Sunday 7 September - Monday 15 September 2025 Next 9 Days Blogs The Presence of Joy within Political Suffering and Mandates Kimoon K’uxlaal and the Heart Within Voice 1 A Ceremonial Reflection

Sunday 7 September - Monday 15 September 2025
Next 9 Days Blogs
The Presence of Joy within Political Suffering and Mandates
Kimoon K’uxlaal and the Heart Within Voice 1
A Ceremonial Reflection - Conrad, Nab’eysiil of the Tz’utujiil People
Presence Light of Joy through the Hearth Within “Tree”
“I Carry the Mountain in My Breath”
A Ceremonial Introduction to Living Within Two Lands
from the Earth Remembers Series
The First Weaving of Light - A Receiving of Kimoon K’uxlaal
This image above, of the inner cellular light
is a sacred reflection of Kimoon K’uxlaal —
the great weaving of many into the One Heart.
Focus of this image: “Presence Light of Joy through the Hearth Within “Tree”
Receive the breath within your skull emerging into a flowing softness.
Receive the light behind your eyes as being gentle.
Receive the memory of who you are
Through the flow of the light within kindness.
Open to Receive the inner cellular light of the Heart Within your center chest area of your body,
with the Heart Within the Seven Sacred Landscapes
of the Tz’utujiil Maya world:
• The Three Volcanoes
• The Lake
• The Forest of Trees
• The Cornfields
• The Spirit of the Moonflower
• The Cloud Forest
• The Mountains
And it is the weaving of both of these
into the Heart Within Voice 1 —
the quiet place beneath the pain, the ache, the suffering.
The part of Voice 1 that is still willing to receive light.
This is the first wave of weaving:
It begins not with thought, but with a simple act of asking to receive. Where we can begins to feel within our cellular light can be weaved within the Light within the Heart of the Land that holds our inner light for the Renewal of our justified anger.
Place your hand gently over your heart.
Let the skin feel the warmth of your own presence.
Breathe.
And whisper this from the inside:
“Heart Within me,
I am ready to receive
the cellular light
of these sacred landscapes.
Let your weaving come into me.
Let your light be known in my bones.
I welcome the light of the land
into the heart of my body.”
Speak it once.
Then rest.
Rest in the quiet knowing
that the weaving has already begun.
That the light from the Lake,
the breath from the Cloud Forest,
the deep stillness of the Mountains,
the gentle root of the Cornfields,
the heat of the Volcanoes,
the bloom of the Moonflower,
the standing wisdom of the Trees —
—is already entering and awakening your cells.
This is Kimoon K’uxlaal:
Not an idea, but a living act of being woven.
Of letting the many forms of Heart
gather into one sacred body of light.
Sunday 7 September 2025
The Presence of Joy — Kimoon K’uxlaal and the Heart Within Voice 1
A Ceremonial Reflection from
Conrad, Nab’eysiil of the Tz’utujiil People
Kimoon K’uxlaal — Presence, Not Idea
Kimoon K’uxlaal is not an idea.
It is not philosophy.
It is a living presence of light —
a subtle-world intelligence
that oversees the weaving of unknown possibilities
into the fabric of life.
It is almost like an angel,
but more deeply, it is the living loom of creation itself,
moving silently within and around us,
urging the dormant seeds in our soul,
our culture,
our country
to awaken and take their place in the One Heart.
This presence does not erase our suffering.
It sits with us in it.
It keeps the threads of light intact
so that even when despair feels complete,
there is still a quiet ember within us
waiting to become the Heart Within Voice 1.
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Joy: Voice 1 vs. the Presence of Light
Voice 1 Understandings of Joy
In the world of Voice 1 — the reactive, survival-focused mind —
joy is often spoken of as a fleeting emotional state,
something to be sought, purchased, or earned.
In psychology, in advertising, even in religion,
we are taught that joy is a reward:
a reaction to success, comfort, or relief from suffering.
This keeps us chasing joy
as something outside ourselves,
measured by achievements, relationships, or possessions.
And when suffering comes —
illness, loss, injustice, or betrayal —
Voice 1 insists that joy is gone,
leaving only despair and numbness in its place.
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The Joy of Kimoon K’uxlaal
But in the weaving of Kimoon K’uxlaal,
Joy is not reactive.
Joy is presence.
It is a living thread of light that does not vanish
even when life is hard,
even when our hearts are breaking,
even when the systems around us
are pressing us into silence or fear.
