Participants'
Comments II
"It is the dawn. The sun's rays
spill over the horizon and pour into the world. Left foot planted on the earth;
left ear aimed to the hear a sound from above; the world turns and I stand
still; sensing and also abandoning my senses, I am. Thinking mind has departed
for another shore, but I am still here, watching, admiring the dawn, drinking
the nectar, rising up to greet the Beloved."
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"It was a lovely experience to watch and participate in the divided
attention exercises. I understand how the power of individual intent works to
empower the community as a whole. I am interested to learn more about this
method of dance, worship, and lifestyle. It intrigues me. I was moved by the
performance. You presented us with such clarity and openness, like a clean
canvas before the artist paints. As an audience we were given the choice to see
both the emptiness and the abundance of the moment. Everything seemed so simple
in the spinning, yet so fundamental and vital, as we can relate this whirling
to the many cycles of the planet, on the planet and beyond. It is like the
breath, everything seems cyclical in nature, and this you embodied in your
performance."
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"This workshop has re-confirmed, re-awakened what was first
awakened in my heart in the first workshop I took with you at Omega so long
ago. For a long time after I left the summer camp in Granada - I felt connected
to that feeling through the prayer you taught me. Over time it became more and
more difficult to access that place in my heart - sometimes I would drum and
sing wishing that I could be connected to you and to that place in myself - I
felt and feel this longing - especially when I saw some of Gurdjieff's
movements that reminded me of things you did. I kept in touch so that I would
know if you would return, and I can't describe to you how I felt when I walked
in Friday evening and felt your presence before me. At the end of your
presentation we sat in the intoxicating fragrance of the Sama'a and I felt near
to that place in my heart and I wished we could sit there forever and then I
felt a huge swelling of longing and then you were gone. This workshop has
helped me to reconnect with this higher feeling in my heart. To understand why
you have remained so strong in my conscience. Thank you and thanks to Allah."
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