BLOG 20 Happy New Year 2024 ! -Holding the Ground

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The ground is something held sacred that you can rely on. You always go back to that place. It’s a point of safety. A ground can be a lot of things. The primary value to me is experienced in nature but most essentially in the combination of the individual or group relationships. The gift of my childhood and adult abandonment was a driving force to find or create a ground. Not having had a sense of security anywhere propelled me to create groups of men who seek the same and “show up” week after week because they know and feel the value of a safe, committed circle. Two can also provide a ground for each other. Mark and I provided that. The commitment to a challenging hike provided such a powerful ground it became a book, a totem, a sacred voice to the spiritual value of creating a ground.

Our desire in writing this book is that you the reader will create such bonds and expand the circle of souls who hold the ground for each other.

 My best example was my first men’s team from the Sterling Weekend. We met every Wednesday morning at 0430. Yes that is 4:30 am. Men came from long distances to keep their commitment.

 The value of a committed relationship is often taught by a consequence as a way of focusing and translating the meaning. Whatever consequence that can get a man’s attention to the importance of “showing up” and  bring up the warrior energy. That is a source for all of us to belong to something, be a part of, connect. It nurtures and fuels our nervous system to adapt to the everchanging world in ways that promote a healthy ongoing adaptation to the world. This is a Ground. A Sacred Ground.

Obviously the above applies to women as well who more naturally connect to the need to ground.

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