This Joy is not an emotion to be chased,
but a light to be received.
And when we turn toward it,
even in the smallest way —
with breath, with silence, with noticing —
it begins to shape something new inside us:
the quiet emergence of the Heart Within Voice 1.
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Monday 8 September 2025
Personal Examples: Political Suffering and Mandates
I have lived through these times:
mandates and laws that press us down,
that take away freedoms quietly and slowly
until we begin to question our own worth and place in the world.
I have felt the way these pressures create exhaustion —
the ache of trying to live as a whole being
within systems that do not honor life.
Institutions that reduce us to numbers,
workplaces that demand our obedience,
governments that legislate away the dignity of certain lives.
There have been days when the heaviness of this world
sat like a stone behind my eyes,
when even prayer felt empty.
But then —
in the quiet of early morning —
the presence of Nawal Mosbel Joloom would come.
Not with words,
but with silence.
She would rest her hand, invisible but unmistakable,
on the back of my skull,
and the breath that had been shallow and tight
would begin to move again.
In that silence, the Heart Within Voice 1 awakens.
Not as false hope,
but as a quiet remembering:
“You are more than this moment.
You are more than the cruelty of policies and mandates.
The light within you has not been taken.”
And from that stillness,
Joy — the Joy of Kimoon K’uxlaal —
begins to glow again,
not to erase the suffering,
but to weave it
into a larger fabric of meaning and wholeness.
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The Emergence of the Heart Within Voice 1
This presence of Joy,
this thread of Kimoon K’uxlaal,
is what allows the Heart Within Voice 1 to rise:
• Not reactive, but steady.
• Not loud, but clear.
• Not bound by fear, but rooted in courage.
From this center,
we begin to feel the Wisdom Emotions:
courage, hope, nurturing, love, tenderness, and care.
These emotions are not reactions —
they are the natural intelligence of the One Heart
emerging through us.
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The Nine Senses and the Weaving of Light
When we turn toward our nine senses
with intention and reverence,
we awaken new threads of perception
that weave us back into the One Heart of Kimoon K’uxlaal.
• Sight — Seeing not only with the eyes, but with the light behind them.
• Hearing — Listening beyond noise to the subtle whispers in the silence.
• Smell — Sensing the memory and presence carried in the air.
• Taste — Receiving sustenance as communion, not consumption.
• Touch — Feeling the aliveness in every surface, every breath of wind.
• Thermoception — Reading the warmth and coolness of life as conversation.
• Nociception (Pain) — Letting pain teach us connection rather than isolation.
• Proprioception (Movement) — Moving with awareness, grounded in presence.
• Balance — Returning to equilibrium, even in chaos.
Through these senses,
the weaving of Kimoon K’uxlaal becomes tangible,
a lived reality in which we are never separate,
always in relationship,
always part of the One Heart.
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The Seven Landscapes as Teachers
Each of the sacred landscapes of the Tz’utujiil Maya
offers a thread in this weaving —
a way to live the presence of Joy
and to bring the Heart Within Voice 1 into action.
• The Volcanoes — Courage in the face of fear.
• The Lake — Reflection and depth when chaos swirls.
• The Cloud Forest — Tenderness and quiet nourishment in times of depletion.
• The Cornfields — Sustenance and community, even when isolation looms.
• The Forest of Trees — Strength and belonging in the midst of displacement.
• The Moonflower — Hidden healing and mystery during dark nights of the soul.
• The Mountains — Perspective and endurance when the path feels impossible.
When we engage these landscapes — even in memory, even in imagination —
they awaken the inner emotional intelligence
that allows us to act with grounded courage and quiet hope,
even in the most difficult outer conditions.
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Living the Weaving
This is how Kimoon K’uxlaal shapes us,
not into passive witnesses of suffering,
but into active participants in the weaving of renewal.
From the quiet of the Heart Within Voice 1,
we can speak, act, and live differently —
rooted in the One Heart,
guided by the Wisdom Emotions,
and sustained by the presence of Joy
that never leaves,
even when the world feels impossible.
Tuesday 9 September 2025
The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
the Emergence from Me to We to Them
“I Carry the Mountain in My Breath”
A Ceremonial Introduction to Living Within Two Lands
from the Earth Remembers Series
The First Weaving of Light - A Receiving of Kimoon K’uxlaal
This image above, of the inner cellular light
is a sacred reflection of Kimoon K’uxlaal —
the great weaving of many into the One Heart.
