embodied
worship
My love, I bow to you
You may do with me as you please
And whatever you may do
I will worship you
My love I trust in you
In your hands I lay my soul
And whatever you may do
I will follow you
My love, I have one desire
To dissolve and die in you
And whatever you may do
I will do as you
worship prayer of
House of the beloved
Embodied Worship is for all who search for “Gxd” and want to learn how to pray, and for (mystical) atheists in search of the numinous. Through a series of weekends, weekend days, and online gatherings, we blend techniques from Eastern and Western wisdom traditions - including embodied contemplative practices, critical thinking, storytelling, ecstatic singing and ritual - to support the transition toward an embodied, non-dual experience of life in unity with the numinous.
take my mind
take my body
take my soul
I beg you
take it all
More and more people are asking questions about Gxd - the nameless, the ultimate, the transcendent, Jesus, God, Shiva, Allah, Kālī, Bhairava, the silence with many names, and more - and about how to pray.
After postmodernism destabilised the major religions and their concepts of God (by showing that they are culturally constructed, linguistically mediated, and never self-evident) many people liberated themselves from these often oppressive structures. Yet a hunger for meaning and transcendence remained.
But how does worship look like when you neither want to regress into naivety nor dry up in scepticism?
At House of the beloved we tackle this meta-modern challenge through the body and in connection. With a mind deconstructed until conceptual “hopelessness” (Trungpa), the body is set free for a non-conceptual experience of being alive. In this immediacy lies meaning, connection, belonging, and self-transcendence.
limbs of worship
(embodied)
prayer
making ourselves available in body and mind for humble listening and service
ritual
opening a space of transformation by reenacting myths and authentic movement
reading &
story telling
using myth and story to repattern our relationships with our body, the others, and the Other
musical ecstacy
giving up our voices and bodies to music and to the dance
Below you'll find the dates of the activities for each limb. You don't need to join everything; you can register for the different activities separately.
will be covered:
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prayer, and how it differs from meditation
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concepts of Gxd, and what deconstructive seasoning they need to become palatable for a contemporary, critical tongue
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the role of the body in direct, unmediated experience
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reactivating rituals that open toward the transcendent
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how sincere worship might look in daily life
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and more
practicals
who
You :)
All who seek for the transcendent with many names. We welcome all genders, races, sexual orientations, religious affiliations, etc. The language will be English.
when
From October till June, weekends, weekend days, and online lecture and debate series
We start Thursday October 1st 7:30pm with a free online introduction
where
cost & registration
Worship is not for sale, but House of the beloved needs your help to support you.
Follow this link to see how you can contribute. In addition send us an email to register.
Multiple Dates
Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen,
die sich über die Dinge ziehn.
Ich werde den letzten vielleicht nicht vollbringen,
aber versuchen will ich ihn.
Ich kreise um Gott, um den uralten Turm,
und ich kreise jahrtausendlang;
und ich weiß noch nicht: bin ich ein Falke, ein Sturm
oder ein großer Gesang.
Rainer Maria Rilke
I live my life
in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete
this last one
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, around
the primordial tower,
I've been circling for thousands of years
and I still don't know:
am I a falcon, a storm,
or a great song?
Rainer Maria Rilke