Words From the Brotherhood of Light

Unity.

Unity is an archetype we have chosen to hold on the playa. This is a
responsibility on us, as a community, to come to terms with what Unity
is.

Unity is. Unity is us. There is no you, or me, or rock or planet or
stars, only us. That is Unity. It neither attracts nor repels; it
simply is, and it is for us to know this. We may be ignorant of Unity,
or dwell in it, but we cannot be other than what we are, One. Least of
all can there be a Pantheogenesis or an Entheon, or a Jiffy Lube for
that matter; these are reflections of ideas on a deep pool, seen in
our dreams. Unity is what Is.

We have chosen Unity, or it has chosen us. We must be true to it. Let
us take a moment to be aware of Unity. Let us be aware of Unity as the
rays of the Sun, which give us our common vision. As the air we
breathe, passing through and transforming us, stoking our fire. As the
water we drink, and bathe in, and splash about, which moves through us
all from cloud to ocean in the sacred cycle of the Moon. In the food
which gives us sustenance, which carries the light of the Sun within
us that we may have motion and heat and create as is our nature.

the Heart

The Heart is also a space we hold, and hopefully hold dear, on the
playa which is, for ephemeral moments, our home. We must dwell in the
Heart. Our actions must flow from the Heart. We have taken on that
debt.

The Heart. The Heart! Sacred rhythm, that sends us out into the world
and always, infallibly, brings us home. The Heart attracts, always; we
can hearken the call, or reject it. That is our choice, but our paths
lead back to the Heart, always, always. This rhythm sustains us,
carries us across the great water. In the Heart all is in balance, in
the Heart all prayers are heard. When we stand around the Heart we
stand together, each of us one, together. The mystery of incarnation
is revealed in the Heart; there dwells a temple, vast as a cavern, but
full of sweetness, and glistering with gentle light.

In the Heart we can meet the Beloved. This space is our great gift to
the community of artists and visionaries which has given us so much. I
am honored to participate with you in the creation of this sacred
space.

You are my friends and lovers. I invite you to stand with me, in your
bodies of light, around the Heart, which lives in each of our hearts.
We can meet there, and there in the presence of the Beloved, and the
spirits and the sacred ancestors, we can laugh, and touch, and see
each other as what we are, achingly gorgeous, raw spirit, in love with
itself and everything.

There is nothing we cannot accomplish; everything is already done. We
have only to play.

In love and unity,

-sam atman