The world appears to be crumbling all around us as the crisis in culture and nature accelerates faster than anyone of use thought it could, while apocalyptic nightmares seem to haunt our dreams, news feeds, art, and film. We are also deeply divided as a species on who or what to blame. However, it is also true that the world has always hung by a thin, mysterious thread, and that the soul is awakened by crisis which can also be a source of opportunity and deep creativity. However, to help germinate the awakening of the soul during troubled times we must engage the art of unknowing to cleanse the eyes and ears of the heart to ‘see’ and ‘hear’ again with the sacred faculties of wonder, awe and mystery which are like nutrients for the soul. In so doing, we can drop from the head into the heart and enter the timeless world of now where new solutions emerge organically from the soil of the soul moment by moment, neither spiritually bypassing nor getting ‘stuck in the muck’.
Michael will guide us on a short sound healing meditation journey into our hearts center as we discover the pure, clear, wisdom heart that lies at the inmost center of the human heart and connects us to the deep truths of our inner nature and to each other, and perhaps most importantly to the ocean of peace that lies within.
Dr. Michael Brant DeMaria’s life turned inside out and upside down after the first decade of his professional life when he underwent a life transforming vision quest (lament in the wild) without food or water, guided by a native elder. He went there suffering compassion fatigue, burnout and despair after working for years with over 2000 cases of severe cases of child abuse as a child protection team psychologist. The experience provided a profound healing, a course correction and a vision for his life, while also reconnecting him to his first love - music. Ever since his mission has been guiding others to, “The ocean of peace that lies within each human heart.” He does this through his work as a sound healer, wisdom teacher and artist employing the creative mediums of music, story and film. His healing music is heard over a million times a week around the world, garnering him four Grammy® nominations, 8 ZMR awards, 6 #1 albums, a Native American Music Award and appearing on the Grammy® Winning album, All About Bullies Big and Small. He is also a Sounds True recording artist with his music being featured on projects with Eckhart Tolle, Mark Nepo, Peter Kater and Noah Levine. He is the author of 5 books and is the creator of the book and free online program Peace Within: Calm your mind, open your heart, embrace your soul and heal your life. You can find more about his work at www.michaeldemaria.com