THE WATER – Sharing session and Panel by Samlingen
A huge, dark blue and glittery fabric is hanging from the ceiling and down under our feet. It simulates water, a waterfall. In the pool of water made by this fabric, there is another, real, inflatable baby-pool, filled with drinks for everyone in the room.
We do a brief 1-minute meditation on the theme “Water and Practice”. Then we share the memories in and to the circle, to Samlingen. The shared memories are written down on a timeline. Quickly “time” became another theme of the event. The atmosphere is pretty relaxed, (personal note/read in: we have gin in our system) we are happy to share and listen, to reflect on water, in both concrete and abstract ways.
The practices shared reflected on moving like water, moving with a feeling of floating, and letting the water in us have agency. Referring to a practice being something you do more than once, the repetition. And reflecting on water as something that gives the feeling of safety, that water is in us, that all water is connected, it connects us, and it connects the world, holding the world together. We come from water, we are in water, and we do always relate to water, water is the one thing that all humans need no matter what. As a matter of fact, water is almost never just water, it is always kind of infected, or in relation to something else. This gives room for a peaceful and ecological point of view when surrounding oneself with the thought of water.
Vår Maria Granados-Langeland