HI dears,

I’m just back from a 4 day Greek Eleusinian Mysteries Training. What are the Eleusinian Mysteries?

For thousands of years (up to 300 AD) they were the premiere Shamanic Initiation of the West. It was said that after experiencing these mysteries one would never fear death again.

You can find out more about the Ancient Mysteries at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

The modern version is a re-creation (based on archeological shards) of the Ancient. It is initiated because one cannot read about it or talk about it and receive the transformation. Like sexuality itself, one can discuss it, and even watch it but once we engage in sex our lives change.

This past weekend was about losing and finding my center, my self, and miscelleanous stuff. My tent was flooded and I ended up sharing with other participants and moving my stuff 5 times. Along the way, I felt so displaced, so lost, so without a home. I thought, “it feels like I don’t belong anywhere.”

But then I had a realization . . . what if all this transitioning meant that I could belong everywhere?

Suddenly, it just didn’t have to be black or white, good or bad, for or against. I could stay open to the gift in each experience. Something inside me shifted.

This perspective of Non-duality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism) is essential to the heart of Tantra. Prior to this weekend, it had eluded me. What a gift to have it brought home.

In my daily life, my beloved was thinking of teaching ESL in a foreign country. I had been so angry with him and had perceived it as an abandonment. With the gift of nonduality, I could look outside the box. What if this adventure of his would become an opportunity for me to travel? What if we could both grow and deepen with the extension?

A practice of non-duality is to ask yourself:

- What if it was both this and that?

Let me know your adventures in non-duality.

May we be the peace we wish to see in the world,
Francesca