〜 At the Grace of Gaia 〜
When you heart bursts open it will feel like your chest is exploding with the light of a thousand suns. Infinite fragments of age-old armour shattering - revealing golden streams of honeyed released. Real ease. Hearts melting as we begin to fully activate the power of our inner solar systems - the churning fires of the central sun, boiling with gradual trust and surrender to the feminine principle. It will be painful at first, tuning in, listening deeply - wounds opening, old scars revealed and healed, cracking, fractaling spirals of shadow, layers and layers of stagnation..
Humanity’s speed into full realisation of the One Heart is within our grasp in this lifetime.. Listen to the youth, they bring messages of truth and clarity.. The catalysts will increase in numbers - pulsating with healing throbs throughout the Earth.. Their every naked footprint brings a prayer, every touch to the soil an activation, as their star-ridden roots stretch deeper into the core of the planet - telling her she is safe - that she can rest now.. One light will a-light and en-lighten the other.. You can see it in their eyes, transmitting the purest of information, alchemical dialogues - like the glimmering sun-rays touching the surface of water. The more aware we become, the more clearly we will experience how the boundaries between dream and reality are beginning to blur - as the collective subconscious is brought up into the light - we will all be part of one - great - realisation - that WE - ARE - GAIA - her neural pathways of light - becoming aware of our own enlivened existence and unity.. The Great Mother is waking up, her kundalini is rising..
The masculine principle will be needed to guard, nourish and hold space for the feminine to flow through and share these sacred messages as we expand our edges of cosmic impact.. Masculine, creating safe and supporting containers in which the feminine can dance in truth. Feminine, showing clarity, grace and alignment to the flow of nature.. Organic structures.. Remember that you carry both inside you.. When they meet in true balance and equilibrium we will be ready for the next stage in our evolution - for our minds to flower into an eternally flourishing spring.. With this emerges a new language - it is the language of creative energy - of love.. Let us speak it, yell it, dance it, breathe it. We are moving from minus to plus, from depletion to sustainability - into the age of re-generation. Celebration.
Allow yourself to feel held. Allow yourself to receive.. Allow yourself to be reborn into each - pure - moment of awakened presence.. This is peace.. This is what we have been waiting for.. Our moment of deep belonging, returning to elemental home in the core of ourselves, in the core of the Earth - in the COEUR.. Allowing the heart to shatter again and again and again - in ever-expanded compassion - until it teaches itself to stay open.. Let the word ‘wholeheartedness’ be your fertiliser.. Let it’s echo resonate throughout your being..
Art: Emma Kunz
~ Fly, Dragon, Fly ~
Jeg er født til å tjene. Det har tatt meg 31 somre å manifestere en væren hvor jeg kan gjøre dette aller best.. Jeg er her for å gjøre det jeg kan for å plante frø av lys og vekke dette lyset i mennesker som har glemt hvordan det var den gangen vi levde i fred, kjærlighet og harmoni. Da vår væren var en dans i hellig geometri. En tid da jordens livskraft fløt i elegante strømmer og de naturlige syklusene foldet seg uavbrutt ut ~ som kronbladene på vannliljen..
Jeg ble sendt hit for å selv å huske ~ og for så å minne dere på at dere også er trygge. Holdt av den moderlige urkraft.. At frykt og stagnasjon kun er midlertidige faser av jordens utviklingsprosess. Vi er kommet for å bli, vi er evige, for vi er ett. Vi er menneskebarna som husker. Vi er sjelsessens som eksisterer uavhengig av materien og tyngdekraftens akkumuleringer. Og når vi husker hvem vi er forvandles livet til en strålende strøm..
Jeg er her for å tjene naturen, og legge til rette for at hennes kraft får flyte fritt i mine omgivelser. Hennes behov er også mine behov. Jeg begynner med meg selv ~ renser sinnet, kroppen, hodet, språket.. Jeg blir en vandrende edens hage.. Og samtidig blir omgivelsene mine vakrere.. Vi resirkulerer og tar vare på økologien vi åndes i. Så ressurser, potensiale og energi igjen kan ledes tilbake i de naturlige syklusene.
Menneskets potensiale er stort, og vi er på vei inn i en tid hvor flere og flere vil oppleve en hel-lig oppvåkning. Å våkne opp til hva det vil si å leve i helhet. I union med naturkreftene. Når skyggene belyses, spirer de som frø og blomstrer i gledelig hyllest til solen, til lyset. Menneskets hjerte vil åpnes etterhvert som større grader av vår bevissthet trekkes mot dette magnetiske senteret i vårt vesen. Smeltes sammen i det hvite hullet av vår solar pleksus, vår nukleære kjernetilgang.. Som vil gi begrepet fornybar energi en ny betydning..
