the moments that follow.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and I’m very grateful for you, for the gift of yourself to the world really and for having such a strong and powerful vision that you can not only share with the world, but that you can get other people be a part of the dance of that vision as well. And I think that is, that is a gift that not everybody has, and I thank you for holding that for all of us.Duncan Campbell: Well thank you very much Sobonfu, and I want to thank our co-producers Larraine Tennison and John Major Jenkins and everyone involved with this project, all the presenters that are part of this pilgrimage series that is now leading us, as it were, like milestones toward the Conference Gathering on May 29 and 30. If people are wanting further information, they can go to www.unveiling2012.org. And we really extend an extraordinarily warm and intimate invitation for your continued participation. If you cannot physically put yourself in that Fort Collins environment, you’re very much invited to participate through your deep listening to not only these dialogues, but to the continuation of Living Dialogues after that, and also to honor the fact that really it is true -- and we’re experiencing it with great gratitude for our listenership and their Website Contact emails from around the world -- that as the world becomes smaller, “yes, we can” and do experience in greater depth and greater joy our own common humanity. We invite you and look forward to seeing you at the conference on May 29 and 30, 2009 in the natural beauty of Fort Collins, Colorado, entitled “2012 NOW - Empowering the Transformation”. For further information and registration you can go to www.unveiling2012.org.“We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth…. and we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself....For the world has changed, and we must change with it…why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration…" -- Barack Obama Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009 And as we say on Living Dialogues: “Dialogue is the Language of Evolutionary Transformation”™.Contact me if you like at www.livingdialogues.com. Visit my blog at Duncan.personallifemedia.com. ”. (For more, including information on the Engaged Elder Wisdom Dialogue Series on my website www.livingdialogues.com, click on Episode Detail to the left above and go to Transcript section.) Among other heartful visionary conversations you will find of particular interest on these themes are my Dialogues on this site with Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Sobonfu Some, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas, John O’Donohue, Michael Meade, Eckhart Tolle, Ted Sorensen, Frances Moore Lappe, Angeles Arrien, Matthew Fox, David Mendell, Deborah Tannen, Gangaji, Michael Dowd, Duane Elgin, and Joseph Ellis, among others [click on their name(s) in green on right hand column of the Living Dialogues Home Page on this site]. After you listen to this Dialogue, I invite you to both explore and make possible further interesting material on Living Dialogues by taking less than 5 minutes to click on and fill out the Listener Survey. My thanks and appreciation for your participation.

Episode Description:“For human evolution to continue, the conversation must deepen.” – Margaret Mead This is the sixth in a seven-part series of “Pilgrimage Dialogues” forming part of and leading up to a Conference Gathering in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 29-30, 2009, entitled “2012 NOW – Empowering the Transformation”, for which I am serving as the Master of Ceremonies and opening presenter. Past Living Dialogues in this series have included dialogues with myself and Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas, and with Sobonfu Some’. The final Living Dialogue in the series will be with Christine Page. Details and registration information available at www.unveiling2012.org. Duncan Campbell: 2012 Now: Empowering The Transformation, a uniquely innovative, interactive and affordable gathering in this time of global uncertainty, will take place Friday night and all day Saturday May 29 and 30 at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in Fort Collins, Colorado. Beyond just information, to practical tools for change and direct experience of participating in the ongoing transformation of our times. Now is the time and the opportunity to synchronize consciousness with the evolutionary pulse of the cosmos. Join participants bringing stories from around the planet as we explore, co-create, and experience together the tranformative dynamics necessary for a successful transit from now through the year 2012 and beyond. More information available on the Conference website, www.unveiling2012.org. See you there.The meaning of the Greek word “Apocalypse” is “lifting the veil” or “revelation”. These seven “pilgrimage dialogues” in advance of the Gathering – contemporary 21st century versions of the medieval Canterbury Tales – are examples of such revelatory “shared stories” on this Road of 2012 NOW.Here is a summary dialogue excerpt describing the Conference between myself and Sobonfu Some’, who will conduct the concluding ritual of celebration:Sobonfu Some’: Well I really believe that initiation is a necessity, you know, much like, you know, 2012 is saying “here is a big initiation”. It, initiation, is a necessity because we have to initiate in order to be able to move forward, to be able to tap into our essence, into our gift and so on. And, you know, in my African tradition the first initiation that we all go through is that of being born, because we are coming from being full of spirit to taking on this human tool that we call the body. And, you know, also, we’ll go through many, many initiations. And I think what we’re talking about in the Conference is that we’re going to get to the place where we are basically going to celebrate being able to give birth to our self and to whatever new vision is going to come out of this Conference Gathering -- so that we can together welcome each other and celebrate together. And I think that is the icing on the cake, you know, that is awaiting us.Duncan Campbell: I think absolutely that’s the case, and myself as Master of Ceremonies and yourself as the person who will be leading us in the concluding celebratory ritual are both involved in helping the entire gathering to activate, all of us together, a kind of transformational space -- including not only the presenters who will be articulating on the stage, but all of the participants with their deep listening who are evoking the insights that are articulated coming out of the group energy field. And this opportunity for expression will also be something we can all look forward to at the extended lunch time on Saturday, when there’s going to be a large and deliberate space for people in very small groups to share stories, deep stories, with each other and evoke and integrate their experience. This is very essential to a true initiation -- that is not just a one way transmission of information, but is actually a transformative initiation -- where together we can evoke an experience that is both intimate and personal in our sense of shift, as well as