Last month,  I journeyed to the northern edge of Scotland to attend The New Story Summit. The event was a glorious attempt to connect and unify the emerging human story at this time of unprecedented change - or as Charles Eisenstein called it, a gathering of the "secret world government." 

I'm still reeling from the detonation that occurred, personally and collectively.  Yet there's a moment I recall most clearly, late afternoon a few days into the summit.  I felt the overwhelming urge to find the sea. 

And so I walked. I walked until the trees parted and the soil turned to sand. I walked until the rush of the ocean whispered on the breeze. I walked until the sun parted the clouds and my bare feet touched the water, where I shed my clothes and immersed myself in the memories of my forgotten ancestors. 

When I emerged, shivering and wet, I sat upon the shore. Legions of stones were my kin, their long shadows stretching along the sand.

I could not tell if they were coming, or slowly, slowly, heading back home.

Ian MacKenzie
Findhorn Foundation, Scotland

GREEN DRAGON - REBECCA MAZE

During the summit, musician Rebeca Maze opened one of the evening sessions midweek with tale of her own encounter with the Wild Woman, before unveiling a gorgeous rendering of her song “Green Dragon.”

The following day, I coaxed Rebecca into performing again, this time in the magical woods just north of the village, and produced the following live short. I share with the sincere wish that women, young and old, begin the long journey back to their wild selves. (P.S. don't miss the outtakes at the bottom of the post).

» Watch the performance "Green Dragon"

STEPHEN JENKINSON - ON GRIEF AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Is it too late to change our collective fate? Many involved in the Great Turning believe we must cling to hope as the only life raft in an ocean of despair. And yet, one of the keys to a life-affirming future is the role of grief - the requirement to know, and to grieve, the time we're in.

Stephen Jenkinson goes even further, articulating a provocative demolition of hope:

"The great enemy of grief is hope. The basic proposition of hope is: you hope for something that ain’t. You don’t hope for something that is. It’s always future oriented, which means, hope is inherently intolerable of the present. The present is never good enough. Our time requires of us to be hope free. To burn through the false choice between hopeful and hopeless… it’s the same con job. We don’t require hope to proceed. We require grief to proceed."

CHARLES EISENSTEIN: REFLECTIONS FROM NEW STORY SUMMIT

Once gain Charles Eisenstein offers keen insight into the architecture of this transitional moment.

This piece is a MUST-READ, not just for those interested in the what transpired, but for Occupiers, artists, change-makers, and all those daring to push the edge of chaotic potential. He writes:

"The organizers were not willing to let go, and the participants were not willing to let go either. What the conference revealed to me is that our civilization has not quite yet reached the point of readiness for a new story."

» Read We Don't Know: Reflections from the New Story Summit
 

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