I can already feel how sharing these experiences, and your responses here, makes me feel encouraged and somehow strengthened. Dark energies are called 'dark' for a reason. Their power fades in the light of our attention of mutual loving support.
Strangely (or not) I was dithering and hesitating for weeks, questioning whether to even mention this 'attack situation' at all...
and they may make no sense, and they may make no money
and it may be the real reason why we are here:
to love each other and to eat each other’s cooking and to say it was good.
The quote brings tears to my eyes. So true, so utterly frustrating at the same time. Have been reading Rebecca Solnit on how disaster takes away the confines of society and makes room for real interaction. These past months I felt myself waiting for that to happen, like firemen hoping for a fire to get permission to get to work, to do what they are here for, while knowing that attitude is not right.
Then I realised the fire, the disaster, doesn't lie in the future. There is no reason to wait, to step up and engage. No reason to not do what I am good at.
And right after, this amazing idea for a new book poured in. A narrative that fully mirrors my own struggle to find that path, that way to be in the world, the how to reconnect, to crumble the prison walls, to seek out the dragon....
I have started composing the plot for that story (I never plot in advance but feel strongly this is the way to go now), and I suspect it will be a deep therapeutic experience writing the damn thing. Of course there are many factors that lead me to this point, but reading your posts these last months certainly played an important role.
So, I too, was considering to take a leave from Substack to fully attend to the writing over the summer.
That slightly fermented brew, sounds good....glad to be invited to this richly laid table.
“These past months I felt myself waiting for that to happen, like firemen hoping for a fire to get permission to get to work, to do what they are here for, while knowing that attitude is not right.”
Kindred soul here—Have been living with this feeling as well for much of my life. Kudos to you for taking positive steps.
Yes, no longer willing to participate and not finding what the hell you are supposed to do in stead. Knowing what you don't want, and not what you do....
And the fun thing is that my little project is precisely about finding out what to do, how to break through the being stuck. If nothing else it will be a great exercise for me.
This sounds very familiar Bertus. Stuckness, in my experience, is a place where we are on a plateau, having outgrown the old and not yet stepped into the new.
The creative project you are describing sounds like a perfect move in the right direction (››› towards yourself) 💗
I'm kind of a believer in "action is the antidote to despair" but then I get stuck on which action to take. Usually I start with going for a walk - then some next step to take becomes clearer. Often it seems to include not rushing in where angels fear to tread.
The book sounds like one of those things you will have to plunge into, and then 'we make our path by walking it'. Intrigued to know how it pans out.
Thank you for the mention. First of all, I love the geo dome and how it is part of the natural world. It appears as a calming place. Lovely summery buffet. So inviting.
Now, the part of the attack. While it is true, we must find meaning and understanding in it, I am still sorry and bothered that you were attacked. I have been attacked, both online and in person. But this is considered normal today, the aggression, the verbal violence.
I know why it hurts me so. I find these attacks an attack on my very being. Of course, I must work through why I respond as I do--typically, I go inward in protective mode. I am not strong enough to take on a dragon. When I was younger, I had more courage. Or bravado. But I have taken a battering since then.
And, yes, I have a sensitive soul. Too sensitive, my wife who is a nurse says. Perhaps so.
Thank you for your empathy and compassion, Perry. We are who we are. If too sensitive just means not thick-skinned enough to accept attacks without feeling ... I'd rather feel and be aware of the attacker and step out of their way.
What if ~ when you know how to transform a dragon into an ally, the attackers simply don't come for you anymore?
I have learned much about myself over the years and one thing I learned is that when I have tried to make a dragon an ally, he just "eats me up" without any thought. I would "rather step out of the way." I do not get energized by battle. Just the opposite.
I will take it further. “There is nothing good in war, so never ever start one. Find a pathway to peace.”
I do not believe that this is really ever tried, chiefly because there is too much invested, not only financially but also in mythology, in the Heroic War Narrative.
Humans need to start creating the Heroic Peace Narrative.
