There lies within us the truth of who and what we are.
How do we touch, how do we know that truth? For many of us the preferred, most often-used path is cognitive: we read, we study, we discuss. But many of us have also experienced a different path into awareness, have known somehow that something else is going on here, that there is something more.
For many, that alternative pathway is music. For this year’s Conference Men’s Retreat we will be attempting to build an experiential web, one of sharing, of deep appreciation, of knowing differently who and what we are. We are going to do that through music, specifically “Music that matters.”
The goals for the weekend?
To have all of us immersed in a common experience of deep life and meaning;
To see each other differently, as expressed by our simple sharing of “music that matters” to each of us;
To have a chance for each of us, along the heartfelt path of music, to be more deeply with each other.
This year our work will be led and held by Tom Colwell, long-time member of our community who is now successfully recovering from an 18-month journey through esophageal cancer. Tom’s life work is that of executive / corporate coach, but he is best known to many of us through his music leadership. We are delighted to welcome him back into our midst.
For more information and registration (with reduced rates through 12/31/11), log onto www.pncucc.org. Or you can contact Tom directly at tomcolwell@aya.yale.edu.