Last night Francis Weller and I entered a Conversation with Grief and Water.  A true honour to speak with a member of the Water Clan, a friend and a brother in the work of Grief and Soul
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As we entered this deep invitation from Water,  psyche arrived of course, imagination, beauty, soul, birds….all calling us to enter a integrated relationship with our animate self, the one that belongs and is home here on Earth.
 
These interviews have one thread in common. A message that was given to me by Water on the 2nd of Dec 2016.  This message is read to each person in this 'Conversations with Grief' activating a unique response. 
​It is a series of SOULand interviews with women and men engaging fully with our collapsing world, our dying systems, our grief and our deep longing to fully participate in our world in ways of soul and beauty. 

Here is the message from Water at the River Dart, Devon, England passed on to me~ Azul~ on 2nd Dec 2016: 
" My dear child do not worry about me, Water. I recover quickly with the song of our birds, the love of trees, with movement, moments of rest and the prayers moving around our Earth. I regain balance with your heartfelt tears, your remembered songs added to the ones of so many now. Do not focus your energy on 'Saving me'. Something way more profound is taking place right now, listen and observe! 

All of us; Soil, Water, Plants, Air, Animals and all Ancestors are Calling YOU Humans, to Us so we can Save YOUR species. We know and have known for a while that you do not have much time left if you do not wake up to your birthright Belonging to Earth and come Home soon, real real soon. We keep dying, we keep Giving Away our Lives to shake you up from a deep and very long amnesia. Once you can allow the truth and quality of such Love to permeate through your traumatised being and desolate soul you will wake up from a life time of anesthesia to your immense grief and capacity for Love.

When you create containers of sacred beauty that opens your Heart to what Love truly is then you will realise with a massive Sob that you were loved all along, always have and for ever by all of Us who you think You are Saving! 
You have five years​ as a species to Wake up, Mature and Remember in your bones that you belong to Life "

What would be your response?
Here is Francis Weller's soulful response … a Water Clan Man

Psychotherapist, Author, Soul Activist..Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer and soul activist. He is a master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures and poetic traditions. Author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, he has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people. The core of his work is creating pathways to reclaiming our indigenous soul, what psychologist Carl Jung called the “unforgotten wisdom” that resides in the heart of the psyche. To further this work, he founded and directs WisdomBridge, an organization that offers educational programs that seek to integrate the wisdom from traditional cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from western cultures. 

This is part of a new series of interviews called: 'Conversation with Grief'~ a response to a message from Water ~

with a SOULfool heart
Azul-Valerie Thome

A new series of interviews called: 'Conversation with Grief' starts with Jon Young and his beautiful ways of weaving words and heart.

Jon Young: For over 30 years, Jon Young has been a leader in the field of village building, nature-based education, Permaculture and cultural mentoring, implementing vital advancements in the understanding and benefits of effective nature- and people-connection modeling. Jon is a deep nature connection mentor, wildlife tracker, peacemaker, author, workshop leader, village builder, consultant, inspiring public speaker and storyteller. 

It is the first of a series of interviews with women and men engaging fully with our collapsing world, our dying systems, our grief and our deep longing to fully participate in our world in ways of soul and beauty.

These interviews have one thread in common. A message that was given to me by Water on the 2nd of Dec 2016.  This message is read to each person in this 'Conversations with Grief' activating a unique response.

Here is the message from Water at the River Dart, Devon, England on 2nd Dec 2016: 
" My dear child do not worry about me, Water. I recover quickly with the song of our birds, the love of trees, with movement, moments of rest and the prayers moving around our Earth. I regain balance with your heartfelt tears, your remembered songs added to the ones of so many now. Do not focus your energy on 'Saving me'. Something way more profound is taking place right now, listen and observe! 

All of us; Soil, Water, Plants, Air, Animals and all Ancestors are Calling YOU Humans, to Us so we can Save YOUR species. We know and have known for a while that you do not have much time left if you do not wake up to your birthright Belonging to Earth and come Home soon, real real soon. We keep dying, we keep Giving Away our Lives to shake you up from a deep and very long amnesia. Once you can allow the truth and quality of such Love to permeate through your traumatised being and desolate soul you will wake up from a life time of anesthesia to your immense grief and capacity for Love.

When you create containers of sacred beauty that opens your Heart to what Love truly is then you will realise with a massive Sob that you were loved all along, always have and for ever by all of Us who you think You are Saving! 
You have five years​ as a species to Wake up, Mature and Remember in your bones that you belong to Life "

What would be your response?

Many others have now said yes to being part of this series.  Soon I will share each one with you, a weave, a support system for what is coming our way and has already arrived for so many.

with a soulfool heart
Azul Thome

Jon Young
www.8shields.com

Thank you to Emilio Mula for the filming and editing 
www.nu-project.org

Thank you Schumacher College,  Christopher and Carolina in the background for appearing at the perfect time!