As the plants climb up over the geodesic structure to create a sacred space, with shaded coolness from the heat 'out there', so also these postings on Synchronosophy and The Symbiopaedia create a structure over which a community of seekers will 'climb' to create a sacred space of a different kind, shading people with beauty, solace and support, especially in these times when dystopian agendas are being pushed onto the world.
The Geodome covered in plants is really magical Josh - I guess i did not really know what you meant when you said you made these, but the picture here and your description makes is very clear and I think it is just beuatiful and I so wish I could join you at the table of sensual delights! I am late to discover the work as you know and I have 'binge read' the whole book and actually am glad if there will be a summer time lull in the posts as I feel I can go back and re read and really digest it all fully and read the wildword posts too.
Thank you. I noted you liked several of my comments on various chapters Veronika has posted on Synchronosophy. So I guessed you were working your way through them.
Meanwhile making structures over which plants climb to create 'living sacred spaces' is, I have discovered, after nearly seven decades on this planet, one of the most satisfying activities. Technology must serve Nature - and for me it's one expression of this understanding and desire.
Thank you Veronika for this smogasbord of delights, a delicious array of synchronicity and reviving tonics for the soul. You are a chef par excellence and nuanced in the arts of alchemy. I raise my glass and salute you!
Oh wow Veronika! Thank you so much for the shout out and what you shared today. I have downloaded them and will lean into them as time and space open their arms around me this weekend. I will join the café as able, and reach out with any reflections and questions. Sorry to hear about that situation on Substack. The way you handled it is a wonderful lesson. The garden looks wonderful. You and Josh are an inspiration, and I am very grateful for the connection. Bless you both. 🙏❤️
I wasn't sure whether to mention it (that situation) at all. But then, Synchronosophy is essentially about transforming those difficult experiences. And if we can learn to do so, we can all contribute to transforming the anthropocentric paradigm into the symbiocene (that's my theory and chosen path)
Dear Veronika, thank you for this cafe with such delicious food and food for thought. Thank you for the shout out and introductions to so many kindroverts. You’ve created such a welcoming space on so many levels. The Trail of the Instinct is an intriguing practice that I look forward to trying. Enjoy your writer maternity leave! It’s important to rest after this birthing process! I look forward to continued reading to catch up and keep learning! Cheers with a ginger beer!!
Beautiful article! I love the Café analogy. And I sincerely hope that soon you'll publish all your amazing writings in a book soon! I have difficulties reading on screen, especially longer articles. My mind just can't focus on the screen but I enjoy your writings very much. Each article is so deep and filled with wisdom that I almost need to sit a month with it. Thank you for sharing your voice and have a restful summer!
Thank you Sadhbh, that's my hope too. I don't know how soon that will be (the publishing industry is such a messy arena) but I'm thinking of doing a limited edition print run myself at some point.
What an absolute blessing your work is, Veronika. It’s a gift to read your writing. I’m honoured to be included in this wonderful list of writers. Thank you so much. It’s been a pleasure to read & share your writing. 🌸🌻
It's a blessing and honour to have you join this circle, Trivarna. I feel the same about your writing. Your voice is so unique. Your words raw, bright, and unexpected, like fireflies at night. Pure medicine in this crazy and confused world. 🌸 💗🙏 💖 🌺
I am so happy for you, Veronika, just looking at all those wonderful, genuine, positive, wishful, and encouraging comments. You truly have a gift for gathering people who are deeply inspired by you and your work, and I am clearly one of them. Everything about your garden, the food, and your words is simply amazing, brimming with life and vibrancy.
I'm glad I met you on this platform, and it's an honor that you mentioned my name in this post. Thank you!
I've also experienced some strange interactions, both here and on Medium. I'm not sure exactly how to interpret them, but you've handled it very well.
Thank you for The Trail of Instinct 💗🙏; I am ready to meet myself in a new way.
