The Work of Becoming
Who we truly are is buried behind a mask we wear. An identity we construct and portray. This way of being imprisons us. Throwing off that mask is no easy feat.
For those who become trapped, lost and depressed by the facade they find themselves in, there is a way through. It involves putting down the defended self and beginning a journey of true self-discovery, and connection with others doing the same. It is a sober, brave reclaiming of one's own mind, body and soul.
Underneath all the fear, doubt, control, shame and hiding, exists the naked truth of who we really are. Discovering what that is, and how to open it up into the world, is the true meaning of freedom.
Enormous darkness must be boldly entered into. But the prize is simple: an awake, free experience of life where your path is determined by your own volition rather than by fear.
In becoming who we truly are, we light the way for others to do the same. And so a chain reaction can occur - freeing each other from the chains of our own minds, emerging into the world unbound, open, awake.
The Four Realms
The work moves through four realms.
Being. The spiritual ground. The practice of acceptance - learning to stop, to open, to let what is actually here be here. This is where consciousness begins to know itself.
Feeling. The emotional ground. The practice of love - not as sentiment, but as the courageous opening of the heart. Facing what has been buried. Feeling what has been refused.
Thinking. The mental ground. The practice of truth - sharpening the mind, dissolving illusion, learning to see clearly. The path from knowledge to wisdom.
Doing. The practical ground. The practice of responsibility - taking radical ownership of your life, your decisions, your presence in the world. Becoming, through action, who you know yourself to be.
This work is done together. In small groups, with others who are ready. Not because community is comfortable, but because transformation deepens when human beings learn to meet each other as they truly are - without masks, without strategy, without defence.
Groups form when enough people have gathered and the time is right. I do not run programmes on a schedule. I work with people when the conditions are real.