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Why are the tethers of living an impediment to reach the warrior state of mind?
What are the ropes that tie us to the wharf?
Who ties the knots?
Who supplies the rope?
How can wrong or improper tethers hinder us?
How are right tethers no burden in our lives?
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Fenris the tether watcher |
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The next barrier we must overcome on our journey to Valhalla is a moat where a Werewolf called Fenris is a tether witness. Moats are full of water and water is not the problem to us seafarers this time but it is how we are tied to the land or wharf. Fenris fishes for the souls of men, he catches many and sidetracks them from their path by the daily activities of life that surround each of us. When we pay attention to the tethers that bind us to our world and focus only on them, we forget that our purpose, as warriors, is to set the example and encourage the wellness of all. The understandings of how we tie ourselves to the dock and what sort of attachments we create for ourselves allows us choose what knots we tie in with whom and whom we allowed to tie knots to us. |
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Lesson #2 |
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Willow Retreats |
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Striving for Happiness in a chaotic world |
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The 1.5 hour lesson divides into time frames
5 min socialization · 2 min late · Everyone in circle
5 min introduction to each other and small life story · name games
everyone says own name then all say around one way out loud then back around the circle the other way out loud
5 min calming the waters Visualization exercise
Find a comfortable place to sit breathe in and breathe out Sounding in the out breath “AHHHHHHHH” Imagine sitting in our longboat and that as we breathe the water gets calmer and flatter and the sails hanging down loosely When the water is calm turn your face to the sun and feel the warmth of being part of an alive planet. Slowly open your eyes and look around at your companions.
5 min break into 2’s and talk about the calming the water visualization
Come back to the circle and change places sitting beside new companions
10 min report back to group · What companion felt about this visualization
5 min Fenris explanation · Why a werewolf? · the spiritual world · Use looking at the finger between the fingers as a demonstration of how things can be real and yet not real
About 2 hand widths away from your face put two fingers pointing at each other about 2 finger widths apart. Looking between the fingertips focus at a distance object and if you are two eyed a not real but quite solid image of a finger with fingernails on each end will appear.
30 min first exercise · Start in with chair in centre · What ties you to wharf? · good and bad knots
· Each person ties string onto chair and talks about
· What end of the string has the knot and why they are tied in this particular way · Size and color of tether · Who can untie knots · Why can they untie the knot’s · Time agreement knots
10 min untying the chair a
· we silently think about our tethers · Which ones are keepers and what tether do we throw overboard
10 min food discussion · Seasonal food and how the seasons affect us
5 min of departing
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Questions we consider in our attempt to overcome obstacles to the hall of the elect. |