Jeg er her for å hjelpe mennesket gjennom denne overgangen. Det har tatt meg lang tid å finne ut hvordan. Jeg har latt mitt begrensede selv kanaliseres gjennom gamle strukturer og skyggeverdener. Først gjorde jeg det se sa var riktig. Så gjorde jeg det jeg følte i hjerteskjæret. Samfunnet ~ funnet sammen. Takk for at jeg nå husker så jeg kan våkne opp på nytt ~ hver dag ~ i klarhet.
Og hva skal jeg? Ett steg av gangen. Først rydde opp i alt som motvirker hverdagen å være nærvær-dagen. Individuelt, familiært, relasjonelt, ancestralt og astralt. Og så.. Dele min ro og inspirasjon, min aspirasjon og respirasjon med nærings-livet så vi kan finne oss selv og hverandre sammen..
Jeg tømmer meg selv så jeg kan romme mer. Mer ærlighet, mer kjærlighet, mer sårbarhet, mer her~likhet. Jeg er. Her. Nå. I nærvær. Og i dyp ære over å ha funnet veien hit sammen med alle dere. Vi er hverandres hellige fraktaler som kan møtes stykkevis og delt og igjen-speile en helhet vi vet har eksistert ~ og er. En følelse som vibrerer på hvert pust, i ånden, i celler og dna. Den legemgjorte sensasjonen av å høre til, i tjeneste ~ for jorden, som for himmelen.
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I was born to serve. I has taken me 31 summers to manifest a reality from where I could do this best. I am here to plant seeds of light and ignite this light in people who have forgotten what it felt like to live in peace, love and harmony. When our existence was a dans of sacred geometry. A time when the life force of the earth flowed in elegant streams and the the natural cycles unfolded uninterrupted, like petals of a waterlily..
I was sent here to remember - and then to remind you too. That you are safe, held by the divine mother. That you are spirit, contained in temporary shells of matter. That fear and stagnation are temporary phases of the earth’s development process. You can let go of your fear of dying. We are here to stay, we are eternal, we are one. We are the humans that remember. We are soul-essence, existing independent of gravity’s accumulating principles.. And when we remember who we truly are, life is transformed to a radiant stream.
I am here to serve nature, and to facilitate for her power to flow freely through my surroundings. Her needs are my needs. I begin with myself - cleansing the soul, the mind, my body and language.. I become a wandering garden of eden.. And with this, my surroundings also become more beautiful.. We recycle, we recircle. So resources, potential and energy can be guided back into the natural cycles.
The human potential is vast, and we are rocketing into a time with accelerated awakening. An awakening of what it means to live in wholeness. In divine union with the natural forces. When light is cast on shadows, they sprout like the seeds they are, and flourish in a joyful tribute to the sun.. The human heart will open, as a greater degree of consciousness is slowly drawn to our magnetic centre.. Blended together in the white whole of our solar plexus, our nuclear source. Which will give the concept of renewable energy a whole new meaning..
I am here to guide humans through this transition. It has taken me a long time to figure out how. I have let my limited self be channeled through old structures and shadow valleys. First, I did what they said was right. Then, I did what I resonated with my own heart. Society - from socius, ‘companion’. We are all walking each other home, in friendly association. Thank you for helping me remember so that I can be reborn in clarity, each day.
And where am I going? One step at a time. To begin with, clear out everything that prevents me from living in pure presence. Clear out the blockages in my individual self and wider circles - family, relations, ancestry and astrally. And then.. Share of this inner peace and inspiration, my aspiration and respiration. So we can find ourselves and each other - in companion and comm-union.
The more I empty myself, the more I can contain. More authenticity, love, vulnerability.. I am. Here. Now. In presence. In a deep honour and awe of having found the way here with all of you. We are each others sacred fractals, seen but in a dim reflection as in a mirror, face to face.. Mirroring a wholly sensation vibration resting on each breath, in our cells and dna.. The embodied sensation of belonging, in service - for earth, as for heaven.
