Tag: relinquishment

Falling into Place

“When I can no longer rise to the occasion, I find I can fall into place.” by Sarah-Jane Menato After an extended five year cycle of personal loss and bereavement, I came to a point where I could no longer rise to the occasion. Unexpectedly, I found I fell into place. As inner and outer...

inner work, loss, relinquishment

Roiling Soil and Cyclical Re-Turn – Honouring lives given and taken

by Sarah-Jane Menato As light lengthens days in the north and shortens them in the south, re-adjustments are underway, again. Everyone I know has made unexpected adaptations in the past months, and one for me has been “online” as an on-going and significant aspect of my life. Zoom has...

events, relinquishment

There’s an urgent need to slow down: allowing ‘maplessness’ as we lose our bearings

Over the last two years working to establish and nurture the Deep Adaptation Forum, I have often encountered people who express a desire for more answers, actions and impact. Given the latest news about how fast the environment is changing, and how many people and species are suffering, it feels...

deep adaptation, facilitation, relinquishment, unlearning

Adaptation, by Kristopher Drummond

Only loving the world makes sense now.

poetry, reconciliation, relinquishment

Dropping Demons with Chamunda, by Jem Bendell

If you think you know who you are singing to, then you are not singing to meIf you think you know who you are praying to, then you are not praying to me.Drop the demons that grasp you inside, such that you grasp at meDrop the need to be noticed by meDrop the need to express...

goddess, poetry, relinquishment