Akāśadāka

Lineage

Ask me (William Stafford)

A perfect diagnostic mirror for World 12. It removes the "Knot of Dread" regarding our past failures and places them objectively in the silent, unjudging reality of the river.

Lineage

The way it is (William Stafford)

The ultimate anchor for the Great Unfolding. It is the Sovereign’s refusal to drop the burning wheel, no matter how the external world degrades.

Writing

Contemplating My Death

Contemplating my Death0:00/231.8891× We all die. The elements of our body will eventually surrender and return to the dirt. But where do we go? Nowhere. As we move closer to the transition, when the machine of the body finally loses the condition to live... where do we

Songs

Song of Old Age - Ripening

As I get older I have observed my body falling apart, breaking down and stop working. However, as I age, I am also ripening, maturing like a good cheese or wine. The crafting of this song was inspired by the 100,000 songs of Milarepa. Song of Old Age -

Songs

Song of Birth - No Escape from Becoming

When Carol Sanford died at the end of November in 2024 many of her SEED community members attended a 49 day daily ritual to support her journey through the bardo of death to rebirth. We read from the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Tibetan Book of Living and

Thinking

Caroline Robinson's Gift

I have lost track of time when Caroline Robinson passed. She left behind this beautifully made video on what she thought regeneration was. I watch it now and again to connect with her art, great seeing and spirit.

Songs

Screaming Queens of Plastic and Screen

I was dead inside. Addicted. I needed to shine the light onto the mechanism to break the trance that kept me consuming, extracting, dependent. This was painful to write and it hits me hard every time. It made me realise there was a hungry ghost living inside me and he

Songs

The Gardener of Conditions

This is obvious now that I see it but I really did think that I only needed to think about regeneration, do the right project design and it would happen because that is what I wanted. Like trying to grow flowers from rocks. What happens if I just let all

Songs

The True Sunshine in Your Smile

I was doing my grocery shopping and was met by the warm smile of the business owner that felt like being greeted by sunshine. It created an introspective moment and I wondered why I became frightened. The True Sunshine in Your Smile0:00/238.5199791×

Thinking

What is a campfire?

A campfire is the original human technology. For millennia, it was the only way for our ancestors to hold back the dark, stay warm, cook food, and share the raw data of survival. Today's equivalent is "the meeting"—and the contrast in quality is stark. The

Other

Tuning to the Cosmic Law

We exist simultaneously in three different "worlds," but we tune our nervous system to only one at a time. Use this instrument, the tuning fork, to track where your body is operating and how to navigate back to the Campfire and World 24. Reflect on your lived experience

Other

Evolving Campfire Premises and Principles

If you ever decide to host a campfire these are premises and principles that I share with those attending. It kind of answers the why and what we are doing but doesn't explain everything. The understanding really emerges through discovery and the lived experience of attending many campfires