DHARMA SPRING

In This Bardo of Dreamland and Depths

June 24, 2020 Andrew Palmer
DHARMA SPRING
In This Bardo of Dreamland and Depths
Show Notes

In this time of COVID and quarantine and shutdown, with what we took to be normal being turned on its head and flipped inside out and all about, the heightened quality and experience of existence in this in-between bardo realm is alive and present for many. A common feature seem to be seemingly insignificant people and events from the past showing up in people's dreams - not necessarily with anything of import to offer or reveal, simply showing up, as if some portals from other times and realms have been opened as a result of all that is happening. This certainly adds to the dreamlike quality of life itself these days, the boundaries and edges of the frameworks that used to hold us up and provide steady orientation softening, blurring, fading away, leading us to drift and amble along in this dreamland bardo of our world. And there's no need - and no point, really - in trying to make sense of it all, pin it down and figure it out. Instead, we can settle, lean in, and listen, listen...

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