Dear
Presentation Participants,
Thank you for
your interest in and willingness to attend The Alchemy of The
Heart 2008 presentations.
Through the
example we set of how we respond to our own heart, we radiate
the power of great possibilities into our family life and
community. The gift of embracing emotional responsibility for
our experience is a gift that keeps on giving. In this light,
these presentations are about gifting and receiving.
This letter is
written as my contribution to unifying our collective intent as
we approach and move throughout these scheduled 2008 encounters.
I know it will make for a more focused and powerful experience
for us all. This letter is to further activate the resonance of
“full participation” available to us through these
presentations. It is written with the knowing that there is so
much more to be realized in gathering together when arriving “to
give and receive” - as opposed to thinking we are coming to “get
something,” or even coming “to try and understand something.”
About your participation: You are not required to bring anything other than the gift
of your attention and
the clarity of your
intention. Simply intend to “be open.”
Although, upon
the surface of our encounter, it may appear that the energy of
the presentation flows from me to you, this is not the case at
all. In the presentation flyer (available to all on the website)
I have deliberately called these 2008 encounters “a
conversation” as a means to realign this misperception where it
occurs.
The
presentation, in each moment, is delivered through a response to
what I am feeling from within the venue. Through this approach, I am engaging
energetically with all of you and having a dialogue founded upon
this energetic interaction. This places the profound
possibilities inherent within felt-perception into practice.
This approach empowers the navigation toward, and the delivering
of, insights specific to the requirements of each particular
gathering.
If you seek to
enter this level of energetic dialogue more consciously with us
all, you may effortlessly do so by giving each moment of the
presentation your full, undivided, attention—by remaining as
aware as possible of what
you are personally feeling throughout our conversation.
When we all
commit to paying attention to the feeling content of the
encounter, we automatically engage with each other within our
collective heart-space. It is from within this heart-space that
the miracle and majesty of any collective encounter unfolds.
To enter these
presentations assuming that what is to be gained is contained
within the details of the information transmitted is to
energetically miss the mark. The information delivered verbally
through my mouth mainly serves the purpose of opening us to a
frequency, and it is the frequency itself which is alchemical.
This frequency is not coming from me—it is impacting you through
your own heart-space.
This
alchemical frequency is accessed through a simple willingness to
be present
and
to feeling what is unfolding—not through note-taking or attempting
to understand the
information. Note-taking miss-aligns our intent, because
whether we consciously real eyes it or not, by taking notes we
are “attempting to capture and save a part of the experience so
we may have it later.” When we focus on taking notes we depart
from the collective experience and enter our own little mental
bubble. Notice that the word “presentation” contains the word
“present.” It does not say present-notation.
What is
received from these presentations is freely available within the
fullness of each moment we travel through. By fully submerging
ourselves into each moment, we automatically initiate profound
consequences that unfold for long periods after our encounter.
These consequences unfold automatically through our surrender to
the moment.
Trust in the power of the
moment—it contains within it everything we are seeking and it
gives freely and effortlessly when we are receptive.
At these
presentations there is therefore nothing for you to
do. There is no
practice or emotional emoting required. What is accomplished
through these encounters is activated through our collective
state of being together.
We are therefore best served when we relinquish any desire to
“get something by coming,” and instead open ourselves up to
“receiving something by being there.” By simply giving of our attention, we receive greatly.
Hopefully,
through our encounter you will also real eyes that the real work
takes place when we are alone or out in the world. The real work
takes place whenever we are called upon to consciously respond
to the transforming condition of our own emotional state. These
presentations serve to encourage us all to participate as fully
as possible in this department. They are not meant to be “the
experience.” Our life in every given moment is the experience.
When fully appreciated, the seemingly mundane events of our
daily life have the capacity to open the doors from linear
boredom back into the multi-dimensional Kingdom.
My presentation intent: My personal intent within the format of these encounters is
“to show up and be available.” Also, to have as much fun as I
possibly can fit into each encounter.
It is also
important that I tell you that my focus throughout THE ALCHEMY
OF THE HEART 2008 TOUR is
not on “doing or saying something new.” I am
a lobbyist for
the heart being realized
as the causal point of the quality of our human experience.
I take this responsibility to heart—and so, if I have to repeat
myself over and over until the significance of integrating our
emotional body is fully digested, then so shall it be. In this
light, the primary focus of these presentations is to reinforce
the important role of the heart and the condition of the
emotional body within the context of our current human
experience.
