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Jonathan Gustin ~ Pandemic as Practice

A powerful and unlikely spiritual teacher has arrived on Earth, blowing across the globe, sweeping everyone into the shadows of its cloak. This teacher has interrupted life as we know it, showing us the impermanence and fragility of our lifestyle – foreshadowing what we can expect as climate change progresses. This spiritual teacher brings us right to the razor’s edge of this precious present moment. No past. No future. Just what is here now. All across the globe, people are speaking this spiritual teacher’s name: Corona.

Coronavirus has the potential to kill millions worldwide. The virus also has the potential of being a spiritual initiator for humanity. How so?

In our day-to-day lives, we are lulled into merely skimming the surface layer. We can easily fall asleep into a homeostatic trance that preserves the status quo, woefully inhibiting our evolution. What can awaken us from slumber is a personal or collective crisis.

A personal crisis has the power to thwart our daily routine. Cancer, stroke, heart-attack, job loss, divorce, or loss of a loved one can crack the shell of ingrained habit and initiate us into a journey of self-discovery. A collective crisis has the potential to wake up the masses. Climate change and pandemics serve as potential species-wide initiatory events.

We invite you to participate in a LIVEÊZoom webinar council -Êtransforming anxiety into empowerment. Meeting our anxiety, fear, and desperation is vital if we are to be atÊfull strengthÊin meeting this crisis. Merely remaining in either denial or survival mode, attempting to either brush it off or tough it out, keeps the heart stuck in a frozen condition. Having a safe place, a council, allows the tender heart to thaw and express its pent up emotions. This process is key for moving from desperation to empowerment.

You are invited to this special Zoom video gathering where we’ll meet thisÊpandemic moment:

  • first our understandableÊanxietyÊand fear,
  • and then we’ll transition to “empowerment,” connecting with our soul’s deep purpose.

Jonathan Gustin, M.A, MFT, is a purpose guide, psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and integral mentor in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 23 years. Jonathan is the founder and lead teacher of the Purpose Guide Institute, Integral Awakening Center, and Green Sangha. He teaches purpose discovery at San Quentin Prison and also serves as adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University.

More about Jonathan: www.purposeguides.org/about-jonathan

Cost: FREE

Please register early if you can.

The event will be recorded and emailed to participants within 48 hours.

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