Online: Luminous Darkness – An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown
with Deborah Eden Tull
Friday, September 30th, 2022 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
Darkness is not the absence of light, but a vital and restorative expression of nature and consciousness. Global uncertainty invites us to re-learn how to move through the dark gracefully. While we cannot rely on our familiar compass to navigate darkness, we can access the emergent map that comes from presence, deep listening, and relational intelligence; away from the world of concepts and ideas, and into the wisdom of our bodies.
As we enter the darker months of the year and continue to navigate uncertain times, discover how Buddhism and spiritual traditions across the world recognize “dark times” — periods which appear as the absence of light — as a profound invitation for growth. With nothing to hold onto while swimming through the mysterious tides of change, we are invited to open our hearts to fresh perception. Consider the need in our world for Endarkenment alongside Enlightenment.
These teachings are inspired by Eden’s newest book, Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown (For Personal and Collective Awakening).
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Teacher(s)
Deborah Eden Tull
founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She teaches engaged dharma practice, which emphasizes the connection between personal awakening and collective transformation. Eden spent seven years training as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery and has been teaching dharma for 20 years. She has also been living in, and teaching about, sustainable communities and the essential wisdom of nature for close to 30 years.
Eden’s teaching style is grounded in mindful inquiry, fierce compassion, and an unwavering commitment to transformation. Her most recent book is Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Our Self, Each Other, and Our Planet (Wisdom 2018) and prior to that she published The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide for the Sustainable Food Revolution (Process 2010). She is currently completing a book about the partnership of darkness and light on the path of awakening. Eden also teaches The Work That Reconnects, a program created by Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy for transforming our pain and love for our world into compassionate action. Eden offers retreats and consultations internationally. Her work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Tricycle, Yogi Times, Shambhala Times, and The Ecologist – and is featured internationally through online media such as The Shift Network.