TA Newsletter October 2021 Issue 42
| Welcome to the October edition of the Trillium Awakening Newsletter! This month, we offer two gems from September’s annual Teachers Retreat, video talks by Rod Taylor and Ralf Humphries about the transformative and transforming nature of Mutuality. |
Mutuality in Whole-Being Realization
During this year’s annual Teacher Retreat in September, there were two dynamic cutting-edge presentations on Mutuality and its unique role in the Trillium Awakening evolutionary process. Visionary Council member and long-time teacher, Rod Taylor, and one of our newest teachers, Ralf Humphries, gave ground-breaking presentations taking us beyond the question Where are we now with Mutuality, which I addressed in a talk at the 2017 retreat. These talks were recorded on September 10, 2021. We offer them here to you as you continue to explore the nature of Mutuality in your Awakening life.
The Nature of Mutuality in Whole-Being Realization (Video–25 mins)
Rod Taylor, author of New Principles of Awakened Relationship and The Whole-Being Evolutionary Map.Mutuality as the Whole-Being Realization dimension of Relatedness
What should we expect of self and others now, and what should we hold as it is in support of evolution over time?
What are the potential evolutionary stages of awakened whole-being mutuality?
Even Gurus Get the Blues: How the Whole-Being Heart Outgrows Codependence Through the Birth Pangs of Awakening Mutuality (Video–25 mins)
Ralf Humphries, Australia’s first Trillium Awakening Teacher, Psychotherapist, and editorial colleague of Rod Taylor.
Traditionally, we have either pedestalized our enlightened gurus and defended them to the death from any accusation of less-than-perfection, or turned on them and thrown them to the wolves when they transgress (often sexually or financially).
The new era of whole-beingness gives us a fresh view into the whole-being humanity of the guru, who was previously held separate from us by the intercession of our deeply-held ideals.
Today we can sensitively see the places where the guru, too, experiences not-yet-conscious codependence in their relationship with their followers; or where they don’t feel good about their personal self.
The shift into whole-beingness is reflected in how we are moving beyond the age-old dilemma of two (duality) into the dynamic and creative alchemy of three in TA language: consciousness, embodiment, and love-mutuality.
Outgrowing the important evolutionary stage of relational codependence is a profound process in the life of awakening love-mutuality.
Subtler and subtler layers of codependence can be recognized in the form of pressuring others to be a certain way—often to be more like us! (This applies as well to the way gurus have traditionally taught).
~ Fax Gilbert, Editor
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Upcoming Sunday Spotlight Meditations
led by different teachers each time
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- October 3 – led by June Konopka
- October 17 – led by Bill Miller
| Virtual Sitting The Lucid Gatherings Teacher: Bill Miller 10/3/2021 9 am – 11 am PDT more info Awakening Leadership Lab Teacher: Margit Bantowsky 10/4/2021 8 am – 10 am PDT more info Virtual Sitting Trillium Awakening Asia Pacific Sitting Teachers: Ralf Humphries 10/4/2021 10 am – 12 pm AEDT more info Virtual Sitting Consciousness, Embodiment, and Mutuality in Daily Life Teacher: Robert Silvers 10/7/2021 4 pm – 6 pm PDT more info Trillium Awakening Intro Teachers: Fax Gilbert & Ralf Humphries 10/8/2021 4 pm – 6 pm more info Virtual Sitting All Hearts on Deck Teachers:Margit Bantowsky 10/9/2021 9 am – 10:30 am PDT more info Discussion Group Trillium Core Teachings in Light of the Recognition Sutras Teachers: Fax & Sharon Gilbert 10/11/2021 Time TBA more info |
| Virtual Retreat 16th Annual Fairfield Fall Retreat Teachers: Sandra Glickman, Cielle Backstrom, Jeffrey Backstrom, Sharon Gilbert, Fax Gilbert, Steve Boggs, and Denise Gallagher 10/22 – 25/2021 more info Virtual Sitting The Perpetual Divinity of Embodiment and Mutuality Teachers: Allan Morelock & Gena Netten 10/22/2021 4 pm – 6:30 pm PDT more info Virtual Sitting A Place of Mutual Honoring Teachers: Fax & Sharon Gilbert 10/24/2021 9 am – 11:15 am PDT more info Virtual Event The Temple of the Beloved: A Sacred Vessel for Healing and Awakening Teacher: Bill E 10/24/2021 12 pm – 2:30 pm PDT more info Virtual Sitting Trillium Awakening Asia Pacific Sitting Teachers: Ralf Humphries 11/1/2021 10 am – 12 pm AEDT more info Virtual Sitting Consciousness, Embodiment, and Mutuality in Daily Life Teacher: Robert Silvers 11/4/2021 4 pm – 6 pm PDT more info Trillium Awakening Intro Teachers: Gena & Jim 11/5/2021 4 pm – 6 pm PDT more info |
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