Welcome Circles
Shared explorations and curiosity-inspired intuitive learning.
The next Circles happen on:
June 24th at 5pm PST
June 29th at 11am PST
Intuitive awareness is nurtured in non-competitive environments.
Among friends and peers in an open-hearted space, your participation helps shape and expand a global community of like-hearted people who are exploring life as perpetual learners.
Our priority is to generate a coherent space where people share and listen from the heart, where self-awareness and honesty are celebrated, and together we receive each other in the absence of judgment.
Welcome Circles
Tuesday June 24th at 5pm PST.
Sunday June 29th at 11am PST
Each Welcome Circle offers a brief space of silence to open the event, followed by a short passage and seed question read by one of our facilitators.
Each member of the circle will be welcome to share their reflection - some will be prompted by the seed question, others will share from their heart in a different way. Some participants may choose to pass and not speak at all. The value of these circles is presence, listening, hearing and learning, side-by-side.
RSVP for one or both Circles.
Read the June passage below!
In the spirit of collaboration, we are so happy to introduce the new “Welcome Circles”.
Each Welcome Circle offers a brief space of silence to open the event. A volunteer will read a short passage and invite the first participant to share an opening reflection. After opening, they will offer seed questions. Each member of the circle will be welcome to share their reflection — some will be prompted by the seed question, others will share from their heart in a different way. Some participants may choose to pass and not speak at all. The value of these circles is presence, listening, hearing and learning side by side.
June 2025 Circle of Sharing Passage and Seed Questions
All knowledge is shared knowledge.
An excerpt from Chapter R in Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano
Ridiculed, scorned, or deliberately ignored, the truth about anything is quirky and awkward when it first emerges. Germinating at the margins of familiarity, the seeds of truth are anomalous occurrences.
Out of context- like invasive weeds that do not belong in the well-established terrains of cultural consensus - these anomalies become especially troublesome when they gather to the point that they can no longer be ignored.
Then they pose a serious threat, that of undermining the confidence of the existing field, as their blossoming opens the mind into completely uncharted realities and extraordinary possibilities. Beware- these flowers are not for picking! Each belonging to itself alone, the knowledge they carry can never be taken, only gifted. The knowledge they gift can never be owned, only shared. Respectfully. In the end, all knowledge is only ever borrowed.
Reflective Questions:
How do you recognize truth?
Have you experienced a time when a truth appeared to change?
Can you think of a time when someone was helped by the knowledge you passed on?
ILF offers these gently facilitated circles in the spirit of community connection from an open heart. We value an approach to conversation described by appreciative inquiry - we look to amplify what we like and perpetuate what is working. The result tends to be a mutually created space of listening without judgment where all participants can feel safe to share a reflection. If you have more questions about how these Circles are conducted, please write to us.