Many of us are deeply concerned about what’s happening in the world, in our communities, and in the lives of the people closest to us. We might wonder, why do so many systems seem to be stuck in ways that are harming people and planet? Our schools and healthcare systems, ecosystems and economies, political systems and more are in crisis while most of us feel helpless to help. We seem locked in.
But what if we could loosen the knots that bind us, and in doing so help those around us to also loosen their own knots? What might seem like impossibly huge global systems can only keep going the way they are if we remain tight, closed and disconnected.
As we open our hearts and minds, rediscover our voices and our capacity to listen with deep compassion, things shift. Systems change. Including our own.
Are you ready for the adventure? This is the Revolution of Love.
Listening with Love is a collection of interconnected essays weaving together stories from everyday life with wisdom from diverse spiritual and political traditions.
A5 Paperback 128 pages
Reviews
Listening with Love is a tender, hopeful invitation to slow down and hear one another. Generous in spirit, it asks what might become possible if we met fear and division with curiosity, courage and care.
~ Chris Cleave, author of Being Human
& #1 New York Times bestselling novelist
Listening with Love showed me the good that can come from being that little bit more open to the world.
~ Mia Stockton, writer & poet
& former co-editor of The Bubble
Wonderfully, unexpectedly, Listening with Love is optimistic. In a world where others might despair, the author illuminates inspiring activist projects and everyday acts of love and compassion that transcend social and political divides.
~ D.D. Johnstone, author of Disnaeland
& Senior Lecture in Creative Writing,
University of Gloucestershire
. . . a rich, poetic text that offers a great deal of material for reflection.
~ Nimue Brown, author of Spirituality without Structure
In a world where love is so often an exercise in domination and fear, Listening with Love offers us a moment of inner stillness, where we can drop into true connection with ourselves, and so each other and the web of life - it offers us the true love of the All That Is, from which all that we are can arise. Every human being on the planet will come away refreshed and radically renewed.
~ Manda Scott, author of Any Human Power
& host of Accidental Gods: The Thrutopian Podcast
About the Author
Br. Vishwam Gurudas is a scholar, healer and gentle revolutionary based in the Shetland Islands. He has a degree in psychology and gender studies from Grinnell College (USA) and a PhD in sociology from the University of Edinburgh. Vishwam is a Heart Minister, Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer with Heart Of Living Yoga, and is the founder of Flowing with Life, a small organisation promoting creativity, compassion and critical thinking.
Listening with Love
You are warmly invited to this peaceful evening of heart meditation and discussion where we explore together what it means to really Listen with Love, with radical yoga instructor and thinker Vishwam Gurudas.
Reviews
Listening with Love is a tender, hopeful invitation to slow down and hear one another. Generous in spirit, it asks what might become possible if we met fear and division with curiosity, courage and care.
~ Chris Cleave, author of Being Human
& #1 New York Times bestselling novelist
Listening with Love showed me the good that can come from being that little bit more open to the world.
~ Mia Stockton, writer & poet
& former co-editor of The Bubble
Listening with Love is delightfully accessible, clever, and kind. It’s thought-provoking and constantly interesting.
~ D.D. Johnstone, author of Disnaeland
& Senior Lecture in Creative Writing,
University of Gloucestershire
. . . a rich, poetic text that offers a great deal of material for reflection.
~ Nimue Brown, druid
& author of Spirituality Without Structure
In a world where love is so often an exercise in domination and fear, Listening with Love offers us a moment of inner stillness, where we can drop into true connection with ourselves, and so each other and the web of life - it offers us the true love of the All That Is, from which all that we are can arise. Every human being on the planet will come away refreshed and radically renewed.
~ Manda Scott, author of Any Human Power
& host of Accidental Gods: The Thrutopian Podcast
Book Description
Many of us are deeply concerned about what’s happening in the world, in our communities, and in the lives of the people closest to us. We might wonder, why do so many systems seem to be stuck in ways that are harming people and planet? Our schools and healthcare systems, ecosystems and economies, political systems and more are in crisis while most of us feel helpless to help. We seem locked in. But what if we could loosen the knots that bind us, and in doing so help those around us to also loosen their own knots? What might seem like impossibly huge global systems can only keep going the way they are if we remain tight, closed and disconnected. As we open our hearts and minds, rediscover our voices and our capacity to listen with deep compassion, things shift. Systems change. Including our own. Are you ready for the adventure? This is the Revolution of Love.
This special evening is a unique opportunity to connect with others who care about our world, who want to help nurture vibrant community, and are willing to Listen with Love. Sharing heart meditation is one simple way to help find the inner quiet and the deep, abiding love for life that can support us all. All welcome!
Bookings
To book your place, please click here.
Places are offered on a sliding scale and early booking is advised as spaces are limited.
Your Host
Vishwam Gurudas is an experienced Heart Minister, Yoga Teacher & Teacher Trainer with the Heart Of Living Yoga Foundation. He is also a scholar of intimacy, love and revolutionary transformation with a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. For the past six years he has been hosting meditative writing circles, developing his capacity as a listener and as a writer. You can find various poems, essays and stories of his online and in print including in Earth Pathways Diary, Permaculture Magazine, Bella Caledonia and Southlight Magazine. Listening with Love is his first sole-authored book and the first published by Flowing with Life Press.
Originally from rural Iowa, he has lived in various parts of Scotland and England over the the past thirty years. He is now delighted to dwell in the spacious peace of the Shetland Islands where he works with children with complex needs, gardens, writes and more.