#1 Walking in Crestone with Sophia Remolde

Bridge to Being

Your Creative Sparks:

• Peel yourself outside and WALK into states of FLOW.
• Follow your feet into unknown paths and discover new TRUTH about life.
• The world is evolving, and at this juncture we can FLIP IT and become the inter-connected culture we really are.
• Face your FEAR, and obstacles DISAPPEAR.

Welcome to the intersection of creativity and spirituality. Feel the breeze of inspiration across your brow. Hear the rocky earth crunching beneath your feet as you cross over the Bridge to Being. Hearken to the caw of a winged creature, beckoning us onward, affirming our actions of care and compassion. In our first episode, Lobsterbird {Sophia Remolde} takes us with her on a walk across the looming mountains of Crestone in southern Colorado, inviting us to feel the vast and open sky, the powerful energetic depths, and the harmonic co-creation of the various spiritual groups dwelling and practicing their faith in this very special place.

Your Travelogue

• When we forget what it’s like to be out in nature, we forget something of ourselves as a result. [3:33]
• Why would an artist study business? We are experiencing a shift in paradigm from industrialism to connection, what Seth Godin refers to as the “Connection Economy”. [5:55]
• Crestone, in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, has long been considered a sacred place, nestled on an enormous aquifer below the 14,000-foot Crestone Peaks. Many believe the town sits on a deposit of quartz crystals, making it a vortex to other dimensions. There are thirty religious shrines in Crestone, more per capita than any place on earth. [11:11]

Links mentioned in this episode:

• This is how Crestone got started by Hanne Strong; it's an amazing story: America's Spiritual Centre.
• I didn't mention this, but I accidentally made my way into a cameo in this Crestone documentary A Place of Heart, in a blessing ceremony with Pema Chödrön. For two years, I was working on the temple that they show around minute [3:43].
• Compassionate Social Action Project with Jamie Jennings: https://www.gofundme.com/IHeartIndia.
• "On Being" with Krista Tippett's interview with Joanna Macy: https://onbeing.org/programs/joanna-macy-a-wild-love-for-the-world/.