Focus of this image is “The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
the Emergence from Me to We to Them”
Receive the breath within your heart and within your skull emerging into a flowing softness.
Receive the light behind your eyes as being gentle.
Receive the memory of who you are
Through the flow of the light within kindness.
Open to Receive the inner cellular light of the Heart Within your center chest area of your body,
with the Heart Within the Seven Sacred Landscapes
of the Tz’utujiil Maya world:
• The Three Volcanoes
• The Lake
• The Forest of Trees
• The Cornfields
• The Spirit of the Moonflower
• The Cloud Forest
• The Mountains
And it is the weaving of both of these
into the Heart Within Voice 1 —
the quiet place beneath the pain, the ache, the suffering.
The part of Voice 1 that is still willing to receive light.
This is the first wave of weaving:
It begins not with thought, but with a simple act of asking to receive. Where we can begins to feel within our cellular light can be weaved within the Light within the Heart of the Land that holds our inner light for the Renewal of our justified anger.
Place your hand gently over your heart.
Let the skin feel the warmth of your own presence.
Breathe.
And whisper this from the inside:
“Heart Within me,
I am ready to receive
the cellular light
of these sacred landscapes.
Let your weaving come into me.
Let your light be known in my bones.
I welcome the light of the land
into the heart of my body.”
Speak it once.
Then rest.
Rest in the quiet knowing
that the weaving has already begun.
That the light from the Lake,
the breath from the Cloud Forest,
the deep stillness of the Mountains,
the gentle root of the Cornfields,
the heat of the Volcanoes,
the bloom of the Moonflower,
the standing wisdom of the Trees —
—is already entering and awakening your cells.
This is Kimoon K’uxlaal:
Not an idea, but a living act of being woven.
Of letting the many forms of Heart
gather into one sacred body of light.
This is my ceremonial reflection that weaves Kimoon K’uxlaal — the living presence of light, not as thought but as a subtle, active being of relationship — into the landscape of political suffering, unrest, and the loss of human dignity.
This is not written as theory, but as a living thread: the way the One Heart calls each soul into the courage of belonging, remembering, and emergence — especially in times when the world appears broken.
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The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
the Emergence from Me to We to Them
Opening Blessing
Great Heart of Light,
woven through every breath,
we open these pages as a field of remembering.
May the One Heart that holds us all
be felt here —
in our bones,
in our voices,
in the quiet courage that rises
even when the world feels broken.
May Kimoon K’uxlaal,
the living presence of light,
breathe through these words
and awaken the unknown possibilities
that belong to every soul.
May what is read here
become more than words —
may it become a living practice,
a way of walking,
a way of breathing
that restores dignity,
belonging,
and the quiet steadiness of the One Heart.
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Introduction
These three writings are threads of a single weave.
They were born in the listening to the deep unrest of our times —
to the fracture of human integrity,
to the cries of those whose dignity and inner rights have been denied,
to the grief and anger that rise
when the world we love
feels lost beyond repair.
And yet, within that fracture,
a quiet presence kept speaking.
Kimoon K’uxlaal.
The subtle, breathing Light that is not philosophy,
not metaphor,
but a living intelligence —
a being of relationship
woven through the many parts of how we perceive, feel, and act.
These writings are a ceremonial map for how to remember
and how to return.
• The Poetic Ceremonial Story gives language to the ache and the quiet belonging that begins to rise within it. It tells the story of the Emergence from Me → We → Them through the presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal.
• The Living Breath Practice offers clear, grounded steps for entering that shift — breath by breath, thought by thought — especially when Voice 1 feels loud, hopeless, or full of rage.
• The Guided Breath Ceremony brings these teachings into the body as a living experience, offering a slow, spacious practice that can be recorded or shared in community spaces, allowing the Light of Unknown Possibilities to move through the silence between breaths.
Together, they are not meant to be read once and set aside,
but to be lived.
To be returned to in the quiet hours of the night,
in moments of collective grief,
and in the small, ordinary choices
that ask for courage and belonging.
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Wednesday 10 September
The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
the Emergence from Me to We to Them
The Living Presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal
Kimoon K’uxlaal is the quiet overseer of the Light of Unknown Possibilities — the presence that holds us even when we believe we are most alone. It is a weaving of relationship, not just between people but between inner light, outer landscapes, ancestors, and the collective soul of humanity.
In the turmoil of political suffering — violence, deception, loss of integrity, suppression of truth — Voice 1 rises with its harsh insistence:
• “Nothing will change.”
