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Imaginal Activism: Exploring Cynthia Bourgeault’s Charge to Occupy the Essential Human Post with Heather Ruce was recorded live online May 8, 2025, hosted by The Contemplative Society. This purchase includes a Zoom video recording with a total running time of approximately 2.5 hours. In this online retreat, Heather Ruce invites participants into a deep exploration of Imaginal Activism—a term that names our sacred responsibility to bridge the earthly and imaginal realms as “surrendered beings who can exert force.” Drawing from Cynthia Bourgeault’s teaching to “occupy the essential human post,” Heather offers a contemplative framework for living with courage and coherence amid the turbulence of our time. We explore the human vocation as beings who exist intertidally—rooted both in this world and in the Kingdom of God co-arising within the Ray of Creation. Through teaching, guided practice, and reflection, participants are invited to strengthen their capacity for conscious presence and compassionate action, embodying the qualities of Whole True Human Selves who can respond creatively to the challenges of this evolutionary moment. As this is a LIVE recording you may notice some audio variability and background noise. Heather Ruce, M.A., facilitates Wisdom practice circles, groups, retreats, and Wisdom Schools focused on the Christian contemplative path. She offers guidance in embodied Wisdom and mindfulness practices, including Centering Prayer, Christian meditation, sacred chant, lectio divina, conscious work, and Gurdjieff Exercises and Movements—all in service of seeing through the heart. Her approach is informed by family systems therapy, depth psychology, and the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault in the Christian Wisdom tradition. Learn more at heatherruce.com .