Yes we can take this conversation in multiple directions bu…

Mudfun ·

Yes we can take this conversation in multiple directions but it appears that Mantak Chia is lining up between us. When I was in Atlanta I wrote a long letter to him about how positive and potent the energy of Atlanta was (from civil rights to the power of hip hop culture) and how it would be the best place to incubate his teachings to allow them to become enriched and digestible and fully understood so that they could spread around the world. He wrote back and challenged me to organise a trip for him there which I dropped the ball on. My close friend sponsored his first trip to Australia in the late 80s and I was right there amongst it. In the early 90s I went to upstate New York to be certified by him to teach his system, Back then he was going to open his global headquarters retreat center there but then changed his mind half way in and decided on Thailand where he started from. Anyway I conducted my first two darkroom retreats in Atlanta in a group household where all the other members generously decided to support me and make it happen for me..

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oceanblue ·

Wow. That's so cool that you were around when he started. What part of Upstate New York?

Mudfun ·

it was up past Woodstock. I forgot the name of the place. Beautiful countryside. Devine smell of pine forests.

oceanblue ·

Oh wow... I love Woodstock... I did a show there once