Summit
I wake early to see the mountains pink, to hear the thoughts of creation, to feel my body as nature, to integrate. There’s a lot to integrate today, after four days with my community at Summit in Palm Desert. I did this one differently- instead of hanging back, I went all in, and surrendered to the team’s curatorial genius and effort over the last year+ of preparation. I intended only presence and curiosity- and got back delight and richness and belonging, explicit and implicit learning, deep expansion. Here’s one perfect pairing: #longevity with @[1014978146:2048:Mark Hyman] and #death with @[100009646743098:2048:Alua Arthur] @going_with_grace —- After hearing the infectiously dynamic and prolific #markhyman give a concentrated download of his decades of study and wisdom on how to live in optimum health for a very very long time (at one point he said something like “achieving escape velocity from death”!), the very next program I attended was a #deathmeditation (yes that is some great, ironic programming by the @summit team). The stunning, compassionate, and deeply present Alua Arthur led us through these 9 Tibetan contemplations on death. She guided: Death is inevitable. Our life span is decreasing continuously. Death will come, whether or not we are prepared for it. Human life expectancy is uncertain. There are many causes of death. The human body is fragile and vulnerable. At the time of death, our material resources are not of use to us. Our loved ones cannot keep us from death. Our own body cannot help us at the time of our death. I have had an NDE, it was gorgeous to be out of the body in the light for a moment, death isn’t scary for me. Yet, I love life so much! Doing this meditation left me with a sense of urgency. A recommitment to make the most of life in this body, to come always from love, to uplift everyone I see, to deepen in my studies and unique offerings, to be in the rich river of giving and receiving, to feel and explore and play, to be clear and clean in my relating, to be an operative additive node in the world. To respect the body by doing all the things Dr. Mark suggested. To live fully as long as I can. All love from #joshuatree