• “They have taken everything.”
• “I am powerless.”
• “This world is beyond repair.”
Kimoon K’uxlaal does not silence Voice 1. It receives it. And in that receiving, it begins to gently weave a wider field, a sense that even in the cry of despair, there is a thread of belonging and an ember of light that cannot be extinguished.
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The Emergence: From “Me” → “We” → “Them”
Political unrest and the erosion of dignity often fracture our perception, pulling us inward into survival. But Kimoon K’uxlaal invites a different rhythm — a movement of perception that restores the possibility of wholeness.
Me (Voice 1)
This is the narrow, survival-based state. Here, we are trapped in the raw wound:
• anger at leaders or systems
• despair over injustice
• fear of what is coming next
• the isolation of believing the suffering is yours alone
We (Heart Within Voice 1)
The quiet ember of the Heart Within Voice 1 softens that isolation. Breath by breath, body by body, there is a subtle shift:
• From being alone in suffering to being part of the great human story of dignity, loss, and renewal.
• From silence into a quiet connection with others who also yearn for integrity and light.
• From a private wound into a shared field where healing becomes possible.
This stage does not erase the pain; it weaves it into the One Heart where it can be witnessed and held.
Them (Voice 2 Emergence)
When the inner heart has opened, the Light of Unknown Possibilities begins to emerge. This is the “them” of the shift:
• Seeing beyond personal suffering to the larger collective body — all who are struggling.
• Acting not from rage, but from a grounded courage rooted in the One Heart.
• Finding creative, humble, often unexpected ways to restore dignity and beauty — in words, in relationships, in quiet acts of love that ripple far beyond what the mind can measure.
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Political Suffering as a Portal
When integrity collapses — in governments, communities, even within our own inner dialogues — Kimoon K’uxlaal moves quietly beneath the noise.
It reminds us:
• Dignity is not given by systems; it is a light woven into the soul of each being.
• Even in collapse, the One Heart is present, whispering that there is a deeper way of seeing, feeling, and acting.
• Unknown Possibilities are born not when we control outcomes, but when we dare to rest in the belonging that precedes action.
This presence turns despair into a portal for emergence — not as a quick fix or naive optimism, but as a living practice of seeing the world through the light that is already here.
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A Living Practice
Here is a simple breath-based practice for entering this shift:
1. Acknowledge the “me.”
Speak the Voice 1 truth aloud: your fear, your anger, your despair. Let it be heard without judgment.
2. Breathe into the “we.”
Inhale through the nose, drawing that Voice 1 pain into the quiet fire of the heart. Exhale gently, sending the cellular light of Kimoon K’uxlaal into the body and into the wider human field.
3. Open to the “them.”
With each breath, widen your awareness: imagine that same cellular light moving beyond you — into your community, your nation, the Earth — weaving threads of quiet possibility where none seemed possible.
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Closing Reflection
Kimoon K’uxlaal is the great remembering:
That even in political unrest, the threads of the One Heart are never severed.
That the unknown light waits in the quiet center of despair, ready to reveal new ways of being and acting.
That dignity, once remembered, cannot be taken — because it is not granted by external systems, but woven into the cellular fabric of every human soul.
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Thursday 11 September 2025
This is the poetic ceremonial story, spoken as if carried by the breath of the Great Grandmother, weaving Kimoon K’uxlaal — the living presence of the One Heart — through the darkness and into the quiet light of unknown possibilities
The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
A Poetic Ceremonial Story
The streets were loud that night.
Not with celebration,
but with the kind of noise
that makes the bones remember
what it is to tremble.
Voices clashing,
banners waving,
the air thick
with anger and despair.
And in the marrow of my own bones,
Voice 1 screamed:
“They are destroying everything.”
“There is no dignity left.”
“We are too small to matter.”
I sat in that noise,
my chest tight,
my breath shallow,
my hands clenched in their helpless prayer.
And then —
like a thread of quiet rain falling on scorched earth —
I felt it:
The living presence.
Kimoon K’uxlaal.
Not an idea.
Not a word.
A presence.
Like the breath of an unseen friend
seated beside me in the dark.
She did not take away my fear.
She did not silence my anger.
She only said,
in the way that light speaks without sound:
“You belong here, even in this.”
“This fracture is not the end of the story.”
And something loosened.
The fists unclenched.
The breath deepened.
And what had felt like a solitary wound
began to open
into something larger —
a quiet field where my pain
was no longer just mine.
