Mariposa
Mariposa connects spiritual practice with Nature’s principles and ethics to heal and transform humanity to Nature consciousness.
Mariposa (Spanish for Butterfly) describes this essential metamorphosis of human consciousness. While recycling, plant-based living, and decreasing human population make dramatic changes, they do not directly disengage the psychological and cultural mechanisms which have generated ecological breakdown. Our Mariposa program offers Nature Mindfulness and meditation training, courses, and workshops.
The journey of Nature consciousness is an ancient path grounded in an ontology of unity, ways of knowing, being, and ethics where wholeness and multiplicity, visible and invisible, secular and spiritual are compatible and consonant. Humanity’s yearning for re-connection to Nature is a remembering of the universal awareness in which the entire cosmos participates. Nature consciousness involves transformation of self-identity in its most elemental way, a way of seeing, feeling, and being in love, not war, with Nature. It takes place in the invisible realms of consciousness, in the territory of contemplation. The path to our true nature is Nature.
Mariposa Reflections is a free e-post by Kerulos founder Gay Bradshaw that explores contemplative perspectives to deepen our understanding of Nature’s nature and that of our own. These Reflections are stand-alone, but are aligned with ongoing course content of Mariposa Meditations.
While recycling, decreasing human population, and plant-based living make dramatic changes, they do not directly disengage the psychological and cultural mechanisms that have generated ecological breakdown. Healing humanity and the Earth requires deep transformation and evolution of human consciousness. Mariposa (Spanish for Butterfly) describes this essential metamorphosis.
Each free e-post discusses how to connect personal spiritual development with Nature’s principles and ethics as a way to begin, as English philosopher John Butler describes, to make the world whole by becoming whole.
Mariposa Reflections is paired with Mariposa Meditations, a biweekly online Nature mindfulness and meditation gathering held on Zoom. Mariposa Meditations provides new and seasoned meditators an opportunity to bring their practice into resonance with Animals, Plants, and other Earth beings.
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This self-paced, 12-session course introduces concepts and practices of mindfulness and meditation to consciously develop healthful ways of mitigating the stress, pain, and uncertainty associated with work with Animals in need and activism.
Visit the Nature Mindfulness page.
We welcome new and seasoned meditators seeking to conect their practice directly to Nature consciousness.
We define Nature Consciousness as the state of consciousness and awareness embodied by Animals, Plants, the land, and many human traditions. At times, we use sentience and consciousness interchangeably because sentience is a more common term. There is, however, a difference. Sentience generally focuses on mental and emotional states, while consciousness describes a deeper, synoptic state unencumbered by thoughts and ego. This Spring we will be offering training in Nature Mindfulness with teaching and guided meditations which include topics related our e-blog Mariposa Reflections.
You can also listen into our Being Sanctuary podcast. This podcast was created by Lauren Bailey and The Kerulos Center for Non-violence to provide a common space of gathering and support for like-minded and like-hearted individuals. Being Sanctuary is intended to help guide us to health, dignity and peace for all life, human and non-humans. The podcast consists of ten sessions led by Lauren Bailey. Each session focuses on one of The 10 Principles of Being Sanctuary, which are grounded and inspired by the practice of nonviolence.
Clear Mind, Clear Sight is a one day online workshop that introduces Nature Mindfulness™ to researchers and others studying Wildlife and other Animals – and Plants – to better understand their internalized assumptions and projections that they bring to their work and at the same time learn how subjective experience and observations provide deep insights.
You will learn:
- Fundamentals of trans-species psychology
- Basic practices of Mindfulness training
- Apply, explore and evaluate examples of Animal study from your research and that of others