Image by Japanese painter Hasui Kawase (1883-1957)
For those who have participated on an I am because we are six month course, residential retreat, or sangha event or are curious about participating in the future.
I am because we are is a traditional saying from the African Ubuntu tradition invoking the truth of interconnectedness and the promise of beloved community.
“A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for they have a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that they belong in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
On this day retreat we’ll reconnect with each other and revisit themes from the course such as:
Our intentions for practicing and our vision for liberation for ourselves and others
How our unique conditioning shows up in the space of meditation and how we relate to what’s happing now
Embodiment as a radical act
The role of joy and pleasure in opening to ourselves, one another and the world
How a creative response to fear, grief and anger can support our efforts towards collective liberation
The co-created and interconnected nature of experience and reality
10:30am-4:30pm on Zoom.
Dana
This day is freely given and dana (donations) are also welcome from those for whom it is possible to give. Please do give what you can but only if you can. Those who give the maximum amount (or more!) make it possible for others with less financial resources to attend.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation between £50-£150
Donations can be made via PayPal at paypal.me/radicalembrace or by bank transfer. Please request bank details by emailing me at singhashri@radicalembrace.org