Summer plans

Dear friends,

Some people get confused about being at peace. They try to appreciate everything equally, to be ‘zen’ about whatever happens in their life. They have learned that whatever they experience is ultimately not true and distance themselves from what they are feeling. But this is not the road to freedom. This is the road to very subtle duality, a prison with zen allure. Freedom is not something you can learn or work for. You don’t have to try your best. All you can do is observe, and ultimately become the observation. You will find that your true nature is awareness, and not that person who is sometimes in peace and sometimes not, who sometimes feels happy and sometimes sad. This person is not your true nature, and it doesn’t make sense to model it into a zen person. No matter how ‘zen’, the person will never be your true nature. You can as well feel free as a person and not try to be something.  

I realize that my true nature is awareness, meanwhile I prefer warm weather, bright light, and unspoilt nature. I realize that it’s only here and now that I can experience my true nature, meanwhile I look forward to the Nobody’s Dance Summer celebration ‘camps’ in Italy this summer.

Indeed. We have two weeks of summer camps. An extra week is scheduled in the first week of July! We will be in Piemonte in the North of Italy. I often go there, and I am always amazed by how I get recharged with life force. When I first arrive, I feel a bit contracted and tired, clumsy when jumping from bolder to bolder in the river. And then the magic happens. I get energized, I feel alive, I start playing. I literally climb in trees. I get in tune with nature around me and nature inside me. It feels like coming home. So, am I happy that I can be there for two Nobody’s Dance Summer Celebration camps, and in between! You are so welcome to join me!

Much love, Zoë