THE LIONESS TALE
From the
infinite spaciousness of the Eternal, emerges the story of Lioness. Within the formless dark the Light finds her and calls her into Life so that she might embody the Love
for which she is born. The Lioness Tale is an invitation to follow the
longings of your heart, to experience the Love from which you’ve come; to re-member that Love–to make it flesh and blood–in this, your one precious
life.
Through her book, The Lioness Tale, Diane leads you into the
story of a young lioness, forced to live in captivity, and in the process awakens you to the liberating spirit that lives at the center of each of our lives. With the help
and expertise of her guests, she guides you into a process of self inquiry
and discovery. Utilizing principles from a variety of traditions, with special emphasis on the Enneagram, imprisoning bars of addictive patterns are unlocked and doors to
a new life
open.
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Archive of Diane's show on VoiceAmerica
The Talk Radio Network
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 The 12 Step Model of
Recovery and Awakening
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 The 12 Step Model of
Recovery and Awakening Awakening is at the heart of 12 Step programs. In order to awaken we need to surrender to a power greater than our egos, our personalities
and our attempts at control. In 12 step language, we surrender to God--- as we understand God. I think of the 12 Steps as the basic structure of a mature spiritual
practice. You can surrender to your Buddha nature, or your Christ nature. You can surrender to a Truth greater than your own version of truth. You can surrender to the
Life-force that shows itself in the beauty of a sunset or in the sweetness of a newborn. You can surrender to the yearning for Freedom that is in every one of us. The 12
Steps shows us a path. It's a path of re-covery, of re-membering our essential nature. How do I love? How do I forgive? How do I move beyond myself in service to others?
On this show, Darla shares her 16 years of experience exploring these questions through the 12 step model– and shares some of her answers.
About Diane
Diane Pendola is the Director and
Co-founder of Skyline Harvest, an Eco-Contemplative Center dedicated to fostering awareness of the sacred throughout
our human community
and the natural world. She is the author of The Lioness Tale and the popular online journal Earthlines.
From her time pursuing a degree in cross-cultural Religions to a Masters in Theology and Pastoral Ministry, she has been compelled to take the principles of
love, compassion and
kindness, fundamental to every spiritual tradition, and put them into practice. This led her to an act of civil disobedience, protesting nuclear weapons, which provided
her with
an inside look at our prison system. She has since committed her life to helping people, both inside and outside of prison, to access the spirit of liberation within them.
In order
to be an ever more trustworthy mentor and transparent window to this liberating spirit she has sought her own transformation through prayer and meditation, hypnotherapy,
Gestalt
Awareness Practice and the Enneagram, all of which she now teaches and practices in her life and work. She has created an in-prison transformational program, based on her
book The
Lioness Tale, that complements this radio show. Her message is that Love can transform what the absence of love created. She knows all things are possible through the Love
that
resides at the center of our expanding universe and at the center of our human hearts.
Contact Diane
Diane Pendola skyline@gotsky.com
Skyline
Harvest,
An Eco Contemplative Center
PO Box 338
Camptonville, Ca. 95922
Telephone 530-288-0308
