SOMA • RASA • TERMA: A Journey Trilogy
SOMA: A word for body, in its wholeness. What I mean by soma is the totality of the body, including flesh and tissue, phenomenological sensing, energetic attunement, movement, proprioception, cellular intelligence, the bioelectric field; it means the wisdom body of reality that you’re a part of, it means the stars your atoms came from, it means the way that you are just one cell of the body of a universe far vaster and stranger than any of us can actually conceive of. It means your spleen and your relationships and the urgings of your soul on clear moonless nights.
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RASA: A word for essence, taste, scent, nectar — a rasika is a connoisseur, and we’re here as connoisseurs of the many flavors of Existence. There are many different families of Existence-flavors, and we have many names for each family. Broadly speaking, we’ll be taking a poetic journey through things we could term: energetic qualities, realms, vibes, ways of being, modes of attention, gods, vows, textures of experience, imaginal sensations, subtle phenomenologies, etc. I’ll take you on a trip to some of my favorite rasas and we’ll watch the journey evolve from there.
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TERMA: A word for revealed teachings, transmissions, new ways that Reality expresses itself to the attuned attention of those who know how to receive. From the starting point of the two previous journeys, SOMA and RASA, we experiment with attuning to reality from the senses of the body, and from the flavors of Existence — and we open ourselves to a variety of ways that everything can be experienced as terma. Every object, word, event, and being carries teachings and expressions from Reality. Learning to receive them is one of the richest journeys there is.
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In the format of “Journeys”, I’m stepping out of any sort of role as a teacher or instructor, any role where you’re coming to me for instructions or a “right way” to do anything — and into a role that I’m coming to think of as a Journey Artist. I’m simply here to go into territories that fascinate me, to bring some artistry and craft to the way I invite you to explore with me — and to hopefully introduce you to some aspects of experience that you’ll resonate with and want to spend more time in.
I’m currently ill and in a difficult time zone, but I’ll schedule these journeys when I have a bit more stability. Sign up below for updates.
