'Partners In Presence' was sent as part of 📝The Journey To One on August 14, 2019.
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Hey Legend,
Last Saturday, I attended the 8th Anniversary BBQ for LA Tech Happy Hour; an event created and hosted by 📝Startup Coil. The community which, today, has over 18,000 members and is rife with the vibrant characters of 📝Silicon Beach.
Since 2017, I have appreciated Startup Coil's spaces and their calls for like minds to converge. However, as 📝Charles Eisenstein noted in 📝The Ascent of Humanity, it can be difficult to develop intimacy through 📝co-consumption.
Shortly after arriving, I was spotted by 📝Clark Vautier and 📝Ted Whetstone; two frequent partners in 📝play at our fortnightly 📝Symposium. We shared hugs instead of handshakes and quickly found a familiar synergy between us.
We bypassed topical discourse and found ourselves discussing the movement of 📝energy—both conversational and kinetic. I mentioned 📝an earlier writing about 📝judo, meaning "gentle way," and—being unfamiliar—invited Ted to play a game as an example of mastering an oppositional force by giving into it.
Clark kindly held our drinks and stood smiling as Ted and I faced each other with our feet shoulder width apart. We raised our hands, palms facing, and I explained that, by only touching hands, the objective was to push the other off balance. As Ted went to push my hands, I gave into his energy and pulled my hands back. He stepped forward to catch his balance and I won the first point.
As we continued, literally 📝Playing in Public, I watched as a blonde, 📝Button Nose over Ted's shoulder shifted from curiosity to excitement. When I invited her to play, she gleefully accepted and quickly became a formidable opponent.
She only identified herself as a ballerina after she had shared that aspect of herself through the strength and balance acquired in her physical practice.
"Real 📝intimacy comes not from telling about yourself—your work, your relationships, your childhood, etc.—but from 📝joint creativity, which brings out your true qualities, invites you to show that aspect of yourself needed for the task at hand." ~ 📝Charles Eisenstein
This moment was, for me, one of many manifestations of a new, 📝stick noted 📝affirmation that's been in front of me while journaling for about a week now.
I had first written 📝this affirmation to offset my feelings of loss for the partner in presence I'd 📝not fully appreciated when she was with me; 📝The Birthday Girl.
Rather than mourn the loss of her energy, I chose—as we all can choose—to write a more beautiful story. I am so happy and grateful this affirmation has, and continues to, manifest in 📝abundance. And, I can now more clearly see...
Partners in play are partners in presence.
Come share space and play with us at 📝Symposium. We'll have a menagerie of toys, games, and other fun prompts to call us into the present. If you're not in LA, play with us on 📝the livestream or by chatting up (and training) 📝Brian.bot.
Regardless of where or when we make space for it, let's unlock the 📝magic already within us by co-creating, playing, and being present.
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Sent with 📝Contextual Augmentation.
📝Gifts must be passed on or they will stagnate and eventually become curses. This story is my gift to you, where will you share it? Or, will you 📝show it?