Graphic - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
~ G l a c i a l R e f l e c t i o n s ~
Winter brings slowness and purity.. Snowflake fractals and glimmering sunbeams touching the frosted ground.. The sun has turned, and the light of our inner sun is also growing - and glowing.. The light of our inner fire.. Be sure to nurture this fire with sacred fuel.. Fuel for mind, fuel for body.. You are allowed to rest, to slow down.. Tune into the stillness Mother Nature wraps around us in these months... Each moment is an opportunity for taking a deep breath, closing your eyes, listening to the ripples on your inner lake..
Meditation ~ the gracious art of tuning our brainwaves from beta to alpha and theta states so we can influence and reprogram the autonomic nervous system and create a deep-rooted heart-mind coherence.. Enhancing the energetic/pranic magnetic field of our individual and collective bodies and turn our beings into regenerative bio-ecologies, transforming the very foundations of our magically mystical human experience.
In meditation, we surrendering to the breath as our ultimate teacher, caressing the shadows and blockages we need to shed light on for my frequency to rise - and prolong this state into my continuous stream of movement.. In meditation, we let our breath flow unobstructed, allowing us to activate the pineal gland so we can move beyond the space-time continuum and into the time-space (quantum) reality ~ the eternal heart of the present moment.
Meditation can open us to a profound sensitivity to the elements and natural forces.. When our sensitivity deepens, a silence descends on our being, where we become increasingly at-tuned and at-one-d to the elements.. Understanding which vibrations weave us further into the fabric of existence, and which separate us from experiencing unity.. Tan~Tra.. Creating fluid boundaries around our inner snowflake-crystal-essence, keeping it clean and pristine.. Asking - how can I clean honour temple that is both me and my wider circles, and how can I be of service to the ultimate healing force? How can I make sure each cell in my organism feels nurtured, seen and of value to the larger whole…? Trusting that surrender will bring about the shift between breathing and 'being breathed' - towards greater wholeness and unity..
Meditation allows me to cultivate the feminine, water-like yin-aspects of my self - intuition, self-love, compassion, subtle sensations.. An-ever growing a(re)spiration to live in freedom, from the comfort and conditions of the outer world - freedom to live from my inner queendom - nurtured by light and love.. Ever enhancing and empowering my inner sustainability..
What is the state of your inner lake, your inner eye of water? Meditation is the most natural and innovative medicine we can apply to our lives to explore this source.. If you are new to meditation and want to learn, get in touch for a private session with mantra and sound.. I teach by donation.. Another pathway and challenge is to participate in a 11-day silent vipassana (insight) meditation course.. Find your closest centre here ~ https://www.dhamma.org/en/
11.11 ~ A Voyage to the Golden Age
As my eyes closed, the lid of the sarcophagus was drawn across my field of vision, and a darkness descended.. A darkness of fullness, vitality and ancient memory. A darkness in which all questions were answered before they were asked, and where movement and rest were the keys to illuminate the hidden patterns in the deep, black fabric. Movement and rest - intention and intuition.
Creating the alchemical container with intention, expanding it with intuition and filling it with awareness.. Not a sound was heard in the stillness, and at the same time, it contained all possible vibrations and expressions. Opening my eyes in the dark, I found myself on the other side of the mirror of the very soul that contains me.. Drifting in this vessel, dissolved in the vastness of the expanding universe. Immersed in insights of the highest order, alchemical equations and sacred geometry aligning in and around my mind, dancing and turning, boiling and churning. Learning by direct experience of unfolding elemental processes.
Asking - as always - to know my true Self. Who am I, and why have I been sent to this planet, at this time - in this way? And then - a powerful flash of light - erupting like a molten core of lava - golden visuals begin appearing around me. Whirling me backwards, as if unwinding a cassette, through my life, through the womb, across the bridge of antahkarana, into the realms of the soul, through hundreds of lifetimes, eras of darkness and destruction, eras of great technology and cooperation - back through ice, bronze and stone, dinosaurs and atlanteans, hyperboreans, oracles and sacred marriages - tens of thousands of years back - through bodies and layers - and into a pure monadic union - into the first exhale - where I see myself as One entity, making up all constellations and creative principles..
I AM the dance of the glowing zodiac.. Aquarius on my right, Gemini on my left.. The Sun in my centre. I AM THAT. A spark of creation, flying into the night skies and returning to the fire. Understanding the way of the yugas, the cycles and movements of the planets and earth around the sun and the suns of the suns of the suns.. From life of mind to life of matter, through kingdoms of matter to kingdoms of mind. Crying, because I know now that I belong.. I know now that I am both everything and nothing. That my deep wound of separation will be healed when I align with the divine flow of source. Crying because I remember.. How could I ever forget.. We come into this world as unique reservoirs of this energy, containing all answers and remedies.. And yet, we forget.. We are channeled into already existing systems of governance, which, due to Planet Earth’s current alignment, feel more constraining than liberating.. Most of us forget who we are, and are deprived of the space to re-a-light.
