What is continuing even when we say goodbye to our amazing administrative staff who guided Bhumisparsha through the structural thicket these last 2 years, and also leave us with an incredible platform to bring our sangha powered sangha over the river of change? Moving into this time without our beloved Eric and Sesalli, we acknowledge, with a deep bow of gratitude, all the love, effort, care and skillfulness they both have poured into our community, allowing it to flourish. Your efforts, so often unseen, were perhaps barely acknowledged as much as they should have been. Please know the ripples of your generous and dedicated work are boundless, and will continue to resonate inside many grateful beings you have touched in Bhumisparsha and beyond.
As we bow and wave a fond farewell to Eric and Sesalli into their personal transitions, we’re also looking forward to creating and recreating Bhumisparsha in the coming years. We are excited and thankful for the dedication of the tag-team of community members who are creatively working to keep not just the lights on, but the fires burning strong, as we move into the new year and new era for Bhumisparsha. The transition group has brought balance, thoughtfulness, collaboration, and dedication to tending to the future of our amazing community, so it can continue to support each of us all in the messy and gorgeous work of waking up together.
We encourage you to join us in the re-emergent form of our community, contributing your own wisdom and confusion, so we can continue to cook our goodness together in the stew of sangha we are! Eric and Sesalli have modeled tremendous fortitude, organization, humor, and diligence, and together, though we likely won’t do it with as much grace, we can take on these tasks and mentalities and continue, growing in new directions of our own choosing once we stabilize in our new form.
We invite you to join the working group email list at info@bumishparsha.org and save the date for our next meeting March 16th. You can catch up with the process via these documents:
***meeting notes from Oct 28- Dec 16,
*****a recording of December 16 Community Gathering Alotta Love Dec 16, 2023: