Descending into Light
A Thirteen Threshold Journey
Descending into Light
The Sacred Art of Being Fully Human
Maritta Philp, M.D.
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Many paths of healing and awakening ask you to rise—above the wound, above the body, above the ordinary difficulty of being human.
This journey invites a different way of being.
It asks you to descend.
Thirteen thresholds, four movements
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The Sacred Art of Being Fully Human
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I
Turning Toward What Has Not Yet Been Met
II
Healing What Has Been Carried
III
Opening Into Life
IV
The Return
Movement One
Healing begins when we stop turning away from what is here.
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To be fully known and deeply loved is to remember who we have always been.
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