To accomplish
this task efficiently, it is necessary to consistently
communicate this work within “a context.” Within this intent to
communicate this context, revision of previously shared insights
is sometimes necessary.
Having stated
all of this, my intent is to remain as open as possible to the
frequency of the moment and what it calls for—and in this light,
anything may happen and most likely will.
My personal
journey and the insights gathered are constantly in a state of
evolution. There is nothing static about the paradigm of
heart-work. Consequently, the presentations reflect this.
Within my
personal journey, this 2008 Presentation experience represents a
moment of completion and activation.
This is likely
to be the last time I will personally present THE PRESENCE
PROCESS material in the US—and as of August 2008, this body of
work will be set free as a tool of absolute self-facilitation. I
am satisfied that by that point we will have compiled enough
resource materials for any individual seeking to explore this
work to be more than abundantly supported within their intent. I
applaud you for all you have done as far as responding to your
own heart, because in this way you have contributed to the
amassing of the resources now available to many.
Throughout
this presentation journey, my intent is also to move more deeply
into conversations relating directly to the topic of
intimacy—and in so doing, to facilitate an increasing personal
clarity to support my current writings of the next book,
NAKED: The Radiance of
Intimacy. I thank you in advance for the contribution your
personal work and your participation in these presentations
makes to this wonderful exploration.
Focusing collective intent: On a personal level, I want you to know that THE ALCHEMY OF
THE HEART 2008 TOUR is a deliberately intended and navigated
experience. This includes the rhythm of the presentations, the
places to be visited, and the precise number of 22 encounters we
have scheduled.
Within my own
journey, I view this presentation format and the rhythm at which
it unfolds as being an activation of 22 geographical acupuncture
points. There is a purpose in mainly focusing this work within
the US for 2008, with only one of the presentations being in
Canada.
2008 is a year
of reckoning for the US—a country that I believe contains within
it all the polarities of profound possibilities for the
transformation or destruction of humanity. The US right now
represents the heart of “a perceptual wound” that has the
capacity to shut down or awaken human awareness en mass across
our planet.
THE ALCHEMY OF
THE HEART TOUR is my personal contribution to these
possibilities, and my hope is that these encounters may serve as
grand a vision for you too. For this to be accomplished, these
occasions have to become more expanded than simply an
opportunity for you or me “to be fixed” or “to receive help.”
They can also manifest as a vehicle and an opportunity for us to
celebrate awareness, transformation, and awakening—as a means to
become increasingly receptive to the gifts now being offered
within our current evolutionary experience.
Let each
occasion be a portal of Grace flowing out and touching the whole
planet. And, let this be intended in a grounded manner, knowing
that for divine alchemy to have a lasting impact it must be
hinged upon the rock of personal example—through consistently
“doing unto ourselves as we would have others do.”
As I make this
journey across the US, I will deliberately and systematically be
navigating the experience of each scheduled encounter. Every
moment becomes profoundly sacred when such a collective
opportunity is gifted to us. To be able to intend an expanded
vision through the vehicle of an experience like this, and to be
aware enough in the moment it is unfolding to consciously clasp
it with crystallized clarity, is an opportunity that only comes
once in a lifetime for many of us. I intend to accomplish this
level of conscious navigation using the tool already shared with
you on my website in the writing called “Navigating Our
Experiences.” You may find this on the "Articles and Letters"
page.
If you intend
participating in any of these 22 encounters, I strongly
encourage you to consciously deepen your frequency of
full participation by
taking a few moments and using this simple technique to
consciously navigate your point of entry into these scheduled
experiences. By doing this for yourself you gift us all.
If you are
unable to attend, know that your awareness of these gatherings
still impacts them. You can participate from wherever you are by
sending blessings in whatever way holds power for you.
2008 is a hinge upon which the evolution of humanity
opens. In this light, THE ALCHEMY OF THE HEART 2008
Presentations are a means for us all to be unexpectedly gifted,
to gift each other, and to honor our beautiful planet with the
awareness of sacred guardianship and the love so deserved by
all.
It is a great
honor to be entering and moving through this experience with
you. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter—I know it
will greatly assist in unifying our experience.
May our time
spent together be fruitful, and may this encounter abundantly
benefit you as participants, and may it also abundantly benefit
the communities and the organizations facilitating each
occasion.
I know I too
will receive much insight through these encounters with
you—insight that will filter through my writings and benefit
many—and in advance of this receiving, I thank you.
Let me know if
I may be of any further assistance in making these encounters
successful for you.
Kind regards,
Michael.
