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An Invitation to Zaadsters

Posted on Mar 1st, 2006 by Vanessa : Dharma Dancer Vanessa

Hey Everyone,

Okay a little break from the heady stuff to open an invitation to you all. 

I've recently started an online group of about twenty-three people from around the world (a few who are also zaadzsters), who are doing amazing integral and spiritual work in their respective areas.  The group is designed around a framework of weekly intentional practice of whatever form each individual chooses and is being set at a corresponding time so that the half hour of our practice is done together at many different locations. 

The intentional practice of your choice (tonglen, zazen meditation, centering prayer, ecstatic dance, mindful dishwashing etc) is directed each month around a specific conflict ridden region in the world. I send out a monthly email with a brief overview summary of the conflict with a map so that everyone is up to speed on the area.  

My intention is to create a sacred space through shared practice worldwide that can offer the ground for what i plan to develop in the future; a website or forum of some kind where I can post the conflicts and everyone with their respective areas of expertise can post ideas for integral solutions; from integral economics to integral politics, to integral feminist ideas to integral business to integral mediation to integral spirituality, and the list goes on. I want to bring in every possible area to create a true integral conflict resolution resource and hopefully the base for future projects.  

As of now it's very much in its baby stages as a shared practice with many amazing integral souls.  I wanted to open up the invitation to any of the zaadzsters who may be interested in being a part of this.  Feel free to email me and I can fill you in with all the details and include you on the once a month update with the others in the group.  

Through the beginnings of this idea I hope to one day create with all of you a more integral approach toward dealing with some of the most devastating conflicts around the world. 

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about 1 month later
Joshua said

this sounds cool, count me in.  after 9/11 happened and i felt the energy shift everywhere i went, i wondered what would happen if a large number of people decided to do things like what you have started. i'm glad someone took the initiative to do it :)

Vanessa : Dharma Dancer
about 1 month later
Vanessa said

Glad to include you Joshua(-;

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