Today I meet with my friend Lawrence. Online. 90 minutes. We’ve invited 5-6 others to join us. Our theme is The Art of Going Deeper. Going deeper as a yearning. As an angst. As a passion. As a birthright. As a wonder. As a hunch. Lawrence and I have been having these conversations with regularity over the last two years. We are experimenting now with the small group.
Today I imagine some of the conversation to be about contexts — In what context to you wish to go deeper? Relationships? A project? A particular circumstance? A general way of being? I’m really interested to lead with stories and contexts more than definitions, though I imagine it all to blur together.
And then, jumping to anticipated experience, I imagine a lifted energy amongst the group. A lifted and enjoyable quality of attention and kindness together. A shared yearning. Perhaps a witness of unique yearning. When we create a space to yearn together, such as these — just enough intention and structure to hold some free-flow and surprise — well then something important tends to happen.
Feel free to add your reflections. In what contexts do you wish to go deeper?
Me: The big one for me today is this present moment. The moment with Lawrence. This group of beautifully yearning people. I wish to go deeper with the simple invitation and the initial presence that helps so much. I wish that going deeper so as to interrupt the ways that I diffuse my depth, frankly, by worrying about too many things. Yup. Hmm.
You? In what contexts do you currently wish to go deeper?