I wish you a beautiful, peaceful summer, and I hope you enjoy your creative break as much as you can and need!💗🙏💗🙏
Thank you Katerina! Yes, I am truly grateful for all these wonderful genuine people (like yourself). This is the community I was hoping to gather around my substack space and beyond. This is my reason for doing this work, to gather kindroverts so we can all share our gifts.
The odd dragon or goblin on the gate is inevitable, but together it is so much easier to face those too.
The gladness is mutual. I very much appreciate your presence in this circle and am truly honoured by your engagement with my work 💗🙏
I deeply admire the space, insight, transformation and reflection you’ve fostered through your work Veronika. And it’s testament to all this work when you can feel the blow of insensitivity and integrate it into you furthering your development with Synchronosophy. Bravo!
I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t think about Synchronosophy, and it’s especially thrilling when I’m reading or listening to any number of respected thought leaders and I feel its resonance to your work. In fact, just this morning I was listening to a wonderful talk on biomimicry, hosted by Krista Tippett (@thepause), and it feels like we’re on the brink of a beautiful evolution of former Newtonian, Darwinian, competitive, linear experiences of life into a more collaborative, symbiotic understanding of the universe. I believe Synchronosophy will be part of the language/model to lead us into the next paradigm.
Thank you Kimberly!! 💗🙏 Yes, that's always the test, right?
I love the spaces Krista Tipett has created (is creating), and I can sense us collectively edging nearer that tipping point too. No idea how Synchronosophy will play its part yet, but it definitely feels like it was born to make some significant contribution towards nurturing symbiogenesis and living in the Symbiocene.
Wow. Yes that is a blessing. Years ago I used to travel with a group of folks who would build domes for different events & festivals. Such a fun, collaborative process! And so lovely to dwell beneath them.
From reading through your sample doc provided, the key thing that I pick up is how deeply you allowed yourself to feel and experience all angles of this attack and not deny any part, there is no down playing, belittling or dismissing of your experience, just full ownership of it and the faith that this process will lead to clarity at the end. It is powerful to have such an example of how you use it, but I must admit to still needing a visual prompt of the whole map and the language, it is very complex and would benefit from this example being mapped out on your beautiful mandala image. I am glad you are taking a break for your self and seeing that you need this, and it gives us time to catch up and integrate and learn. What an amazing gift, I am again very glad to be journeying with you, and thankyou for tagging me!
Just coming home from a walk around our village, and I've been thinking about your comment...
I just wanted to clarify that the purpose of these trails is not necessarily to give as detailed answers as I have! The questions are designed to trigger whatever answers come up spontaneously... to just note what comes up without self-censoring or judgement, and then move on to the next Q.
(I'm wondering whether I made that clear enough, or if I confused it by offering my own sample...?? Whenever I do those practices now, a lot of stuff bubbles up spontaneously.)
In the beginning it's not necessarily like that ~ or it might be, depending on how familiar or comfortable the practitioner is with inner work etc.
The practice shouldn't be complicated! And the Qs act simply as impulses. Whatever answers come, they'll be the right ones.
I wonder if you also have the summary doc that you did for part two - the heartwood, for the other sections as well? I am going to go back and reread some of the posts, and then look at the trail doc again - and print out the noctarine! I have just finished listening to an Iain McGilchrist interview, and he spoke so much about language and words and how we learn them as an embodied experience as we grow and their meaning is developed in relationship - and I thought so much of your work !! I really loved your exploration of words, and it contrasts so well with my non dual exploration that sees all words as meaningless labels and like just a dog barking - or animals speaking to each other, making meaningless sounds but still expressing so much.
Thank you for asking (= jolting my memory)! That was definitely the plan, but then life took over... so the answer is, at the moment I don't have any other summaries (yet).
words as embodied experience...
and their meaning is developed in relationship...
Absolutely! Thank you and I McG!!
I grew up trilingual (in the Middle East), learning Arabic as a child. Later (in Germany) I forgot it all and then relearned it. When I started speaking Arabic again at the age of 19 I could understand a lot of words. I wouldn't have been able to translate them, but I knew exactly in what context it was appropriate to use them. That's all about relationships.