a kind of collective amplification that allows all of us to celebrate, as Barack Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, “our common humanity”. And that experience has a great carry over effect into our everyday lives and relationships.Sobonfu Some’: Now how amazing is that, because, you know, a lot of people go into conferences and never really get to put in their voice; and, you know, in my Dagara people’s African tradition, when you go anywhere we are always trying to get our voice in, you know, to express yourself with and to others, because it’s like we are all making this huge cauldron and the stories that we bring, everything we share of our self, is part of what is going to make whatever we’re cooking really delicious. And for people to be able to have this opportunity as a gift, not only to themselves but a gift to the community, I really believe is amazing.Duncan Campbell: That’s beautifully put. I love the image that you give here of together we’re collectively creating a crucible or a great cauldron, not only a crucible for the water of life, but a great cauldron in which to cook and use the fire of life to transform our experience, because these are transformative elements, all of the elements are: Eaarth is nurturing, Wind is empowering, a Fire literally is transforming, and Water is liquid and fluid and moves between the solid state of ice to the evaporated state of the clouds. And so every one of the elements will be involved here. We will be having time outdoors; we will be celebrating the natural world in a beautiful natural environment in Fort Collins, Colorado. And I think that these “pilgrimage dialogues” are pointing to that transformation as they are evolving here. In my first dialogue, with Robert Sitler, he emphasized the joy and the wisdom that is accessible in everyday life that he himself has experienced in the Mayan culture and which he shares so beautifully. Next has been John Major Jenkins, whose great research into the galactic alignment and embedding it and situating it in connection to the primordial tradition, sometimes called the perennial philosophy, has shown how we can bring all of this that 2012 is pointing to into the Now; that this “2012 phenomenon” is not an event that we’re waiting for, that we’re going to have to be acted upon at some time in the future, but it is an atmosphere of opportunity that is present right here, right now…And that energy field is present right now in helping germinate and evoke from you and I what we’re saying and inviting people to; so that in a sense you and I are acting here as inviters and embodiments of the kind of dialogue and transformation that we can anticipate will be happening among us all and amplified at that particular moment on May 29 and May 30 of the Gathering. But that’s only a moment in a continuum of many moments before and after, that we’re all already uncovering and witnessing being unveiled in people all over the world.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and, you know, as you speak and you share that it makes me think about today being this energy that renews itself time and again, which gets stronger every time, as the energy is being shared every time. So as people today listen to this dialogue, and share it with other people, it is renewed and it gets stronger and so on. That’s the image that came to me.Duncan Campbell: Well, I have to say, Sobonfu, it’s been just a wonderful opportunity here for myself and our other deep listeners, and yourself for that matter, for us to have this chance and opportunity to engage in this dialogue together, and I have always so appreciated the great joy and cheerfulness that you embody and bring to any time that I’ve ever had the pleasure and privilege to encounter you. And so I’m very much looking forward to this conference, even as I’m deeply appreciating the present moment here, because the gift I think of this very dialogue is not only to inspire that more such moments can happen between us, but in one’s own life everyday, today for instance, and the moments that follow.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and I’m very grateful for you, for the gift of yourself to the world really and for having such a strong and powerful vision that you can not only share with the world, but that you can get other people be a part of the dance of that vision as well. And I think that is, that is a gift that not everybody has, and I thank you for holding that for all of us.Duncan Campbell: Well thank you very much Sobonfu, and I want to thank our co-producers Larraine Tennison and John Major Jenkins and everyone involved with this project, all the presenters that are part of this pilgrimage series that is now leading us, as it were, like milestones toward the Conference Gathering on May 29 and 30. If people are wanting further information, they can go to www.unveiling2012.org. And we really extend an extraordinarily warm and intimate invitation for your continued participation. If you cannot physically put yourself in that Fort Collins environment, you’re very much invited to participate through your deep listening to not only these dialogues, but to the continuation of Living Dialogues after that, and also to honor the fact that really it is true -- and we’re experiencing it with great gratitude for our listenership and their Website Contact emails from around the world -- that as the world becomes smaller, “yes, we can” and do experience in greater depth and greater joy our own common humanity. We invite you and look forward to seeing you at the conference on May 29 and 30, 2009 in the natural beauty of Fort Collins, Colorado, entitled “2012 NOW - Empowering the Transformation”. For further information and registration you can go to www.unveiling2012.org.“We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth…. and we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself....For the world has changed, and we must change with it…why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration…" -- Barack Obama Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009 And as we say on Living Dialogues: “Dialogue is the Language of Evolutionary Transformation”™.Contact me if you like at www.livingdialogues.com. Visit my blog at Duncan.personallifemedia.com. ”. (For more, including information on the Engaged Elder Wisdom Dialogue Series on my website www.livingdialogues.com, click on Episode Detail to the left above and go to Transcript section.) Among other heartful visionary conversations you will find of particular interest on these themes are my Dialogues on this site with Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Sobonfu Some, Stanislav Grof, John O’Donohue, Michael Meade, Eckhart Tolle, Ted Sorensen, Frances Moore Lappe, Angeles Arrien, Matthew Fox, David Mendell, Deborah Tannen, Gangaji, Michael Dowd, Duane Elgin, and Joseph Ellis, among others [click on their name(s) in green on right hand column of the Living Dialogues Home Page on this site]. After you listen to this Dialogue, I invite you to both explore and make possible further interesting material on Living Dialogues by taking less than 5 minutes to click on and fill out the Listener Survey. My thanks and appreciation for your participation.