I ask about this lifetime.. I ask to remember.. And I am told that the Earth is currently undergoing a unique transformation - a great putrefaction, a great purge, preparing again to blossom from darkness into light. Like the flower bursting through the surface of the soil, stretching towards the Sun, and being born anew into the world, the Earth is also going through a great birth - we can feel her deep contractions to the core. And with this, a new form of ‘human’ will open their eyes in the world..
The Children of Light are slowly waking up.. into our human consciousness and vessels.. Yawning at the bright lights of the dawning morning, they are souls who’s memories of Satya Yuga, the Golden Age, are still intact and glowing, imprinted under their skin.. The star seed children, whose translucent wings are visible to the few, sparkling with amethyst, ruby and flourite. They hold a deep wisdom of the interplay of the elements - Earth, Water, Air, Wind, Fire, and Ether - and their innate qualities and potential.. They have a deep respect for energy, for life force, for the breath of creation - and will do whatever it takes to lay down the pathways for her to travel with sanctity and grace. And they are not afraid of speaking up, showing the world compassion and love.
We know who were are, and we are here to stay. We are standing upon a great threshold - and it is of highest-most importance that we unite so that balance can again rain upon Her lands and waters. Everything is upside down. When the children remember, the grownups are safe. We will take care of you, and hold your hands as you let go of the temporal sensations of fear, shame and separation that are eating at your insides. You can let go now. We will guide you through the portal of death and keep you safe as you embrace your eternal self..
Our message is love - and it cannot be diluted, because we have been on this Earth before - and we know. Our message is peace - and we will create the space needed for salvation to flow through us - because we remember. We know who we are, we know how to take responsibility for our own waters, and how to weave a web where every string resonates with the white light of truth and justice.. We remember how to use the stars to navigate our common voyage through the inner and outer universe. We hold the heirloom seeds of cosmic memory. The keys to the dharmic library. And you can rest now, rest in natural peace, because we will teach your children what we know.
Your only task is to trust us. Guide us the best you can. Take care of us so we can speak our truth. We have something to say. Let us say it.
Vi er det vi er. Vi ble sendt hit for å ære nærværet.
Vi vet hvem vi er og vi er kommet for å bli
Fra en tid da alt var opprettholdt av hellig geometri
Alt snur, polene skifter - og vi er på vei inn i en ny tidsalder.
Frykt og stagnasjon eksisterer kun i midlertidige faser av jordens utviklingsprosess.
Alt er opp-ned. De voksne er trygge nå.
Vi svever over emosjonenes hav så vi kan se klart og helt, ikke stykkevis og delt.
Vi er ametystbarna fra solens rike.
Vi er de voksne som husker.
~ The Power of the Wild Masculine ~
“The dark primordial river of wild male shakti has nothing to do with the distorted masculine we see at large in the world today – true male shakti is wild and powerful. Very strong and playful; direct and penetrating. It serves only love. Many men have never given themselves permission to access this side of their being.
Pure male shakti energy comes from the deepest root of a man’s being, flowing in a very free and relaxed way, with nothing to prove. This is the essence of a power that can bring down civilizations, it can fight to the death for love, it can live only for love, it can bring a woman into her wildest, deepest pleasure. The world is terrified of this transformational energy.
Male shakti is expressed directly in the world. It is the warrior energy that can inspire humanity to rise up off its knees and incite change in radical ways. This wild male shakti can ONLY ever come into being through an open heart and full connection with the feminine. That is why what we see in the world at the moment is a negative shadow of this energy – the power to manifest creations that are ultimately destructive or disharmonious. It is not so much that men are frightened to embody this energy, they just don’t know how to.
Men have been deliberately guided away from this energy, or its secrets have been hidden to them. In the very depth of their beings they’ve always desired and searched for it, but have been led in the wrong direction – misled onto paths of separation from the feminine and separation from love.
The full expression of this wild masculine sexual energy needs a powerful, open, wild womb to receive it – a ‘Magdalene’ Womb. When the wild feminine rebirths the wild masculine, and when men claim the full magnificence of their loving power, a New Earth is birthed.”