Thank you for this feedback! That's good to know, and it's why I gave my own example. I wanted to show how it's really about taking tiny steps within the inner world, and Yes, that's what leads to clarity ~ and inner wisdom.
The Trail of the Instinct is just one of many possible trails along the Map of the Noctarine. I am aware that it's a lot to take in, and I agree with you on the importance of visual prompts. That's what I'm planning to work on over the summer.
I need to go through every trail myself several times (I'm lucky to have Josh as a willing fellow traveller on this journey too) so with our own inner journeys we will refine these processes + I want to have visuals for each trail. The power of this work lies not so much in the individual keywords on the Map (= the synapses in the Web of Consciousness) but in the relationships between them (the spaces between the synapses).
The summer break also gives me time to read through all my chapters again and catch up with myself 😊💕
P.S. I'll be grateful for any suggestions and will do my best to incorporate them
Thank you for including me! I've downloaded the PDFs and will do my homework, like a good girl. 😊 Sorry to hear about the hobgoblin, they can be such ugly and tiresome creatures. *eye roll* Substack is deceptive that way. The geo/plant dome and menu looks fantastic, too. It's funny I do keep hearing about folks going on holiday and taking a Substack break...beginning to wonder if I should too!
I could feel myself approaching the dreaded 'writer's burnout' at the thought of continuing to publish 2 pieces each week... that was my red flag saying 'Time 4 Break'!!
I believe hobgoblins might be out and about to test us. I think I've passed this test, for now... 😊 💕
Have a fabulous break Veronika. Thank you so for your writing. I am working my way through your pieces, rationing them 😊. Thank you for sharing how you have processed a recent unsolicited attack. I too have had my character recently attacked, based on my writing. They chose to do it via direct email, twice in 3 months. I can feel it in my body; thankfully l understand it is their ego. It certainly is triggering. I am not replying, l have nothing to defend. So I have been mediating on protecting my energy. And l will keep writing! Your PDFs are so very timely 🙏💜. And thank you for the mention. Hugs back to you. 🤗🙏
The only way I can make sense of it ~ in the collective energy web ~ is that in our individual 'growth process' we have to pass certain tests. The point is not to be 'unaffected' or to 'remain detached', but to move through the experience, assimilate + transform it.
I absolutely agree that it would be a waste of our precious energy to reply or engage with such weird 'dark energies' directly.
The practice of Synchronosophy is designed to provide impulses which enable us to move through such interferences as efficiently as possible.
Yes, please keep writing. I'll keep reading, and will be back writing again soon enough too. Thank you for being here 💗🙏
Yes, thanks Veronika. I don’t want to negate the emotions l felt around it either. And yes, l have chosen to process in ways that give me strength and not cower. Handing my power over without deferring to my inner discernment is thankfully in the past. I will definitely be working through your process, l have already downloaded them. Thanks for your encouragement, much appreciated 💜🙏🏼🤗
I feel a resonance also with the grief process you are sharing so vulnerably and beautifully on your own substack channel, so I feel we are speaking the same language here...
I feel humbled by your openness and willingness to work through the 'Trail of the Instinct' and look forward to your feedback 💗🙏
thank you so much for sharing 💗🙏
(in response to Camilla's comment)
I do hope this can remain a safe platform. Your work gives us ways to harness our inner courage 💜. Sending you positive energy. Thank you 🙏🏼
I can already feel how sharing these experiences, and your responses here, makes me feel encouraged and somehow strengthened. Dark energies are called 'dark' for a reason. Their power fades in the light of our attention of mutual loving support.
Strangely (or not) I was dithering and hesitating for weeks, questioning whether to even mention this 'attack situation' at all...
Now I'm so glad I did!
I am glad you did too 💜.
There are things you do because they feel right,
and they may make no sense, and they may make no money
and it may be the real reason why we are here:
to love each other and to eat each other’s cooking and to say it was good.
