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What I learned at Art Camp
Sep. 10th, 2009 03:39 pmThere was an extra 24-hour shift with ESD, and there were no formal shifts as a Ranger - but there were many informal 'rangering' situations. Earning the right to be a Ranger meant training, and even a fight in the Thunderdome. The fight was really for another, a traumatized women who needed to feel the 100% rush of power and fear and clarity for the first time in her life.
For me it was about maintaining her safety as we fought, and the realization that this was the creation of the space for her to be a Warrior, and that my practice is really doing this in different ways for many people - maybe not as extreme as the Thunderdome. It was also about the personal symbology and differences between being a Ranger and a Psychologist, and how they are the same and that this is the Naked Flame.
I broke open this year, touched daily by little acts of bravery and kindness. There were chunks of useless pride and crap left all over the playa, and tears streaming down faces is a common sight in Black Rock City.
There are some new ideas about sarvata and about what appears to be real not being so real, and how perception and fear alter who you are until one does not even realize the difference, and how to overcome that with humor and humility and gentleness. With yourself, and with others.
Being fully present in your daily activities and watching a new reality open happened daily, and happens every day. There is no 'fail'. Play. Thoughts do not have to equal mood. Don't push through pain and lessons; enjoy them and take the time, because they are very valuable. Train, because that's the gift you have to help you remember the Universe never gives you more than you can handle. Let your tears and your anger be dried by the wind, and your fear in the dust.
For me it was about maintaining her safety as we fought, and the realization that this was the creation of the space for her to be a Warrior, and that my practice is really doing this in different ways for many people - maybe not as extreme as the Thunderdome. It was also about the personal symbology and differences between being a Ranger and a Psychologist, and how they are the same and that this is the Naked Flame.
I broke open this year, touched daily by little acts of bravery and kindness. There were chunks of useless pride and crap left all over the playa, and tears streaming down faces is a common sight in Black Rock City.
There are some new ideas about sarvata and about what appears to be real not being so real, and how perception and fear alter who you are until one does not even realize the difference, and how to overcome that with humor and humility and gentleness. With yourself, and with others.
Being fully present in your daily activities and watching a new reality open happened daily, and happens every day. There is no 'fail'. Play. Thoughts do not have to equal mood. Don't push through pain and lessons; enjoy them and take the time, because they are very valuable. Train, because that's the gift you have to help you remember the Universe never gives you more than you can handle. Let your tears and your anger be dried by the wind, and your fear in the dust.
