EVENT DETAILS:

• Thursday, July 17

• 6:00 - 7:30 pm (PDT)

• Registration Free, Donations Welcome

Join us as we consider the process of being in a collective rite of passage that takes us from a state of polarization to places of greater imagination and deeper unity.

Modern life not only moves faster and faster, but any issue can polarize quickly and suddenly become the issue through which we experience the painful tension of opposites. As tensions in the outer world escalate, fears and anxieties intensify on both collective and individual levels.

We share in a collective trauma as the hollowing of institutions and flood of changes leave everyone, not only uncertain, but increasingly disoriented, isolated, and further divided against each other. The social agreements and institutions that may have provided a sense of protection in the past can rarely do so now. Yet, the current sense of polarization on so many levels cannot simply be explained by history or by the opposition of political parties.

While the two poles of a polarity can seem to be irreconcilable opposites, they can also be seen as parts of a hidden unity. The true aim of the oppositions in life is the revelation of a “hidden third” that not only relieves the tension, but also renews the spirit of life at many levels. Meaningful change and genuine transformation are the secret aims of the tension inside life itself and creativity is the only solution that can produce something imaginative, vital and unifying.