The quote brings tears to my eyes. So true, so utterly frustrating at the same time. Have been reading Rebecca Solnit on how disaster takes away the confines of society and makes room for real interaction. These past months I felt myself waiting for that to happen, like firemen hoping for a fire to get permission to get to work, to do what they are here for, while knowing that attitude is not right.
Then I realised the fire, the disaster, doesn't lie in the future. There is no reason to wait, to step up and engage. No reason to not do what I am good at.
And right after, this amazing idea for a new book poured in. A narrative that fully mirrors my own struggle to find that path, that way to be in the world, the how to reconnect, to crumble the prison walls, to seek out the dragon....
I have started composing the plot for that story (I never plot in advance but feel strongly this is the way to go now), and I suspect it will be a deep therapeutic experience writing the damn thing. Of course there are many factors that lead me to this point, but reading your posts these last months certainly played an important role.
So, I too, was considering to take a leave from Substack to fully attend to the writing over the summer.
That slightly fermented brew, sounds good....glad to be invited to this richly laid table.
Hugs to you both, Bertus
“These past months I felt myself waiting for that to happen, like firemen hoping for a fire to get permission to get to work, to do what they are here for, while knowing that attitude is not right.”
Kindred soul here—Have been living with this feeling as well for much of my life. Kudos to you for taking positive steps.
Yes, no longer willing to participate and not finding what the hell you are supposed to do in stead. Knowing what you don't want, and not what you do....
And the fun thing is that my little project is precisely about finding out what to do, how to break through the being stuck. If nothing else it will be a great exercise for me.
This sounds very familiar Bertus. Stuckness, in my experience, is a place where we are on a plateau, having outgrown the old and not yet stepped into the new.
The creative project you are describing sounds like a perfect move in the right direction (››› towards yourself) 💗
I'm kind of a believer in "action is the antidote to despair" but then I get stuck on which action to take. Usually I start with going for a walk - then some next step to take becomes clearer. Often it seems to include not rushing in where angels fear to tread.
The book sounds like one of those things you will have to plunge into, and then 'we make our path by walking it'. Intrigued to know how it pans out.
Thank you for the mention. First of all, I love the geo dome and how it is part of the natural world. It appears as a calming place. Lovely summery buffet. So inviting.
Now, the part of the attack. While it is true, we must find meaning and understanding in it, I am still sorry and bothered that you were attacked. I have been attacked, both online and in person. But this is considered normal today, the aggression, the verbal violence.
I know why it hurts me so. I find these attacks an attack on my very being. Of course, I must work through why I respond as I do--typically, I go inward in protective mode. I am not strong enough to take on a dragon. When I was younger, I had more courage. Or bravado. But I have taken a battering since then.
And, yes, I have a sensitive soul. Too sensitive, my wife who is a nurse says. Perhaps so.
Thank you for your empathy and compassion, Perry. We are who we are. If too sensitive just means not thick-skinned enough to accept attacks without feeling ... I'd rather feel and be aware of the attacker and step out of their way.
What if ~ when you know how to transform a dragon into an ally, the attackers simply don't come for you anymore?
I have learned much about myself over the years and one thing I learned is that when I have tried to make a dragon an ally, he just "eats me up" without any thought. I would "rather step out of the way." I do not get energized by battle. Just the opposite.
I fully understand that. I'm not talking about battle either.
There is an ancient Buddhist practice, which teaches how to 'turn dragons into allies'. I don't believe anyone gets energized by battles.
Or as the saying goes 'there is nothing good in war except its ending.'
I will take it further. “There is nothing good in war, so never ever start one. Find a pathway to peace.”
I do not believe that this is really ever tried, chiefly because there is too much invested, not only financially but also in mythology, in the Heroic War Narrative.
Humans need to start creating the Heroic Peace Narrative.
