Behind the Mask of Safety

Maybe there’s no such thing as an individual. Just as we are made up of many internal parts, we are also formed by our external relationships. “I am because we are,” or Ubuntu, as the Bantu-speaking peoples of Southern Africa name it. But there’s a paradox: our capacity to show for healthy relationships is dependent on our capacity to live from a differentiated self. Why is it so hard to stay connected to our truest selves with those we depend on most? What might we have to risk to make more contact between the world and the self?

 

In Person Coffee Hour
Join us in the Social Hall for coffee and a snack or light lunch.