This week’s conversation is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.

02:25 Exploring Ingrid's Poetry

06:30 On Ordinary Moments

10:07 Connection to the World Around Us

14:34 Receiving from the World, Finding We Are Not Alone

19:24 Discovering our Non-Separateness

Here’s our source for this week:

What is Timeless and True

When mist settles thick on the water

as far as the eye can see,

may you hold yourself in generosity,

and ask what do you endlessly dream?

When the first star breaks its light

through the darkest evening sky,

what is the wish that flutters

in the temple of your heart?

When rain dances with joy

on the roof above your head,

what do you feel most grateful for,

and for what do you give thanks?

When the catbird settles on a branch nearby,

tips his head back and sings,

what sweet urgency pours from your life

into the living, breathing day?

When you stoop to pick up an acorn

that has fallen along your trail,

allow yourself to wonder:

what seeds do you plant and grow?

When the autumn leaf lifts

on a swirling current of wind:

what journey are you missing?

What adventure do you long to begin?

When the present insight slips

into the vast eternal realm,

what do you still remember

in the very bones of your soul?

When the morning sun wakes you

and asks for your finest gift,

what do you pull from your infinity

to give and give, and open to, and give?

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