Let's do it! 💗
As the plants climb up over the geodesic structure to create a sacred space, with shaded coolness from the heat 'out there', so also these postings on Synchronosophy and The Symbiopaedia create a structure over which a community of seekers will 'climb' to create a sacred space of a different kind, shading people with beauty, solace and support, especially in these times when dystopian agendas are being pushed onto the world.
what a lovely image 💗🙏
The Geodome covered in plants is really magical Josh - I guess i did not really know what you meant when you said you made these, but the picture here and your description makes is very clear and I think it is just beuatiful and I so wish I could join you at the table of sensual delights! I am late to discover the work as you know and I have 'binge read' the whole book and actually am glad if there will be a summer time lull in the posts as I feel I can go back and re read and really digest it all fully and read the wildword posts too.
Thank you. I noted you liked several of my comments on various chapters Veronika has posted on Synchronosophy. So I guessed you were working your way through them.
Meanwhile making structures over which plants climb to create 'living sacred spaces' is, I have discovered, after nearly seven decades on this planet, one of the most satisfying activities. Technology must serve Nature - and for me it's one expression of this understanding and desire.
Thank you Veronika for this smogasbord of delights, a delicious array of synchronicity and reviving tonics for the soul. You are a chef par excellence and nuanced in the arts of alchemy. I raise my glass and salute you!
Thank you Elliot, I replied to your message too 💗🙏
My pleasure Veronika 🙏💜🙏
Oh wow Veronika! Thank you so much for the shout out and what you shared today. I have downloaded them and will lean into them as time and space open their arms around me this weekend. I will join the café as able, and reach out with any reflections and questions. Sorry to hear about that situation on Substack. The way you handled it is a wonderful lesson. The garden looks wonderful. You and Josh are an inspiration, and I am very grateful for the connection. Bless you both. 🙏❤️
Thank you Jamie 💗🙏
I wasn't sure whether to mention it (that situation) at all. But then, Synchronosophy is essentially about transforming those difficult experiences. And if we can learn to do so, we can all contribute to transforming the anthropocentric paradigm into the symbiocene (that's my theory and chosen path)
A lovely garden sanctuary!
Dear Veronika, thank you for this cafe with such delicious food and food for thought. Thank you for the shout out and introductions to so many kindroverts. You’ve created such a welcoming space on so many levels. The Trail of the Instinct is an intriguing practice that I look forward to trying. Enjoy your writer maternity leave! It’s important to rest after this birthing process! I look forward to continued reading to catch up and keep learning! Cheers with a ginger beer!!
Cheers Shelly 🥂 and thank you so for your companionship and encouraging presence 💗🙏
Beautiful article! I love the Café analogy. And I sincerely hope that soon you'll publish all your amazing writings in a book soon! I have difficulties reading on screen, especially longer articles. My mind just can't focus on the screen but I enjoy your writings very much. Each article is so deep and filled with wisdom that I almost need to sit a month with it. Thank you for sharing your voice and have a restful summer!
Thank you Sadhbh, that's my hope too. I don't know how soon that will be (the publishing industry is such a messy arena) but I'm thinking of doing a limited edition print run myself at some point.
What an absolute blessing your work is, Veronika. It’s a gift to read your writing. I’m honoured to be included in this wonderful list of writers. Thank you so much. It’s been a pleasure to read & share your writing. 🌸🌻
It's a blessing and honour to have you join this circle, Trivarna. I feel the same about your writing. Your voice is so unique. Your words raw, bright, and unexpected, like fireflies at night. Pure medicine in this crazy and confused world. 🌸 💗🙏 💖 🌺
I am so happy for you, Veronika, just looking at all those wonderful, genuine, positive, wishful, and encouraging comments. You truly have a gift for gathering people who are deeply inspired by you and your work, and I am clearly one of them. Everything about your garden, the food, and your words is simply amazing, brimming with life and vibrancy.
I'm glad I met you on this platform, and it's an honor that you mentioned my name in this post. Thank you!