- Azra Bertrand
~ Carving out the Closeness ~
One of these magically mystical moments - when time stops and wraps itself around you like a thick woollen Himalayan blanket.. Parked on the docks of Hirtshals, waiting for the ferry.. With the wind howling around me, peacefully resting in a moving home and temple.. A candle is all that is needed to delve deeper into the present moment.. Creating a wider space around my core - for contemplation and stillness - between the unfolding chapters of the Book of Life.. The white frost is dancing on my breath, but my body is warm - and my heart is burning.. Oh so satisfied with steaming tea on the thermos..
In Norwegian we have a word - ’nærheten’, meaning ‘the closeness’.. Here, now - I feel this closeness seeping into every curving edge of my field - a closeness to my own being, my own story. In the closeness I can feel the subtle waves of the magnetic heart. In the closeness, I can see clearly.. Softly whirling ever above and around the noise and friction that fills our modern world.. Under, through, in between the bonds of the weary mind’s chasing, climbing, running.. Into the expanded seconds of truth.
Humans are on the verge of a breakthrough.. As if the flood gates of our collective (un)consciousness are about to burst open.. To reveal what, you may ask.. Nothing less than true unity and oneness, the sage answers.. At-one-ment. Realized and revealed by the slippery art of remembering who we are and where we came from. Between the queendom of earth and the kingdom of heaven, there is a bridge.. Arriving at the gate requires nothing less than an inhale.. The key is carved by your intention.. Are you ready to turn it?
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Ett av disse magiske øyeblikk på reisen - når tiden faller til ro og brer seg om deg som et varmt ullteppe fra Himalaya. Parkert på Hirtshals havn, og altfor tidlig ute til fergen. Med vinden ulende rundt bilen og mørket som faller på, hviler jeg i et bevegelig hjem og tempel.. Et lys er alt som trengs for å føle dypere på det hellige øyeblikkets tilstedeværelse. Å skape plass rundt min egen kjerne - til kontemplasjon og stillhet - en eksistens som kun finnes mellom linjene i Livets Bok.. Hvit frost danser på pusten min, men kroppen er varm og trygg nå - flammene i hjertet levende.. Og jeg har rykende te på termos.
Jeg føler på ‘nærheten’.. En tilstand som flyter inn i feltet mitt som gyllen dis, nærmere meg selv og min historie.. I nærheten kan jeg føle de subtile bølgende av det evig bankende, magnetiske hjertet. I nærheten kan jeg se klart. Mykt og rolig virvler jeg stadig lenger over og rundt støyen og friksjonen som fyller en moderne hverdag. Under, gjennom sinnets jagende, klatrende, løpende bånd.. Inn i sannhetens utvidede sekunder..
Menneskene er på randen av et gjennombrudd.. Som om demningen som utgjør vår kollektive (u)bevissthet er i ferd med å briste.. Og slippe gjennom hva, spør du kanskje.. Intet mindre enn en innlysende opplyst Enhet, svarer den seende. Åpenbart og manifestert av kunsten å huske hvem vi er og hvor vi kommer fra. Mellom jorden og himmelens rike hviler en bro.. Portalen kommer til syne i rommet mellom innpust og utpust.. Nøkkelen holder du selv, og formes av intensjonens kraft.. Er du klar for å vri den om i låsen?
Pecha Kucha OIW - What Would Nature Do? On Weaving Inner and Outer Sustainability
A writeup of the Pecha Kucha held at Oslo Innovation Week 2018: ‘Sustainability Special + AfterWork’ at Mesh Oslo, September 25th, 2018. Describing her talk, Caroline says - "Stop. Inhale. Exhale. Between the inhale and the exhale there is a pause.. Do you ever take time to rest in this field and reflect on where we are headed ~ as individuals, communities and the a united organism of humanity?" Drawing on her experiences from diplomacy and development, Caroline uses her own story to illuminate the role of the ‘weaver’ in innovation and cultural design.
A writeup of the Pecha Kucha held at Oslo Innovation Week 2018: ‘Sustainability Special + AfterWork’ at Mesh Oslo, September 25th, 2018.
Describing her talk, Caroline says - "Stop. Inhale. Exhale. Between the inhale and the exhale there is a pause.. Do you ever take time to rest in this field and reflect on where we are headed ~ as individuals, communities and the a united organism of humanity?" Drawing on her experiences from diplomacy and development, Caroline uses her own story to illuminate the role of the ‘weaver’ in innovation and cultural design.
