February 2007 First Edition
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"People
say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't
think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're
seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences
on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost
being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being
alive." |
In this issue:
| 3. Additions to the Mentoring Programs |
| 4. The Creative Soul Works Blog, an Ongoing Dialogue |
| 5. A Message to My Friends from the IWWG Skidmore Conference |
1.
Workshops and TeleSeminars from Creative Soul Works!
There are many offerings
from Creative Soul Works this year and more will be coming.
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Registration: $20 for the TeleSeminar, includes the TeleSeminar, an audio download and an E-book: The Art of Living Your Destiny by Ronda LaRue. Register Now! Only $20 for the TeleSeminar!
Explore
the Mystery,
Intuition and Creativity Workshop
We
had a very exciting mask making workshop at my house on January
20, and there will be another in April. Because we felt we needed
more time to explore our masks, the next mask making will be a
day and a half, April 15-16. You can explore the mask making workshop
and see some fantastic pictures of the process (a picture IS worth
a thousand words!) by going to the mask
making pages. If you sign up for the August 24-28 workshop (see below), you will receive $50 off the mask making workshop.
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1.
February 22:
2.
Creativity as Mediator Between the Worlds or Wild
Dog's Kingdom, A Message from
Emily
Creativity
is a mysterious journey that connects us to the unseen worlds. There
was a time when all people had access to the unseen worlds, although
it was the shamans, story tellers and healers who mediated between
the worlds as they journeyed into the Mystery and interpreted the
images found there. Today we have our contemporary journeyers into
the cosmic unseen worlds--many creative people are such journeyers--but
as a culture we have lost the connection to our instinctual nature.
With the development of the human brain and the march of history,
the pendulum has swung so far that an overwhelming majority of people
do not consider the journey into the unseen worlds a possibility,
much less a necessity.
It has become trite to say that modern society has lost its soul, but in truth, that's just what has happened. Soul is something that cannot be experienced in the outer world. It cannot be understood, evaluated, judged. Soul is the groundswell of the inner world, and the eyes with which we view the outer world are blind when turned inward. It is only with the eyes of the heart--the instinctual nature of our deep internal knowing--that we traverse the inner landscape and find our way to soul. If our outer eyes are perceptive, however, and guided by our inner knowing, we can see the outcome of mystery. This happens when, for example, the invisible becomes suddenly visible, or the impossible becomes suddenly possible in ways that cannot be explained by the rational mind. Such things often happen on both a small and large scale, but in Western culture we are quick to attribute them to coincidence; if coincidence isn't sufficient, then the doubting Thomas is convinced it can "figure out" a rational explanation of the mystery. How much richer life can be when we are open to Mystery. But to do this, we must be brave warriors of the spirit, with creativity both our fire and our sword. I see Creative Soul Works as a community in which we support each other as we journey into the unseen worlds to bring back sacred knowledge. We support each other despite our fears and insecurities. We guide one another as we reclaim the role of mediator between the worlds. What follows is a recent experience from my life in which the Mystery was revealed and, I believe, I unexpectedly became a mediator between the worlds. Read on |
3. Additions to the Mentoring Programs
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I have added new ways to work with me in the two Mentoring Programs that I am offering through Creative Soul Works: |
4. The Divine Imagination: Blog of Creative Soul Works
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The blog of Creative Soul Works is up and active. Recently I have been posting writings from our monthly creativity circle, Spirit of the Wind, Carry Me Home. At the January circle, we explored The Mystery of Self and then The Self I Am Becoming. Some wonderful writing came from these exploration and I have been posting them. I urge you to visit the blog and join in the exploration. You can post your own writings as comments on the blog, and if you would like to become a member of the blogging team, let me know and I will send you an invitation. The blog is a wonderful place for us to meet and share our journeys. The more we do, the deeper the connection to self and community will grow. And if you live in the New York Metropolitan tri-state area, we'd love to have you at our monthly creativity circle. They're always on the second Sunday of the month. |
5.
To my friends from the IWWG Conference at Skidmore
College
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I am sad to announce that, after fifteen years, I will not be returning to the Skidmore Conference. I have little to offer by way of explanation, other than I have not been invited back. After repeated requests of Hannalore I have been given no reason other than a form letter telling me they need to make room for new presenters. Though I'll miss being with those of you who attend her conference, I know that when one door closes, another opens—the creative journeys we can take together are far from ending. The experiences we share through writing and creativity are deepening as well. My two communities, Creative Soul Works and The Fiction Writer's Journey, are growing in exciting ways. I am expanding my programs so there are now a variety of ways for us to work together: share your writing on my blogs, join with us during monthly TeleSeminars and Creativity Circles, participate in one-day or weekend workshops, or treat yourself to an extended Retreat in Ireland in 2008. My private coaching has also branched out. Creative Soul Works includes Creativity as a Wellspring of Life and Memoir As A Healing Journey; these are ongoing individual mentoring programs. But as before, teaching writers through private coaching sessions remains as the center of my work. Most of all, you remain in the circle of creative women I hold in my heart. I
look forward to working with you soon. |
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