I've also experienced some strange interactions, both here and on Medium. I'm not sure exactly how to interpret them, but you've handled it very well.
Thank you for The Trail of Instinct 💗🙏; I am ready to meet myself in a new way.
I wish you a beautiful, peaceful summer, and I hope you enjoy your creative break as much as you can and need!💗🙏💗🙏
Thank you Katerina! Yes, I am truly grateful for all these wonderful genuine people (like yourself). This is the community I was hoping to gather around my substack space and beyond. This is my reason for doing this work, to gather kindroverts so we can all share our gifts.
The odd dragon or goblin on the gate is inevitable, but together it is so much easier to face those too.
The gladness is mutual. I very much appreciate your presence in this circle and am truly honoured by your engagement with my work 💗🙏
I deeply admire the space, insight, transformation and reflection you’ve fostered through your work Veronika. And it’s testament to all this work when you can feel the blow of insensitivity and integrate it into you furthering your development with Synchronosophy. Bravo!
I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t think about Synchronosophy, and it’s especially thrilling when I’m reading or listening to any number of respected thought leaders and I feel its resonance to your work. In fact, just this morning I was listening to a wonderful talk on biomimicry, hosted by Krista Tippett (@thepause), and it feels like we’re on the brink of a beautiful evolution of former Newtonian, Darwinian, competitive, linear experiences of life into a more collaborative, symbiotic understanding of the universe. I believe Synchronosophy will be part of the language/model to lead us into the next paradigm.
Thank you Kimberly!! 💗🙏 Yes, that's always the test, right?
I love the spaces Krista Tipett has created (is creating), and I can sense us collectively edging nearer that tipping point too. No idea how Synchronosophy will play its part yet, but it definitely feels like it was born to make some significant contribution towards nurturing symbiogenesis and living in the Symbiocene.
Wow that flower dome looks incredible!
thank you, Heather 🌸 🙏 🌺, you're right. It is an incredible structure. And it's even more incredible to have one in our own garden.
I'm lucky to be married to someone who is very enthusiastic about building geodesic domes. This one was No. 2 of four (so far).
Wow. Yes that is a blessing. Years ago I used to travel with a group of folks who would build domes for different events & festivals. Such a fun, collaborative process! And so lovely to dwell beneath them.
From reading through your sample doc provided, the key thing that I pick up is how deeply you allowed yourself to feel and experience all angles of this attack and not deny any part, there is no down playing, belittling or dismissing of your experience, just full ownership of it and the faith that this process will lead to clarity at the end. It is powerful to have such an example of how you use it, but I must admit to still needing a visual prompt of the whole map and the language, it is very complex and would benefit from this example being mapped out on your beautiful mandala image. I am glad you are taking a break for your self and seeing that you need this, and it gives us time to catch up and integrate and learn. What an amazing gift, I am again very glad to be journeying with you, and thankyou for tagging me!
Just coming home from a walk around our village, and I've been thinking about your comment...
I just wanted to clarify that the purpose of these trails is not necessarily to give as detailed answers as I have! The questions are designed to trigger whatever answers come up spontaneously... to just note what comes up without self-censoring or judgement, and then move on to the next Q.
(I'm wondering whether I made that clear enough, or if I confused it by offering my own sample...?? Whenever I do those practices now, a lot of stuff bubbles up spontaneously.)
In the beginning it's not necessarily like that ~ or it might be, depending on how familiar or comfortable the practitioner is with inner work etc.
The practice shouldn't be complicated! And the Qs act simply as impulses. Whatever answers come, they'll be the right ones.
I wonder if you also have the summary doc that you did for part two - the heartwood, for the other sections as well? I am going to go back and reread some of the posts, and then look at the trail doc again - and print out the noctarine! I have just finished listening to an Iain McGilchrist interview, and he spoke so much about language and words and how we learn them as an embodied experience as we grow and their meaning is developed in relationship - and I thought so much of your work !! I really loved your exploration of words, and it contrasts so well with my non dual exploration that sees all words as meaningless labels and like just a dog barking - or animals speaking to each other, making meaningless sounds but still expressing so much.
