In the timeless pageant of Life throughout the cyclical procession of the seasons, the Angel of Endings always precedes the Spirit of Regeneration so that the innate qualities of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty may be born anew and revealed more skilfully and radiantly at every turn of the evolutionary spiral. Appearance, disappearance, and reappearance characterize the natural rhythm and flow of an emergent process guiding the unfolding of life in every moment.

We are learning to appreciate that life moves in cycles of in-breath and out-breath, with pauses and periods of stillness between the breaths. There are times in each of our lives when it becomes painfully obvious that we need to enter a time of introspection – our version of the ‘forty days in the wilderness’ experience – to release, reclaim and recover ourselves after a long period of outbreath and activity.

During these inward-looking periods, we are invited to examine ourselves carefully from many angles – our values and beliefs, the tidal pull of feelings, childhood conditioning, as well as those other patterns and behaviours acquired along the way on our life journey. It is important and healthy to periodically enter times of Silence as everything issues forth from the silence. Silence is the still point and synthesis of all sound and outer movement. Silence is the sacred womb out of which all new things are born. It is in the silence of our heart, that the Song of the Soul may be heard and where we sense its deep desire to express itself in new and powerful ways...

The current world situation helps consider how the relationship between leadership and group is evolving, and whether leadership is still a prerogative of individuals. The form of such relationship currently most applied throughout the world is democracy with its multifaceted manifestations, sometime even in blatant contradiction.

There are many evident limitations to this model, and it is impossible not to recognize that it is characterized by a form of use of force by the majority against the minority: the enforcement of the will of the majority on the will of the minority.  This certainly creates an interesting creative dynamism, in some places similar to a cyclic pendulum, but at the same time it also does create scars and resentment which manifest, in best case scenarios, through reversal of policies, and in worse through discrimination, exclusion, arbitrary detentions, etc, i.e. violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Human rights are certainly a manifestation of the law of right human relations, an incredible achievement that is best exemplified by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948.

The ongoing debates concerning the enjoyment of rights and freedoms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have forcefully brought to the fore the dynamic between the individual and the group, the individual’s and the group’s choices and how these are taken. But COVID-19 is not the only one. The climate emergency is another one, much more problematic, and is destroying planetary lives. 

Many spiritual groups within the world server network are going through transition of one sort or another.

In some cases working from a strong and relevant purpose that just needs to be ‘refreshed’ to be fully fit for this stage of the planetary work, in other cases needing to do a full deep review that involves a far more substantial level of transformation and change. Regardless of the scale of transformation the work is profound and demands a lot of each group as it works to expand its own field of consciousness, as well as its function within the larger unified field.

Sundial House Group for Creative Meditation (SDH) is one such group that is working through a deepening and re-presentation of its purpose to ensure the next level of alignment with its own essential seed and with the wider needs of the Planet.

SDH was founded by Roberto Assagioli, Michal Eastcott and Nancy Magor in the UK responding to the call by Tibetan Teacher and Master Djwhal Khul for the formation of a worldwide Creative Meditation Group and practise to be established as part of the global service work and as the spiritual transformational companion to psychosynthesis.

SDH, like any group, has over the past 72 years since it was first established, been through a number of transitions including the transition catalysed by the death of the founders several decades ago, which of course led to the need for a new focalising presence – the current and longstanding Head of SDH, Janet Derwent. 

Such transitions bring change and upheaval on so many levels. The personal of course, for those who are at the centre and being asked, or we might say called, to assume a position of greater leadership...

Join us for the 3rd and final Leadership conference online "Activating New Leadership: the Key to Humanity’s Future" - 22nd – 24th November 2024, online. This event is aimed at building a co-creative response to the call for New Leadership. Bookings will be open from the beginning of September.

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