Luminous Darkness: The Power of Embracing the Unknown

Discover a sacred space of hidden wisdom and spiritual depth

We often think of the darkness as an absence of light, but the darkness – we discover through practice – offers a unique invitation and restorative medicine.

Darkness – both physical and symbolic – reveals the unknown and embodies depth, making space for new discoveries, transformation, and insight. Darkness offers the gentle quiet we need to pause, listen deeply, and connect with what is hidden within us.

When we embrace the darkness as our teacher, we begin to realize that the darkness itself contains the potential for new perspectives, inner vision, and the integration of all parts of ourselves. Here, within this deep restfulness, we nurture a vital relationship with the unknown, reclaiming it as a sanctuary of growth, wonder, and fierce compassion.

This will be our practice in a *Live* 2-part series led by senior dharma teacher and author of Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown, Deborah Eden Tull.

Together we will engage in meditation, deep listening, somatic inquiry, relational mindfulness, guided visualization, and dharma discussion with the intention of befriending the night and exploring the invitation of Endarkenment alongside Enlightenment.

“The first step to understanding endarkenment is to become curious about darkness beyond your familiar associations. Be open to what you don’t know that you don’t know . . . about darkness and light, about your- self, about the mystery itself. We can learn to meet the unknown and the experience of not knowing with an open and humble heart, much more full of wonder and willingness than fear.” –Deborah Eden Tull

Module 1: Befriending the Night - An Invitation to Endarkenment

Deborah Eden Tull - Luminous Darkness - Befriending the Night

In our first week together, Eden invites us to gently release our fear-based perceptions of darkness and instead open to its wisdom.

Through practices like meditation and deep listening, we will learn to soften into the unknown with curiosity and presence.

Darkness is not an absence but a doorway to greater depth and insight. As we move away from resistance, we come to recognize the beauty of uncertainty as an essential part of our spiritual unfolding.

Module 2: Embracing the Shadows - Transformation and Collective Wholeness

Deborah Eden Tull - Luminous Darkness - Embracing the Shadows

In our second week together, we will journey deeper into shadow work, embracing both our personal and collective shadows as pathways to healing.

Using relational mindfulness, dharma discussion, and somatic inquiry, we will cultivate fierce compassion and learn to hold the challenges of life with grace.

Here, we turn toward the unknown, meeting it as an ally for personal and planetary transformation, allowing it to illuminate our inner and outer landscapes with clarity and wisdom.

Praise for Eden's Teachings

Deborah Eden Tull - Luminous Darkness: The Power of Embracing the Unknown

“Eden is an authentic, gentle, compassionate and wise teacher. I first heard her teaching on Worldwide Insight and she has become my favorite teacher since… I am so grateful to you Eden. This work continues to benefit my relationship with self, my partner, children, family, friends, client’s in my psychotherapy practice and beyond.”

“Deborah Eden Tull is an extraordinary innovator and thought leader in the field of mindfulness. Her varied and impactful teachings span from mindful inquiry to engaged practice. She emphasizes and beautifully communicates integrating teachings from her monastic training into everyday life. She is an amazing teacher with many gifts to offer the world.”

“I found Eden’s online course to be life-changing and am still deeply feeling the effects of it in my life (months later). Both the course and Eden’s quality of teaching and being, have shifted things in me. My relationships with lover, friends, family and strangers are benefiting and I’m more able to be brave and true to my authentic self… Eden’s course has given me invaluable tools for allowing my vulnerability, hearing what my needs are and meeting myself with compassion.”

“Eden’s teachings are life-changing and vital to deepening and embodying my practice. Through subtle and skillful inquiry, Eden helps me to hear my deeper self and notice conditioned habits and thought patterns that I was truly unaware of. This has pointed me toward much greater freedom in my life. Her ability to hear the deeper issues behind what is being spoken is amazing. She is a truly wonderful teacher who models acceptance, empathy, courage, and loving kindness.”

Live Series Details

Deborah Eden Tull - Senior Dharma Teacher

Live Interactive Sessions

Eden will lead both Sunday sessions to include insightful teachings, guided group practice and an open discussion forum for students to ask questions and receive support.

Practical Tools & Takeaways

Eden will teach us simple meditation and mindfulness practices that we can easily incorporate into our daily lives and relationships, such as somatic inquiry and deep listening.

Community Connections

Your journey will be in community with other practitioners around the world via our interactive course platform. As you move through each module, course guides will facilitate discussions, answer questions, and provide resources and support.

Lifetime Access

All teachings, meditations and Q&A's will be recorded, published and archived on our interactive course platform. Video recordings will be permanently available for you to come back to as many times as you like in the future.

Schedule

Dates & Times

Module 1: Sunday, Dec 1, 2024 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST / 5:00 pm GMT / 6:00 pm CET (90 mins)

Module 2: Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST / 5:00 pm GMT / 6:00 pm CET (90 mins)

Replays will be posted in the days afterwards for those who cannot attend live.

About Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation/mindfulness teacher, author, spiritual activist, and sustainability educator. She spent seven years as a monastic at a silent Zen Monastery, and has been immersed in sustainable communities for 25 years.

Eden’s teaching style is grounded in compassionate awareness, non-duality, mindful inquiry, and an unwavering commitment to personal transformation. She teaches dharma intertwined with post-patriarchal thought and practices, resting upon a lived knowledge of our unity with the more than human world. She also facilitates The Work That Reconnects, as created by Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy.

Eden has been practicing meditation for the past 30 years and teaching for over 20 years. She is the author of three books, The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution (2010), Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet (2018), and Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown (2022). She lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina and offers retreats, workshops, leadership trainings, and consultations internationally. Click here to learn more about Deborah Eden Tull.

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