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Stage 8, EMPTINESS IN CONNECTEDNESS:
After the discharge of Stage 7, we are emptied.
Rather than a space of Nothingness, we find ourselves
in a place of Possibilities. We enter a state of
gratitude, vulnerability, connection with our external
rhythm, and alignment with events around us.
Emptiness is the door between our usual, customary
state of feeling and being in states of consciousness
where we are aware of our wholeness, and experience
our connectedness with the world around us.
Emptiness is the portal that leads us to later states of
awareness. Stage 8 is the first state of be-ing.
We welcome serendipity as a natural way of Life.

In The Keepers of the Earth, poet Kristin
Zamucka writes:
"And as you reach new plateaus of thought…
And old friends drop away,
Fear not loneliness.
For there is a silent communication between those
at the same level of awareness.
And for the first time, you will not be lonely…."

Stage 9: LIGHT BEHIND THE FORM:
From our place of emptiness and gratitude, we can truly
appreciate our energetic fullness. In the earlier stages of
healing, we are largely unconscious of the presence of the v