Dharma Digs with Taylor Winchester - Accessing a Higher Plane via the Creative Arts - Ep. 26 - Karma Yoga

May 13, 2021

Ep. 27 - Chasing Light with Rebecca Gummere - Dharma Digs Podcast

This week's episode features a conversation with Rebecca Gummere, creative writer and author. Rebecca is a two-time Pushcart nominee and has been awarded three North Carolina Regional Artist Project Grants (2013, 2015, and 2018). She has also been the recipient of two Fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) and was selected to receive a 2017-2018 North Carolina Artist Fellowship for her memoir-in-progress about her recent nine-month cross-country pilgrimage. We talk a little about #vanlife journeys, her multi-disciplinary career experience, and closing the distance between her physical consciousness and the divine. Rebecca also shares a very personal and heartbreaking experience of the sudden loss of her infant son, and how that upended everything she knew about life, death, faith - and the thread that connects us all! Our segment two quotes to ponder as you're tuning in are below: “I want God to be real. I need there to be Someone in charge, and I need there to be a heaven, some place where I know my baby is safe and cared for and loved. I think back to when I was a child, moments when I sensed a presence—at 8, seated between my mother and sister in a church pew, the sun painting my leg in reds and golds and blues, believing God was somehow in that dance of color; at 12, perched on a hillside as a wild wind stirred then quieted in the field behind me, and then in the utter stillness came the piercing call of one lone bird, sending chills over my skin, the very voice of God in my ear.” - pulled from Cooper's Heart | The Oprah Magazine “Light, then dark, dark, then light. Isn’t this the flow of life? We soar, we stumble and fall. We rise, we sink. Still, the world welcomes us in bright moments such as these, hope arriving in unexpected ways to lift us once again.” - Lifted Blog Entry Rebekah's segment three shares are: OASIS - Boone, Nc - Opposing Abuse with Service, Information and Shelter: OASIS has a philosophy of empowerment, which means we believe every survivor is able to make the best decisions for herself or himself if given the support and resource referrals. We never tell anyone what she or he should do. Instead, we help brainstorm ideas and look together at possibilities. We work closely with other helping agencies and can help survivors identify the different avenues of support available to them. Show Links: https://www.rebeccagummere.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rgummere/ https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.gummere/ https://twitter.com/rgummere Connect on IG: www.instagram.com/dharmadigs www.instagram.com/taylorwinchestercreates Thanks as always for stopping by and tuning in, I hope you enjoy this episode! love & light ✨, tw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dharmadigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dharmadigs/support

1 hr 3 min

One who shirks in action does not attain freedom; no one can gain perfection by abstaining from work. Indeed, there is no one who rests for even an instant; all creatures are driven to action by their own nature.

~ Krishna (The Bhagavad Gita)