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SUMMARY:Be Love\, Be Honest\, Be Useful ZOOM Gathering
DESCRIPTION:REQUEST ZOOM LINK HERE\nOn Thursday nights we gather for an open form Be Love\, Be Honest\, Be Useful Gathering.  The purpose of this time together is to practice love and honest sharing\, that we might be of use together in expanding our understanding and collective care.  This is a time to practice love together. \nAll people are welcome\, all perspectives\, all identities. \nYou are welcome to share or stay silent.  To keep your camera on or off. \nWe invite you to make this a time of personal mediation in community.  We find ZOOM to be a powerful opportunity to connect with others through the safety and solitude of your own home. \nOur gathering follows the following format: \n\nBE love.\n\n\nWe will begin with 12 minutes to Be Love together. What does that look like? I’ll offer a meditation to ground us\, but for these 12 minutes you do you!  Maybe for you Be Love means checking in with your body and taking care of its needs\, making a sandwich or a cup of tea.  Maybe you have a devotional practice or a breathing practice or a prayer or meditation or movement practice that helps you remember that you are love.  12 minutes to come into the present moment\, noticing and accepting what’s there\, and touching if possible that essential level beneath all joys and pleasures\, sorrows and frustrations where everything ultimately is okay. \n\nBE honest.\n\n\nThen we will take time to Be Honest with each other.  Each person is given 7 minutes to share.  Be honest about what?  How we are growing.  How we are being challenged/thwarted/tested/tried.  How we are being beckoned / called / inspired / consoled.  What meaning and hope and understanding and peace are we finding / making / learning from it all.  For many of us this may be the hardest part. We are so used to speaking to fulfill some external expectation.  We speak to impress\, to amuse\, to argue\, or to obfuscate. We rarely if ever speak honestly to share our inner experiences\, avoiding uncomfortable vulnerability. But it’s time to start. Honesty and vulnerability are the path to wisdom. Sharing is completely  optional. \n\nBE useful.\n\n\nThen lastly we will Be Useful. 3 minutes each.  Something you appreciated about the group experience.  An action you are ready to take. A creative endeavor you want to invite others into.  A blessing\, a wish\, an intuitive message\, a benediction\, a song\, a jig\, whatever!  We will send each other on our way with love and encouragement\, maybe a laugh\, maybe a smile\, maybe a new awareness that could feel any manner of ways.  We will refrain from advice giving and “shoulds\,” keeping close to our own experience.
URL:https://helenkellercollaborative.org/event/be-love-be-honest-be-useful-zoom-gathering-17/
CATEGORIES:Be Love Event Series
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SUMMARY:The Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative Be Love Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at The Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative Be Love Virtual Event! We’ll explore the power of love and connection together. \nCelebrate Helen Keller’s spiritual birthday with a week-long series of events (Monday\, March 3 – Saturday\, March 8) dedicated to her enduring legacy of love\, resilience\, and connection. All of the events will be optimized for accessibility needs. From daily inspirational emails featuring talks\, artistic offerings\, and devotional reflections\, to Saturday’s speaker event—this is a tribute to Helen Keller’s transformative spirit. The week concludes on Saturday with a live-streamed gathering offering an opportunity for speakers and participants to collaborate and be in honest dialogue together. Join this global movement to honor Helen Keller’s vision and inspire a collective spirit of love and action. Visit our event page to register. Registration includes daily inspiration emails\, a link to the live ZOOM event on Saturday\, and a recording of the live event if you are not able to attend in person. \nDaily Inspiration (Mon.\, March 3 – Fri.\, March 7): \nReceive a daily email featuring a warm welcome from Sage\, pre-recorded talks and conversations\, artistic and devotional offerings\, all centered around Helen Keller’s Legacy of Love. \nSaturday\, March 8 LIVE STREAM: \nA dynamic global gathering featuring live conversations with event speakers and contributors and opportunities for registrants to engage with questions and reflections. \nSaturday schedule: \n11:30 AM Musical/Artistic Prelude \n12:00 PM BE LOVE devotional with diverse voices \n12:12 PM BE HONEST dialogue with event Speakers \n1:00 PM BE USEFUL invitations to collaborate \n1:30 PM Short send off and Musical Postlude \nFeaturing: \nHillary Baack \nDoug Baldwin \nRebecca Esterson \nRosemarie Garland Thomson \nBradley McKinnon \nRay Silverman
URL:https://helenkellercollaborative.org/event/the-helen-keller-spiritual-life-collaborative-be-love-virtual-event/
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CATEGORIES:Be Love Event Series,Online Event
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