I see politics as a black cauldron where the brightness of our collective hopes and dreams gets churned with the darkness of fear and paranoia from our collective shadow resulting in an acrid stew of opinion, allegiance, reactivity and drama. So it was …
Category: Essay Page – Mutuality
The Wisdom of Not Knowing
When thinking drops off as a touchstone – then speaks Clarity, and I worship it” from “The Radiant Dark Before Dawn” By Sharon Gilbert To me, holding a possibility of “not knowing” is fundamental to our whole-being realization path. As we move into liv …
Living with Uncertainty
A good deal of our work in Trillium Awakening is about “greenlighting,” saying yes to what is arising. It’s tied deeply into our way to Trust in Being, to radically embrace who and how and what we are in any given moment. The path to realizing consciou …
Our Personal Trillium Lineage: Teaching You Can Trust
The summer after my father died, between jobs and unsure what I could, should, or would make of myself, I attended a recruitment meeting for management positions with United Parcel Service. What I learned that day was, at least in 1984, that everyone w …
Where Are We Now with Mutuality?
Edited Transcription of a presentation by Fax Gilbert followed by a Discussion of Trillium Teachers at our Teacher Retreat, June 14, 2017 Fax: In light of the events leading up to and surrounding the grievance process a few years ago, I began to w …
The Role of Trust in My Awakening Process
The Role of Trust in My Awakening Process “Why didn’t you just go ahead and bust the guy?” asked my trusted friend Junelle. We were all sitting at a birthday party–ten of us, friends and intimates of many years now. My birthday friend was commenting h …
Love, Awakening, and Intimate Relationship
“Intimate relationship challenges you to the core; that’s why it is one of the most powerful paths to awakening, integration, love, and freedom.” – Hillary and Ted Below is an interview from the book “Dancing in the Fire: Stories of Awakening Within th …
The Heart of Our Process
I am drawn to the rich simultaneity of personal growth and satisfying service to humanity that involvement in Awakened Mutuality confers. It’s not something I choose; rather, it is the shape of my Being, regardless what I’m doing. So I naturally gravit …
Real-Life Mutuality
Mutuality. Like “democracy,” it inspires us and evokes our highest ideals for how humans relate with one another. How wonderful, we think–everyone is invited to speak their deepest truth, and to make room for others to do the same. It sounds sane, civ …
Daring Mutuality
Question: What is the best way for further development after the second birth and what do you say about using other more traditional spiritual maps as well? Reply: You asked: “What do you say about using other more traditional spiritual maps as well?” …