Maybe it was the major timeline convergence, maybe it was the enthusiasm, but I ‘accidentally’ started reading The Proof several days ago (instead of today, as I had originally intended). And by accidentally, I mean Divinely intervened upon. Returning to the original timeline, that starts today, works perfectly for 7 more days just to absorb the first 7 Practices. The Practices been immediately impactful, and resonate more intensely with EVERYTHING going on than I expected.
I'm excited to start off with Oneness, so appropriate for an Omnist gathering. I just came across The Proof: A 40-Day Program for Embodying Oneness by James Twyman in the past two months when I had begun more defined efforts of studying Peace. Not "peaceful" subjugation, but True Divine Peace that would integrate with the realities of a deeply violent global contraction of events that can only, inevitably, result in an expansion. I'm interested in how to catalyze and navigate the expansion towards Peace while we rectify the harms and rebuild better. Without perpetuating endless cycles of violence any longer, co-creating a genuinely harmonious structure ... whatever form(s) the Collective vision embodies.
I have been studying The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking since January, so Twyman and his work are somewhat familiar by now. Even though I’ve been on this path my entire life in one way or another, I’m still caught off guard at how profoundly aligned and resonant The Proof is with my journey now. All while knowing that’s entirely the point. THAT’S Proof right there.
The realization that each step brought me here has helped me lean in to trust where the material challenges me, and soften into the vulnerability each lesson asks of us. The Proof is both accessible, and definitely in the ‘you get what you give’ archetype of engagement. I’ve been finding my harmony for effort and stillness, erring on the side of rest, and to say I’m changed in 7 days is an understatement. I can only imagine what will transpire in the next 40 days with the facilitation of Cosmic influences.
Speaking of 40 days, which is the length of the program, it is also a perfect window for the 40 days of Great Lent which began Monday for the Eastern Christian churches. There’s another 7 days of Holy Week between Great Lent and Easter, and with Spring Equinox just sprung it all works perfectly for radical transform leading up to Ostara/Easter and Beltane. Not to mention the eclipses and other powerful astrological placements aligned with the spirit of the times.
If that seems confusing, I understand. I grew up following both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and I observe all of the listed holidays as an Omnist who was baptized and raised in the Eastern Orthodox Christian rite, and an intergenerational “witch” on both sides (though my most recent ancestors would be reluctant to admit that) including Vlaška Magija (Serbian folk magick), and Celtic and Finnic paganism. The combination of my lineages lends itself quite easily to an Omnist mindset, which is to say a Oneness mindset. That probably enabled me to be so receptive to The Proof. Especially when I consider the decades of intermittent, and now committed studies of many open faiths to better understand Collective Consciousness and Peace.
I could go on quite a while about all of that, and will in other posts. For now I want to offer context of the lens I’m processing this work through. Collective Liberation is always at the forefront for me, and finding the intersections with spiritual activism has been a critical part of my studies. I don’t want to neglect the opportunity to say how much the faith of Muslim Palestinians in Gaza has especially influenced me, and the Genocide being committed against them by the Zionist colonial project1. And now is a critical time to come together in our Oneness, with global communities rising up in awareness, consciousness, and resistance against the oppressive minority aka The 1%.
The pressure will build as the movement grows, and it is only as a Collective that we’ll survive and thrive through and beyond the interconnected global atrocities. And The Proof has offered several opportunities to reflect on how colonization has attempted to murder our souls for capital at an unprecedented pace. These themes may not be obvious to everyone reading them, but they are absolutely present, relevant, and integral to understand so we can live in true spiritual alignment.
If this tickles your curiosity or hunger to learn more, join me in reading and discussing The Proof over the next 40 days. Show up late, leave early, stay imperfectly. The goal is for progress, not perfection, and to nourish our communities with our collective efforts. I would love for you to join me on this leg of the journey. If you need a reduced-cost copy of the book, I can help you find one in digital or physical format! Ask me about accessibility in all aspects.
Next Friday, 29th of March at 8pm EST I’m planning a virtual discussion of the first 7 Practices and share anything related that’s come up in my other studies or local/global affairs. I’m open to changing the time, and/or pushing the virtual meet up back one or two days. And there’s an opportunity to coordinate small group practice sessions for the exercises suggested. I would recommend that you set aside at least 30 minutes to full absorb the reading material and practice the exercise given for each day. Many of them so far invite participants to practice throughout the day, and if you can it will only help to reinforce the lessons and support spiritually aligned outcomes to build a future based in Divine Love and Peace (not to be confused with capitalized and commercialized “love” and “peace”).
More information about the Collective Study Circle’s discussion of The Proof can be found on my two prior posts:
I welcome questions and new faces! If you don’t want to commit to formal participation, feel free to jump in the comments or DMs with your reflections! I’m excited to shift into Collective Liberation, Beloveds!
I’m reluctant to call this rogue government “Israel” and contribute to the malicious misinformation agenda. Zionists have appropriated and co-opted so much of Judaism to perpetrate the Christian Evangelical end-of-days prophesy, and greedily line pockets of their partners-in-crime along the way. (https://thegroundtruthproject.org/series-overview-the-end-of-days/, https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/forcing-end-times-us-christian-zionism-and-israel)