I felt the others there.
Those who have carried the same grief,
the same hollowing
where dignity should have been.
The mothers
holding children under broken ceilings.
The elders
whose voices were silenced
before the truth could reach their lips.
The men and women
who tried to speak kindness into power
and were mocked for their gentleness.
All of them —
threads in this quiet weave.
And as I breathed,
the weave grew.
From me
to we
to them —
not “them” as strangers,
but “them” as the larger body of the world,
the aching skin and beating heart
of humanity itself.
And in that widening,
I felt the light
of unknown possibilities stirring.
Not solutions.
Not victories.
But something deeper —
the quiet courage to stay present
when everything in me
wanted to turn away.
A courage that whispered:
“Tend the small things.”
“Hold dignity where you can.”
“Be the quiet thread of belonging
when the world is unraveling.”
The noise of the streets
did not end that night.
The unrest did not bow to my prayer.
But within the weave,
I felt a steadiness
that no breaking could undo.
And in that steadiness,
Kimoon K’uxlaal sang —
a soft, radiant song
that belongs to all of us:
“Even in the cry of Voice 1,
the Heart Within whispers:
this too belongs.”
“And from that ember of belonging,
the light of the unknown
begins to rise.”
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Closing Breath
This is the story that the One Heart keeps telling:
that the dignity of a soul cannot be taken,
that the quiet courage of belonging
is the first seed of every new possibility,
and that even in the great fracture,
the weave of light
is already holding us
in ways we cannot yet see.
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Friday 12 September 2025
I offer this expanded living practice, held within the Tz’utujiil way of Kimoon K’uxlaal as a living, breathing presence of Light — a subtle being that oversees the weaving of the unknown possibilities into life.
This practice guides the Emergence from Me → We → Them even in the middle of political suffering, unrest, and the aching loss of human dignity. Each Voice 1 dialogue is met, not with judgment or denial, but with the quiet courage of belonging, and with the steady breath that opens the heart to the presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal.
The Living Breath Practice
Each section begins with the raw Voice 1 thought, followed by breath-based guidance for opening into the We and then the Them — until the quiet Light of Unknown Possibilities begins to emerge.
Voice 1: “Nothing will change.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the “Me”
Sit quietly. Place your hand over your heart.
Say softly, or silently if needed:
“This is how I feel right now.
It feels like nothing will ever change.”
Do not argue with it. Let the words exist.
This is the doorway, not the wall.
Step 2 — Breathe into the “We”
• Inhale slowly through your nose, imagining the fire in your heart receiving this despair without resistance.
• On the exhale, allow the quiet cellular light of Kimoon K’uxlaal to flow down into your body — into your chest, your belly, your legs — as if weaving you back into belonging.
Whisper inwardly:
“I am not alone in this despair.
Others feel this too.
We are being held, even here.”
Step 3 — Open to the “Them”
With the next breath, widen your awareness:
• See that same light moving beyond you,
quietly touching every person who feels hopeless tonight.
• Imagine threads of golden light weaving unseen connections,
holding you all in the same One Heart.
Let the breath teach you this truth:
That what seems fixed is always moving
when seen through the presence of the One Heart.
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Voice 1: “They have taken everything.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the “Me”
Place both hands gently on your lower belly.
Let the thought come without resistance:
“It feels like they have taken everything from us.”
Notice the heaviness. Notice the anger.
Step 2 — Breathe into the “We”
• Inhale through the nose, carrying that heaviness into the fire of your heart center.
• Exhale slowly, sending the soft light of Kimoon K’uxlaal downward — filling the belly, the legs, the soles of your feet.
Let the breath remind you:
“Even when much is taken,
the dignity of the soul cannot be stolen.”
Step 3 — Open to the “Them”
As you continue to breathe, imagine this:
• Threads of light weaving through your city, your nation, the Earth.
• Each thread carrying quiet strength to others who have been stripped of safety or voice.
Whisper inwardly:
“We belong together in this light.
The One Heart remembers what has been taken
and what will be restored.”
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Voice 1: “I am powerless.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the “Me”
Sit with your spine upright, your hands resting on your knees.
Say softly:
“I feel powerless.
I do not know what to do.”
Allow the truth of that feeling to be real.
Step 2 — Breathe into the “We”
• Inhale gently, gathering that sense of powerlessness into your chest.
• On the exhale, release a wave of light downward — into your bones, your joints, your feet — letting the body remember it is connected to the Earth.
