The opening session of Awakened Action lead by Roshi Joan, Rebecca Solnit, Valerie Brown, and Terry Tempest Williams, participants are invited to explore how futures are shaped through attention, relationship, and imagination. The teachers emphasized that “place is so important,” grounding the gathering in the land, labor, and layered histories that make the present moment possible. Valerie noted how assumptions narrow our view and encouraged a shift in perception—toward checking our own perceptions and cultivate opportunities to break through our habitual thinking.
Dreams were offered as a form of deep guidance, “Dreams are the facts from which we must proceed,” showing how inner and outer change are inseparable. Together, these themes called participants to stay awake to beauty, hurt, and possibility, and to act with clarity about what they love and wish to protect.
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