In May, we had a wonderful time with Rick. The focus of the discourse and contemplation was on letting go and not holding on to any ego narrative too tightly. Rick also spoke of how we can choose a better narrative for our life's experiences. What if, for instance, instead of all our common fears and complaints about how we humans are abusing the earth and leading the ecosystem to the brink of collapse, we switched the narrative? What if, instead, we said, "Gaia is smart. There are been five ice ages already with mass extinctions, and there were no human-like races to do all the pollution and pillaging! What if Gaia is knowingly supporting our evolution and even our adolescent escapades, because with her long foresight, she knows that when the next impending galactic disaster strikes (say an asteroid in collision course), we humans will be the only species with the gift of innovation to avert the disaster?" What a wonderful story! Rick also urged us to contemplate the fractal nature of the Universe - what Eastern mystics call Indra's net. Instead of tensely pursuing ego-dictated careers and concrete manifestation goals, what if we rephrased the question to, "which part of Indra's net am I being asked to hold up at this moment?" The "work," then, is to let go of the plan and get with the Plan.

We ended the evening with some energizing Qigong exercises. Thank you, Rick, as always, for a wonderful time of reflection and contemplation, and we hope to see you at the Café again soon.