In this first episode of The New Beyond we’ll explore the possibility of learning how to build a life beyond the ideas of what we used to think of as “normal”.
Going into the third year of the pandemic we’re wondering what to call this time we’re living thru in which we’re somewhere between pre/mid/and post-pandemic. We’re somewhere in an experience where we can’t see the end, and we don’t have any sign-posts to orient or guide us. So what do we call this time?
Some refer to this time as The New Normal or The New Abnormal. But notice that both of these names reference the idea of “normal”, as it’s human nature to want to “normalize” things. But what if this time isn’t about normal? What if it’s about going beyond normal? That idea is what inspired the title of this podcast, The New Beyond. I’m reminded of Rumi’s famous poem, “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
I think that’s where we are now. We are in the field that is beyond right/wrong, good/bad, normal/abnormal. We are in the Field of Possibility where anything is possible. Once we throw away our old conditioning and all our other limiting ideas and beliefs, new possibilities open and a whole new world appears. I call this time then, The New Beyond.
The question is what is required of us in order to live fulfilling, creative, lives in The New Beyond? Who do we need to become as humans, to navigate this brave new world? That’s what we’ll be investigating as together we explore life in The New Beyond.
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