Thank you for asking (= jolting my memory)! That was definitely the plan, but then life took over... so the answer is, at the moment I don't have any other summaries (yet).
words as embodied experience...
and their meaning is developed in relationship...
Absolutely! Thank you and I McG!!
I grew up trilingual (in the Middle East), learning Arabic as a child. Later (in Germany) I forgot it all and then relearned it. When I started speaking Arabic again at the age of 19 I could understand a lot of words. I wouldn't have been able to translate them, but I knew exactly in what context it was appropriate to use them. That's all about relationships.
Thank you for this feedback! That's good to know, and it's why I gave my own example. I wanted to show how it's really about taking tiny steps within the inner world, and Yes, that's what leads to clarity ~ and inner wisdom.
The Trail of the Instinct is just one of many possible trails along the Map of the Noctarine. I am aware that it's a lot to take in, and I agree with you on the importance of visual prompts. That's what I'm planning to work on over the summer.
I need to go through every trail myself several times (I'm lucky to have Josh as a willing fellow traveller on this journey too) so with our own inner journeys we will refine these processes + I want to have visuals for each trail. The power of this work lies not so much in the individual keywords on the Map (= the synapses in the Web of Consciousness) but in the relationships between them (the spaces between the synapses).
The summer break also gives me time to read through all my chapters again and catch up with myself 😊💕
P.S. I'll be grateful for any suggestions and will do my best to incorporate them
Thank you for including me! I've downloaded the PDFs and will do my homework, like a good girl. 😊 Sorry to hear about the hobgoblin, they can be such ugly and tiresome creatures. *eye roll* Substack is deceptive that way. The geo/plant dome and menu looks fantastic, too. It's funny I do keep hearing about folks going on holiday and taking a Substack break...beginning to wonder if I should too!
Do whatever feels good to you, Lani!
I could feel myself approaching the dreaded 'writer's burnout' at the thought of continuing to publish 2 pieces each week... that was my red flag saying 'Time 4 Break'!!
I believe hobgoblins might be out and about to test us. I think I've passed this test, for now... 😊 💕
Have a fabulous break Veronika. Thank you so for your writing. I am working my way through your pieces, rationing them 😊. Thank you for sharing how you have processed a recent unsolicited attack. I too have had my character recently attacked, based on my writing. They chose to do it via direct email, twice in 3 months. I can feel it in my body; thankfully l understand it is their ego. It certainly is triggering. I am not replying, l have nothing to defend. So I have been mediating on protecting my energy. And l will keep writing! Your PDFs are so very timely 🙏💜. And thank you for the mention. Hugs back to you. 🤗🙏
Thank you Simone 💗🙏
The only way I can make sense of it ~ in the collective energy web ~ is that in our individual 'growth process' we have to pass certain tests. The point is not to be 'unaffected' or to 'remain detached', but to move through the experience, assimilate + transform it.
I absolutely agree that it would be a waste of our precious energy to reply or engage with such weird 'dark energies' directly.
The practice of Synchronosophy is designed to provide impulses which enable us to move through such interferences as efficiently as possible.
Yes, please keep writing. I'll keep reading, and will be back writing again soon enough too. Thank you for being here 💗🙏
Yes, thanks Veronika. I don’t want to negate the emotions l felt around it either. And yes, l have chosen to process in ways that give me strength and not cower. Handing my power over without deferring to my inner discernment is thankfully in the past. I will definitely be working through your process, l have already downloaded them. Thanks for your encouragement, much appreciated 💜🙏🏼🤗
I feel a resonance also with the grief process you are sharing so vulnerably and beautifully on your own substack channel, so I feel we are speaking the same language here...
I feel humbled by your openness and willingness to work through the 'Trail of the Instinct' and look forward to your feedback 💗🙏
So very grateful for your generosity, support and kindness Veronika. 💝