Whisper to yourself:
“Even when I cannot act,
I belong to the One Heart
that moves quietly in all things.”
Step 3 — Open to the “Them”
With each breath, expand your awareness:
• Imagine that same breath of light moving out into the world,
reaching those who also feel powerless —
weaving a quiet field of strength and courage
even in the places where it cannot yet be seen.
Let the breath anchor this truth:
That the unknown light is already at work,
in ways beyond what you can imagine.
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Voice 1: “This world is beyond repair.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the “Me”
Place your palms together over your heart.
Speak the words gently:
“It feels like the world is beyond repair.”
Feel the sorrow that lives underneath.
Step 2 — Breathe into the “We”
• Inhale through the nose, drawing that sorrow into the fire of the heart.
• Exhale slowly, releasing the light of Kimoon K’uxlaal through the entire body, like golden threads weaving every cell.
Whisper inwardly:
“Even in the fracture,
the weave of light is still holding us.”
Step 3 — Open to the “Them”
• See with your inner eye that this light is not yours alone.
• Imagine it flowing out to others who carry the same grief,
weaving a quiet network of belonging,
a shared field of possibility where healing can begin.
Breathe until you feel the subtle shift:
from despair into the quiet courage of being
a thread in the One Heart.
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Closing Breath
After each dialogue and breath practice, rest in silence.
Feel the body softening, the breath steady.
Allow this remembering to rise like a quiet tide:
• The dignity of your soul has never been lost.
• Belonging is the first seed of every new possibility.
• And even in the fracture, the living weave of light is holding you —
and holding all of us — in ways we cannot yet see.
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Saturday 13 September 2025
This is a guided meditation script shaped for a 15–20 minute ceremonial recording.
It’s designed for slow pacing, with pauses built in so that the breath, the body, and the living presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal can be felt.
This can be read softly, or adapted for a recording with gentle ambient sound — perhaps a quiet breeze, distant water, or a low hum of natural tones.
Guided Breath Ceremony: Entering the Weave of Light
Opening
(soft, slow voice)
Settle into your seat.
Let your feet touch the ground.
Close your eyes gently, or soften your gaze.
Bring your awareness to the quiet rhythm of your breath.
Inhale… and exhale… through the nose.
Let each breath grow slower.
Softer.
More present.
Imagine a quiet presence arriving —
a living, breathing Light —
Kimoon K’uxlaal,
weaving around you,
holding you in the One Heart.
(pause 10 seconds)
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First Breath Cycle — “Nothing will change.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the Me
Whisper inwardly, without judgment:
“This is how I feel right now…
Nothing will change.”
Feel the weight of those words in your body.
Notice where it lands — your chest, your belly, your jaw.
(pause 10 seconds)
Step 2 — Breathe into the We
Inhale slowly through your nose…
Imagine the quiet fire of your heart
receiving that heaviness.
Exhale gently…
Feel the soft, cellular light of Kimoon K’uxlaal
weaving through your body,
from the crown of your head
down to the soles of your feet.
Whisper inwardly:
“I am not alone in this despair.
Others feel this too.
We are being held, even here.”
(pause 15 seconds)
Step 3 — Open to the Them
With your next inhale,
see that light moving outward…
to your neighbors,
your community,
your nation,
the Earth.
Exhale…
and let the threads of quiet possibility weave.
(pause 20 seconds)
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Second Breath Cycle — “They have taken everything.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the Me
Place both hands gently on your lower belly.
Whisper inwardly:
“It feels like they have taken everything from us.”
Notice the ache.
The anger.
The hollow spaces.
(pause 10 seconds)
Step 2 — Breathe into the We
Inhale…
carry that ache into the fire of your heart center.
Exhale slowly…
let the soft light of Kimoon K’uxlaal
fill your belly,
your hips,
your legs,
your feet —
weaving you back into your root.
Whisper softly:
“Even when much is taken,
the dignity of my soul cannot be stolen.”
(pause 15 seconds)
Step 3 — Open to the Them
With your next breath,
see that same light moving outward —
a golden thread stretching through your city,
your nation,
the Earth.
Touching every soul that has been stripped
of safety or voice.
Whisper inwardly:
“The One Heart remembers
what has been taken
and what will be restored.”
(pause 20 seconds)
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Third Breath Cycle — “I am powerless.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the Me
Sit with your spine upright,
hands resting gently on your knees.
