The Direction of Intention

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Among the many things I love and admire about Joe is his fundamental belief that, in his words, the universe tends toward wholeness. He doesn’t just believe it he lives it in all of its chaos and glorious messiness.

Of all the people I have known, Joe is the only one that has with intention and by choice walked straight into the darkest dark of his psyche. He did not wait for life to force him into it. He stepped into his abyss as a scientist would step into a laboratory. He conducted experiments, tested and retested his findings and started drawing maps of his internal geography – literally mapping his emotions, feelings and their changeability. And what incredible maps they are! The blackest-black morphs into a color explosion that radiates from the heart. Dense motionless globs shape-shift into rivers of energy and light. Stuck emotion is released, new perceptions blossom, and lives are transformed.

Now Joe teaches others to draw maps of their own inner landscapes. He introduces people to their unique mythology and like Virgil, he accompanies them on their personal heroes journey acting as witness as they transform their lives. This brilliant work is rooted in the understanding that people are the experts of their own lives – and the body, because it tends toward wholeness, will guide if we re-learn how to listen to it.

We are experts at wrapping stories of brokenness around our natural tendencies; we are gifted at absorbing trauma into our bodies and claiming it as our identity. Sometimes all that is necessary to find your way back home is a good map and a good person who believes you already know how to read it.

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