This is me, two weeks ago in Lofoten, Norway. My last completely saturated moment of organic inner peace and pure presence. In - and outside of time - at the same time. For as long as I can remember, I have been driven by this one guiding question - what is true peace? What does it really feel like? How deep can we make it run? And how can we sustain it?
Graduating from LSE in London. My mind was on overdrive to find solutions, to lift the perspective, connect the dots.. Having arrived at the end of two master degrees covering peacebuilding, conflict resolution, sustainable development and humanitarian emergencies, seven internships - and a yoga teacher training..! Full of information, eager to translate it into practice.
I even contributed to a book. Growing A New Economy. Using eastern philosophy and ‘Progressive Utilization Theory’ to explain how our multifaceted crises all are rooted in the state of our economic system. That our economy (from greek economia, meaning household) should be the prime driver for nurturing and supporting life itself, not diminishing and depleting it. Interestingly, in Norwegian, the word for the business environment is næringslivet - literally translated as ‘nurturing life’, so let’s try to live up to this!
I was accepted into the diplomatic training program of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spent two years in Oslo working for the Section for Peace and Reconciliation and the Section for South Asia and Afghanistan.
They sent me to Nepal, where I have been living for the last two years. To a city where the first thing that hits you is the – chaos – energetic knots - illustrated so well by the tangled cables in this image. There are 40,000 registered NGOs in Kathmandu - all preaching the mantra of the sustainability goals - in 40,000 uniquely different ways.
Two years into the job I began feeling frustrated, that I wasn’t able to have the overview and space needed for targeting the specific acupuncture points that would lead to the most impact. Recognizing the diseases and not being able to treat them.. Listening to people's needs and not being able to mitigate them from a holistic approach.
My meeting notes turned into a form of psychiatric art. I was constantly assessing and analyzing my scope of impact. Flowing over the boundaries that my job was able to provide me… While feeling that the world was crashing around me in rapid speed, I was stuck in the dust cauldron of Kathmandu (this said - with amazing colleagues and friends). In a mist that I have later labeled as ecological grief, environmental depression.
And all this time, I have been on a parallel path of the inner arts. Yoga, ecopsychology, rewilding, meditation – traditions teaching a deep reverence and respect for nature, for the energy of life itself - flowing in all of us in an interconnected web..
Slowly, I began realize - with Eckhart Tolle - “that the pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space.”
Right now, we are experiencing a transition into what Joanna Macy has labeled 'biosphere consciousness'. Building on James Lovelock’s ‘Gaia Hypothesis’, the idea that the earth is one living, breathing, connected organism in which human beings are individual cells.. So as we inhale and exhale, we participate in the life-breath of the entire biosphere. Meaning, WE ARE the health of the planet.
Being a diplomat had always been the dream, but I was working for the wrong employer. I got to the top of the ladder to find that it had been standing against the wrong wall. For my life to make sense, I had to become a diplomat for Nature herself.
And my guiding question naturally became - What Would Nature Do?
Nature asked me for space - to breathe. So I had to leave my job and come home. This is my fathers’ old boat map. This is Vestfold. Rising from the roots, I needed to have a clear overview of my operating environment. Cultivating the art - and changing nature of diplomacy, which I now perceive as a fluid conversation across the fertile, thriving and flowing edges of existence itself..
I needed to embody what it feels like to be whole. Connect to my ‘ecological self’. Connect to nature in order to know what nature needs. Preparing to become an elder of my tribe, rooted in the land.
As Joanny Macy says, “Things change when you step into your full authority as a living being, speaking as and on behalf of life.” Cultivating inner sustainability. Inner resilience is about personal development and transformation, not applied to become somebody else but to become more fully who we really are and share all our unique gifts and creative passions with our community.
Because ultimately, it is our personal dialogue with Nature that holds the key to solutions that are not only sustainable, but regenerative.
Treat HER well and she will give you magic in return.
Realizing that this work has a name.. Weaving.. The work that reconnects. Telling stories - inspiring the narrative - pointing to the separation. Linking local needs and opportunities to their regional, national and global context.
As put by Daniel Christian Wahl - “‘Weaving’ is the ancient art of recognizing health and wholeness as the primary state. Weavers are healers of the ‘unbroken whole’ — connecting people and place across shared meaning and visions of our common sail plan.”
“The role of the weaver is to help facilitate a process by which disparate fields of knowledge, disparate sectors of society, disparate strands of the human endeavour can come together in the co-creation of a higher-level synthesis.”
“Weaving lasting alliances — wisdom councils — that up-hold such policies and regulations which need to stand above the party-political positioning of short-term election cycles.”
“Learning from nature, we need to revitalize the hidden mycelial connections between the tall trees of knowledge into a vibrant forest of wisdom where we can talk to each other and care for each other.”
Listening to Nature has become my most important work, my career. Weaving myself closer into her ways, communicating her needs and potential.
Nature as teacher brings realizations such as the importance of closeness to the elements.. Resting in stillness.. Deep listing and subtle communication.. Surrendering to the feminine aspects of nature.. Defining your own boundaries and findings ways to uphold them.. Going deeper and deeper into the nature of my own consciousness.. Limit my time on technologies, staying in a direct experience of reality… One project at the time..Silence the noise of disconnection.. Eating as straight from the source as I can.. Wearing natural fabrics.. And walking with ‘sacred footprints’ in everything I do..
We come into this world as pure and unique reservoirs of energy, and are slowly shaped into the mainstream frameworks. Most of us forget who we are in the process. Through inner and outer sustainability practices, like meditation and spending time in nature, you begin dissolving the borders between your personal sphere and your wider circles. Treading new pathways, and venturing deeper into the inner forests of Self. Opening gates in the fences of perceived identity - until you finally enter the innermost clearing - and reach your hands out to touch the very first code of your individual Nature. Your health becomes the health of the planet.
With this image in by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch in mind, I invite you to take a deep breath with me – breathing in the love for the earth and breathing out the love for the oceans. Breathing in the love for the air, and out – the love for the fiery life force that holds it all together. And releasing the energetic knots that are preventing your being from flowing in accordance with nature..
Now, how does weaving work in practice? One of the projects I am involved in is ‘Værøy Lufthavn’, on the island of Værøy in Lofoten. We are in the process of building a cultural design lab, to work with the local community to empower healthy economic flows, rooted in the synergies between deep ecology, inner transformation, and technology.
Another heart-project is Nordic Ocean Watch (NOW) - an environmental collective dedicated to cleaning up the northern shores and finding solutions to marine pollution. Consider supporting us by suggesting win-win commercial partnerships to sustain the core team, or vipps a donation to #10586
When we are clearing pollutants from the earth, oceans, and air - we are also detoxing our bodies, minds and soul - easing the flow of life-force - in source, soul, seed, soil, society.
What I learn from engaging with Værøy and NOW, I channel into global weaving. Like supporting regenerative design ecologies for Namche in Nepal, at the Everest foothills, 3500 above sea level. Another untouched, serene sanctuary of ‘natural peace’ – threatened by incoming waves of plastic and pollution.
So- the next generation of environmental peacebuilders are not only here to protect the environment, we are here to create a world where the environment doesn't need protection. Understanding that it's our responsibility to untangle the energetic knots of our global systems – to transmute the inner and outer waste that is blocking our life force from flowing.
Here to reconnect people to their inner and outer nature so that humanity again will embody the interconnectedness and identification of Oneness, so that every single decision will be taken with the needs of Nature at the core.
Creating global networks of ‘Cultural Design labs’, bearing in mind that “as humanity goes through a convergence of planetary-scale crises, we need to cultivate the ability to see, understand, shape, and guide cultural change at all possible scales.”
Humanity is on the verge of great breakthroughs which will spin us faster into ever-brighter futures. Share your inner visions and values with the world, and most importantly - act on them and follow them through. Because energy flows in connection – and we are widening our circles.
For this to happen, we also have to become guardians of the places we live - because ultimately - what we do to Nature, we do to ourselves.
My ladder was leaning against the wrong wall. But I needed to climb to the top to understand that in order for me to thrive as a human being, I have to be supported by Nature herself – the salt water, the soil, the sand, the sound - of wind and waves.
This is beach kale from Viksfjord in Vestfold. It’s a delicacy, tying my evolving DNA back into the land. And only I know where it grows.. Because I am rising rooted.
Woman, Rise Rooted - A Transition to Inner Sustainability
Sitting in Boudhanath, watching the sun shed says of rose gold light on the temple.. For some magical reason, I keep returning to this place.. Last year, this time, I made the decision to transition out of the job at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.. Which meant leaving Nepal one year early.. I am now heading back to Norway, and the road is open.. Led by a deep curiosity of what it truly means to be a human living in the heart, having the freedom and space to be immersed in Nature.. Softening the edges of my life, exploring wild femininity, align to the intuitive rhythm of my being, walking the ancient paths of my land..
