You know I'm no longer a "practicing Catholic," nor am I really any kind of practicing anything at this point. But Lent has always spoken to me DEEPLY.
And through some conversations with a dear friend from Chicago, we came to agree that going into Lent consciously and with open hearts was something we both needed.
And I thought maybe others would need it to.
I see Lent as a period of entering the dark spaces in our own minds and hearts. Not to immediately get rid of that darkness but to be with it... to ask it questions... to learn from it... to simply sit with it and allow those spaces of fear and sadness and rage and grief to simply have safe space to BE.
So I will have my Fat Tuesday donut later today and then I will enter into this journey.
I am open to being surprised. I am open to the idea of feeling some sort of faith again.
I will be reading the two books (see photo) during my morning tarot and intention/contemplation time.
And I will do periodic check-ins in the Circle of Trees to see how everyone is. (If you’re not in the Trees, just go to that link and ask to be added.)
And perhaps you would like to share an intention for this 40 day sadhana via email or in the Trees.