We lied. We are not at war. There is no enemy. This is a rescue operation.
―GRANT MORRISON, The Invisibles

Across many different indigenous cultures, there are different terms for the same cannabilistic mind virus humans become vulnerable to when we start to see ourselves as separate from and superior to the rest of life on Earth and from each other.

When we are overtaken by the mind virus (wetiko), we become possessed by a need for endless consumption, even at the expense of ourselves and all of life on Earth. Sound familiar?

Just like the cold virus however, wetiko is more of a teacher than it is an evil, possessing spirit. Cold viruses tend to infect us when our immune system is already low. We are more likely to get sick when we haven’t been sleeping, are eating poorly, aren’t exercising, and/or are overworked. We can see a cold as a signal that it’s time for some deep restoration.

Similarly, wetiko begins to grow in power within us when we haven’t been tending to our souls—when we haven’t been engaging in practices that remind us of our connection to our environment and all living things; when we don’t have practices that help us to align with the energy of our purpose; when we aren’t tending our minds, bodies, emotions, and spirits and have become disconnected from our authenticity and our ability to form intimate relationships with others.

During this talk Langston and Christina will share some of the principles and skills they have learned for immunizing against the mind virus during their co-leading (by council) animist community for over a decade. We will also talk about Langston’s upcoming course, Energy Body Mastery where these essential skills will be taught. We will then open the call for Q&A.