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Starting with the first Inner Soulmate Tantra intensive I'm assisting Shakti with I've dived into heavy process - much of it beyond my comprehension. I share here some inner-grappling and experiences I've had over this period starting with a shamanic journey to the lower realms in search of my soulmate.

The fourth of the five strengths to practice in life and at death is to identify ego thinking and remove yourself from it - to not give energy to or get caught up in the ego story. These are notes of my understanding from the Shambhala discussion group I attend.

I attended an introduction to Tantra in the Kadampa Buddhism tradition. As usual the Buddhist terminology had me shaking my head in confusion. I've interpreted the gist of it in flavours I am more familiar with, starting with some background as to why one would even consider a practise in Tantra in the first place.

A talk at Phakalane by Raindance Network founders Niall Campbell and Nicola Robins addressed how traditional Southern African teachings can contribute to facing our current ecological challenges. They spoke of our modern, western non-relationship to chaos and a penny dropped.