Whisper inwardly:
“I feel powerless.
I do not know what to do.”
Let that truth be.
(pause 10 seconds)
Step 2 — Breathe into the We
Inhale…
gather that sense of powerlessness into your chest.
Exhale…
feel the breath release light
down your spine,
into your bones,
your joints,
your feet.
Whisper softly:
“Even when I cannot act,
I belong to the One Heart
that moves quietly in all things.”
(pause 15 seconds)
Step 3 — Open to the Them
As you breathe,
imagine that same light
moving outward —
to others who feel powerless.
A quiet field of strength
weaving you together,
holding you all steady
in the unknown light.
(pause 20 seconds)
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Fourth Breath Cycle — “This world is beyond repair.”
Step 1 — Acknowledge the Me
Place your palms together over your heart.
Whisper inwardly:
“It feels like the world is beyond repair.”
Notice the sorrow.
Let it be witnessed.
(pause 10 seconds)
Step 2 — Breathe into the We
Inhale through your nose…
drawing that sorrow
into the fire of your heart.
Exhale slowly…
sending the light of Kimoon K’uxlaal
through your entire body —
a golden weaving
through every cell.
Whisper softly:
“Even in the fracture,
the weave of light
is still holding us.”
(pause 15 seconds)
Step 3 — Open to the Them
With your next breath,
let that light expand outward…
touching all who carry the same grief.
A quiet network of belonging.
A shared field of possibility.
Breathe until you feel the subtle shift:
from despair into
the quiet courage of being
a thread in the One Heart.
(pause 20 seconds)
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Closing Breath
Return to the simple rhythm of your breathing.
Inhale… and exhale… slowly.
Feel the body softening.
Feel the quiet steadiness beneath everything.
Whisper inwardly:
“The dignity of my soul
has never been lost.
Belonging is the first seed
of every new possibility.
And even in the fracture,
the living weave of light
is holding us —
and holding all of us —
in ways we cannot yet see.”
Sit in this silence for a few moments longer.
Then, when you are ready,
open your eyes.
And carry this quiet courage
back into the world.
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Sunday 14 September 2025
Detailed Summary of the Three Writings
1. The Poetic Ceremonial Story – The Weaving of Light in the Time of Fracture
This story is the heart-thread.
It names the rawness of political suffering — the noise, the despair, the Voice 1 cries that echo in the body and the streets. And then, gently, it reveals the quiet presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal, weaving a wider field of belonging.
The story follows the movement of awareness — from the isolated wound of “me,” to the shared field of “we,” and finally into the spacious generosity of “them,” where courage and unknown possibilities are born.
This piece invites the reader to feel the truth that even in fracture, the One Heart is already holding us in ways unseen.
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2. The Living Breath Practice – Entering the Emergence from Me → We → Them
Where the story offers the emotional landscape, this practice provides the steps.
It takes the harsh insistence of Voice 1 —
“Nothing will change.”
“They have taken everything.”
“I am powerless.”
“This world is beyond repair.” —
and meets each cry with breath, body, and the presence of Kimoon K’uxlaal.
This writing is practical, simple, and repeatable.
It shows how to acknowledge the pain without judgment,
breathe into the quiet fire of the Heart Within,
and slowly widen awareness until the cellular light of belonging
moves through self, community, and the wider human field.
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3. The Guided Breath Ceremony – A Spoken Practice with Kimoon K’uxlaal
This piece brings the practice into a living, embodied rhythm.
It is written for the ear and the breath —
for slow pacing,
for pauses where silence becomes a teacher,
for the presence of sound — a quiet hum, wind, or water —
to help guide the body into steadiness.
It is a companion for moments when words are hard to find.
For individuals sitting alone with their grief,
or for groups gathering to hold one another
in the wake of political fracture,
this ceremony becomes a way of remembering
that belonging is not a concept —
it is a living field,
woven breath by breath
through Kimoon K’uxlaal.
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Together, these three writings create a whole:
• The Story for the heart and imagination.
• The Practice for the body and the daily rhythm.
• The Ceremony for the shared and living experience of the One Heart.
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Closing Blessing
Beloved One Heart,
living presence that breathes through us all,
we close these words
the way we opened them —
with gratitude,
with quiet,
with a soft willingness to be changed.
May these writings
become not only pages on a table,
but living companions
for those who feel despair,
those who feel rage,
those who are learning to breathe again.
May the quiet courage of belonging
rise within every soul that touches these words.
