[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#7b3731″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/gw1hosting.com\/~tikkunbackup\/wp-content\/uploads\/TF-HDR_RhythmRitualRule.jpg” title_text=”TF-HDR_RhythmRitualRule” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”50px|0px|50px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”The Rhythm & Rituals of the Beloved Community of Tikkun Farm” content_max_width=”1001px” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”|||on|||||” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb content_max_width=”1001px” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”||on||||||” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Why Rhythm?<\/strong> Rhythm provides order and sanctifies time. The longing and need for rhythm are pervasive and universal. The Jewish celebration of the Sabbath speaks to the power of Rhythm to shape, hold and give meaning to people. \u201cDuring Sabbath the Jews, by keeping sacred rest, could maintain their spiritual ground wherever they were, even in protracted exile from their own country. \u2018It was not Israel that kept the Sabbath,\u2019 it is said, \u2018but the Sabbath kept Israel.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why Ritual?<\/strong> Rhythm and Ritual Belong Together<\/span><\/strong> The Rhythms and Rituals of the Community at Tikkun Farm<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> Rhythm and Ritual for Pilgrims on the Path of Becoming Fully Human [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb content_max_width=”1001px” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”||on||||||” custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Daily Rhythm Weekly Rhythm Monthly Rhythm Seasonal Rhythm Book Study, Discussion & Reflection (shared reading that helps us shift our perception and move into our wise mind)<\/b><\/p>\n Rhythms for the Human Journey [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/gw1hosting.com\/~tikkunbackup\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-stone-cairn.jpg” title_text=”black-stone-cairn” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb content_max_width=”1001px” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”||on||||||” custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Additional Rhythms and Rituals Over the Long Season on the Farm\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Daily Rhythm Weekly Rhythm Monthly Rhythm Seasonal Rhythm
<\/span>Wayne Mueller begins his book, Sabbath<\/i>, by naming the pervasiveness of rhythm. \u201cThere is a rhythm in our waking activity and the body\u2019s need for rest. There is a rhythm in the way the day dissolves into night, and night into morning\u2026 There is tidal rhythm, a deep, eternal conversation between the land the great sea.\u201d To live through a year, is to be submerged in a whole series of cycles which are all interrelated and influenced by one another. At the most basic level, we live within the rhythm of the universe as our planet moves around the sun. With every orbit our bodies grow; our lives encounter new milestones. This larger rhythm dictates seasonal rhythms that shape the growing season, the celebration of the sacred seasons, the daily rhythms of light and dark, work and rest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>Rituals are practices that gather us, grow us, heal us. They orient us and name important moments in our life story. Rituals matter especially during times of transition when a person\u2019s role and identity are shifting. Rituals carry us across thresholds into adulthood, marriage, and parenthood, when we find ourselves divorced or widowed, and on into retirement. They welcome us into the world, and shepherd as we\u2019re leaving. Some rituals mark the moments in our sacred communal story, and family rituals, like saying grace and birthday\/anniversary celebrations, remind us how sacred our everyday life is. Rituals strengthen the community that shares in them because they create moments of connection and a shared narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>Rhythm, like a clock, creates the order that rituals need to occur. Rituals, the numbers on the clock, sanctify time with prayers and blessing, festivals, confessions, welcomings and good-byes. Together they create a sacred order that holds us and grows us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>There are common rhythms and practices that help us grow into our wise mind. While some rituals are practiced individually and others are shared communally, the fact that we practice them, wherever we are, reminds us that we share a common journey. In addition to rituals that support pilgrims on the growing path, Tikkun Farm offers additional opportunities for worship, prayer, and spiritual practice that nurture the spiritual lives pilgrims.<\/p>\n
<\/b>These rhythms and rituals serve two purposes:<\/p>\n\n
<\/b>Centering Prayer\/Meditation (ideally twice a day, once is good)
Gratitude (name at least five specific experiences that blessed your day)<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/b>Sabbath (choose a day of the week when you will rest, play, create and not live by a schedule)<\/p>\n
<\/b>Community Meal (2x\/month) (a time to cook together, share our stories, break bread and bless one another)
Community Work (an opportunity to do more together, than we can do alone)
Community Sacred Gathering* (meditation, chanting, reflection)
Anam Cara (meeting monthly with a spiritual companion or spiritual director<\/a>)<\/p>\n
<\/b>Retreats<\/p>\n\n
<\/b>Blessings of Welcomings and Good-byes for those choosing the Wisdom Path<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/b>Yoga<\/a> (offered morning and evening)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/b>Sacred Circle (a participatory sacred gathering with shared reflection)<\/p>\n
<\/b>Soul Collage<\/a> (a contemplative, creative process for listening for our deeper truth)
Lunar Drum Circle<\/a> (an opportunity to the honor presence of God in creation)<\/p>\n
<\/b>Retreats<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n