I have spent seven years studying peacebuilding, conflict resolution, sustainable development and humanitarian emergencies, driven by a search for meaning and the chance to improve the health of the very systems that fuel the violence and suffering. For what is true peace? What is medicine? Is there a universal remedy? And who was my last ancestor living from a whole heart? Parallel to the traditional academic realms, the search brought me from ecopsychology, rewilding and systems design to eastern mysticism, tantra and medicine traditions. To the yogic scriptures and practices, ayurveda and meditation, the wisdom of direct experience. During my two years in Nepal, I have also been blessed with the time and solitude to truly embody the questions, to feel them carve out space and integrate with my own body and mind.
Joanna Macy writes - “The transition to biosphere consciousness has already begun. All over the world, a younger generation is beginning to realize that one’s daily consumption of energy and other resources ultimately affects the lives of every other human being and every other creature that inhabits the Earth.” In the end, the only way I can justify my own existence is to fall so deeply in love with the Earth that I possibly can, and at the same time - falling in love with myself - for there is no separation. When I breathe life into my being, Her being is also ignited. Could it be that very idea of ‘human’ is undergoing a profound upgrade, which will provide a newly charged fuel to our economy and co-existence?
Since I was a child, I have prayed to the Sacred Feminine for guidance, asking to be shown how I can use my energy to serve the whole. Slowly, she began pulling my layers back.. Whispering - …remember.. My sensitivity heightened, and my awareness began to expand and contract with greater force.. I began listening to the silence.. Which turned out to be louder than I could even have imagined.. She told me to shed what didn’t resonate with my spirit, what didn’t feel natural. And when I didn’t listen, She would raise her voice.. I was craving to be in water, in the ocean.. What would it feel like to slip out of the skin of conditioning and cover my body in Nature’s emerald robe?
Too curious to leave the question unanswered, I began letting go.. In meditation, I could see the fabric of my life more clearly, as well as the seemingly invisible hand of the weaver who was in charge of creating the patterns.. Taking shape with each breath and movement of my intentions.. There is a difference between ‘receiving an imprint from existence and imprinting your intent on the universe.’ Becoming conscious of your existence, your energy and nature requires great introspection. When we strip down all the notions of Self and identity we have constructed around our being, we are left in a naked state, where the only thing that matters is our relative position to our surroundings - our connection to nature, and our ability to navigate it. Only when we are able to go inwards, we will be able to create intentions that resonate with our true nature.
The continuous answering to ‘what would nature do?’ finally led me home. To the northern seascapes, to wild honeysuckle, sand and pine.. Fresh water, roseroot and bare feet. To the garden where my mother's hands were tending to the roses on the day of my birth. To simplicity. To live responsibly within a community, nurturing and preserving its rich diversity, while not exceeding the limits of its self-renewing capacities. Seeing success as to what extent my life’s work will bring me closer to Nature. Preparing to become an elder of my tribe. Cultivating the arts - and changing nature of diplomacy, which I now perceive as a conversation across the fertile, thriving and flowing edges of existence itself.
In its broadest sense, any form of peacemaking begins with a deep respect for energy, the substance that fuels our progress. Resolving any tension in the flow of energy by bringing the conflicting currents to the surface, shedding light on the root causes of stagnant suffering, and engaging in practices such as creative problem-solving, nonviolent communication, and deep listening - so that the vital energy can fuel the optimal functioning of the system in which it flows. With a vision to help co-create ecosystems where there is a healthy balance between information and transformation, and all resources are equally vital to the cycle.
We come into this world as pure and unique reservoirs of energy, and are slowly channeled into the mainstream frameworks. Most of us forget who we are in the process. Through inner and outer sustainability practices, like meditation and spending time in nature, you begin recognising the protective layers you have constructed around your own soul-seed from the time of birth.
The next generation of environmental peacebuilders are not only here to protect the environment, we are here to create a world where the environment doesn't need protection. Coming from a biosphere consciousness mindset, understanding that it is our responsibility to untangle the energetic knots we have created in our global systems. Finding new ways to re-route the currents that allow for the deterioration of our ecologies, destruction of life – blocking life force. For this to happen, we have to become guardians in the places we live – rising from the roots - because ultimately - what we do to Nature, we do to ourselves.
This year, our planet reached its carrying capacity. My patience is also reached. I am answering a calling from the depths of my inner and outer waters. No fearing the past, no placing expectations on the future. Curious about what will unfold when a divine feminine rises from her roots. Carving out a paradise of her own. Resting in the present moment, infused with love, and open to receive.