And may the Light of Unknown Possibilities —
woven by Kimoon K’uxlaal,
steady and eternal —
emerge again and again,
restoring dignity,
restoring relationship,
restoring the great weaving of many
into the One Heart.
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Monday 15 September 2025
I felt moved to create an adjunct ceremonial piece that can stand alongside these three writings — a fourth thread in the weave — devoted to the Presence of the Light of Joy.
This is not joy as taught by psychology, philosophy, medicine, or religion.
This is Joy as Living Light — a quiet, cellular radiance that belongs to the One Heart and breathes through all things, even in the depths of fracture, unrest, and suffering.
The Light of Joy: A Ceremonial Weaving
Opening Blessing
Beloved One Heart,
woven through every thread of life,
we open ourselves to the quiet Joy
that does not depend on circumstance,
on answers,
on victories or certainties.
We open ourselves to the Joy
that is a living presence,
a breathing light,
an unbroken radiance
that moves quietly beneath the noise of the world.
Here, in this remembering,
we return to the quiet dignity of being alive,
woven in Kimoon K’uxlaal,
the great Weaving of Many into One Heart.
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The Presence of Joy as Living Light
This Joy does not shout.
It is not found in what is taken or given,
not earned by success,
not erased by despair.
This Joy is the Living Light —
the cellular hum
that threads through every breath,
through the soil,
through the waters,
through the bones and quiet spaces of the body.
It is the light of Kimoon K’uxlaal itself,
the same presence that steadies the breath
when Voice 1 cries,
“This world is beyond repair.”
This Joy is not a reaction;
it is a presence —
a steady warmth
that emerges when the heart remembers
that we are never separate,
that we belong,
even in the ache of fracture.
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Joy in the Time of Fracture
In the loudness of political suffering,
when human dignity has been stripped bare,
when fear stalks the body,
this Joy remains.
Not as a denial of pain,
but as a quiet river moving beneath it,
reminding us that
the light of belonging
cannot be broken.
It is the Joy that allows the emergence
from Me — isolated in fear —
to We — resting in shared breath —
to Them — where the unknown possibilities
for dignity and courage
begin to rise again.
This Joy is what lets us
hold the ache without collapsing into it.
It is what lets us
see one another with softer eyes,
even in a world on fire.
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A Living Practice of Joy
To enter this Joy is not to “create” it.
It is already here, breathing you.
What we practice is turning toward it.
Step 1 — Acknowledge the Voice 1 Field
Sit quietly and name what is present.
“I feel despair.”
“I feel anger.”
“I feel alone.”
No resistance.
No judgment.
Only witnessing.
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Step 2 — Breathe Into the Heart Within
Inhale through the nose,
gathering the ache,
the fear,
the noise —
into the quiet fire of the heart.
Exhale softly,
sending light through the body —
into the spine,
the bones,
the root of the feet —
weaving you again into belonging.
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Step 3 — Open to the Joy That Holds You
With each breath,
become aware of the subtle radiance
already present.
Not a feeling you need to “generate,”
but a quiet hum,
a sense of warmth in the cells,
a soft expansion in the chest.
This is the Living Joy —
the unbroken thread
that holds all things
in the One Heart.
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Step 4 — Let Joy Weave Outward
As the breath steadies,
imagine that quiet light
moving beyond your own body,
into your home,
your community,
your nation,
the wider Earth.
Each exhale
becomes a thread
woven with the quiet dignity
of the One Heart,
restoring what feels lost
in the ways we cannot yet see.
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4. The Joy Beyond Ideas
This Joy is not conceptual.
It does not live in theories or teachings.
It does not arrive with applause or reward.
It simply is.
Like the hum of the Earth beneath your feet.
Like the way the sky holds light even in storm.
Like the way the heart keeps beating,
even when it is breaking.
This is why it can be trusted.
Because it is not dependent
on what the world gives or takes away.
It is the quiet radiance
of Kimoon K’uxlaal
woven through every cell,
every relationship,
every moment of belonging.
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Closing Blessing
Great Weaving of Light,
we thank you for this Joy that is not earned,
that is not conditional,
that is not taken.
We thank you for the quiet hum
that steadies us when the world is loud,
for the warmth that keeps hope breathing
even in the deepest night.
May we learn to rest in this Joy,
to carry it in our breath,
to let it weave through our words and actions,
so that even in the time of fracture,
the light of unknown possibilities
can rise again,
through the dignity and belonging
of the One Heart.
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