This time on the BHNN Visitor Podcast, we obtain a wonderful prose letter written and recited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee to his granddaughter. It explores the state of the trendy world and the way the subsequent technology can entry the mythological magic of being alive.
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, PhD is a Sufi instructor within the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He’s the writer of Daughter of Fireplace: A Diary of a Non secular Coaching with a Sufi Grasp and the founding father of The Golden Sufi Heart.
The World You Are Strolling
This letter opens with a collection of questions for the writer’s granddaughter and the subsequent technology. Llewellyn inquires into what the state of the world will probably be, how social media will distort us additional, and what landscapes will exist. He appears to be pleading that his granddaughter and her kin can have tales and communities that assist them. The listener can really feel the marvel and fear behind Llewellyn’s voice, maybe not just for the destiny of his grandchildren in an unknown world, but additionally for the destiny of the world itself.
“Social media that when promised to deliver us collectively in new methods, as a substitute now creates ever extra divisiveness, locking us in a swirl of deception, lies and conspiracy theories pushing us much more out of steadiness, trapping individuals in a darkish maze of disbelief, fed by pc algorithms and clicks.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Instances Are Not The Identical (3:13)
Llewellyn remembers his youth and going to the Glastonbury competition in England. He describes feeling the traditional mythology within the air and being near the outdated traditions of earth. He says:
“There was marvel then, pleasure alive when the solar grew spherical by the morning mist. Strangers have been lovers and associates. Goals and meals have been shared, brown rice and vegetable stew.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Instances should not the identical. Llewellyn needs that his grandchildren and the subsequent technology will sometime really feel the same hope. He prays they’ve a way of aliveness and rebirth. Right now the world is powered by consumerism, which creates a blockage in our psyches. The fashionable age is just too clouded by the consumable and the digital to entry a religious awakening.
If you happen to take pleasure in listening to Llewellyn’s views on nature, try one other one among his visitor podcasts: When the Supply Ran Free.
A Reminder Of Aliveness (9:55)
Do you keep in mind being a toddler and experiencing one thing for the primary time? That’s the magic of being alive. Llewellyn longs for his granddaughter to expertise that magic many occasions in her life, not simply in youth. He hopes the world can provide her many springs, many rebirths, and a deep sense of livelihood. Llewellyn says that this magic spoken of in mythology and the biblical fall is accessible to us once we hook up with the splendor of the pure world.
“If we’re to step away from the current story of separation, we have to return to what’s foundational, to reconnect our consciousness with the dwelling Earth, and never simply with Her bodily ecosystem—serving to to revive Her biodiversity, wetlands, and wild locations—but additionally Her magical nature, Her sacred presence.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
For a deeper exploration of the human-ecological relationship tune into Ep. 382 of Mindrolling: Full Ecology with Mary M. Clare Ph.D and Gary Ferguson
Born Into Brokenness (13:45)
On this remaining part of Llewellyn’s recitation, we hear his acknowledgment of a damaged world. He is aware of that his hopes for a greater future extra aligned with mom earth will probably be a problem to realize. His granddaughter and the subsequent technology reside in a damaged world. They’re dwelling in a world that has spent years eradicating itself from nature and spirit. Llewellyn encourages her and us listeners to succeed in into the internal lover, dancer, and stardust inside. The power to search out magic and alter the world is in us all.
Picture through Kleber Cordeiro