Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.

Albert Einstein

Dear Michael,

For many years I thought of myself as a teacher. I taught in schools, organizations, workshops, seminars, and online programs. Lately, I’ve been questioning this teaching role that I have taken on. Many things need to be taught, like how to drive a car, read and write, run a machine, or play an instrument. But, as Einstein said, “Information is not knowledge.” I’ve come to believe that teaching, while important in many areas, can detract from experiential learning, co-discovery, and going beyond the confines and limitations of our current beliefs and expectations.

My editor took one of the trauma stories I had written and rewrote it, using my exact words but putting it in the first-person perspective. Then she had me read it. I couldn't do it because the tears and emotions that came up were too overwhelming. From this, I realized that my story was protecting me from feeling the unintegrated pain of what happened in the past, keeping it safely stored in the tension of my body. Trauma integration and healing are based on feeling the unexperienced physical and emotional pain from the past. Our stories can become protection from things that are no longer happening in our lives.

We learn our belief systems as very little children and then move through life, creating experiences to match our beliefs. Look back on your own life and notice how often you have gone through the same experience.

Louise Hay

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This Month on WE Earth Radio

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

with John Perkins

In his role as chief economist for a major US consulting firm, John Perkins believed he was doing recipient countries a favor by forecasting pie-in-the-sky benefits of building large infrastructure projects. But he came to consider himself an “economic hit man” (EHM) when the projects only served the US corporate empire and a few wealthy families in the debtor nations.

Don't miss this captivating look at the underbelly of US Capitalism.

The Rhythms of Relating

 A Collaborative Exploration into the 5Rhythms and Relational

~ Systemic Constellations 

with Michael Stone & Courtney Wren-Mabbut 

May 18th @ 5 pm PT

Click here to reserve your FREE pass!

Through our e-motions, energy in motion, we will dance into a deepening inner relationship with our most authentic selves. Followed by a Relational Constellations process where we explore the 5Rhythms map of ways of being, how those come into relationship with one another, and how they then influence the ecosystems of our lives. 

For more information go to:

Courtney Wren-Mabbut - https://www.courtneywrenmabbutt.com/

Michael Stone - https://www.welloflight.com/ 

Book of the Month

Confessions of An Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

From the time of our founding as a nation, Americans have justified the subjugation of others in order to advance our pursuit of wealth and power. Ideas ingrained in our national psyches, such as “Success is measured by short-term profits, stock prices, and trade balances,” are integral to the propaganda machine politicians and corporate leaders — the “corporatocracy” — use to plunder the resources of lower-income countries. Today, both China and the US have exploited such countries by “partnering” on large infrastructure projects that soon result in downward-spiraling debt for the recipient countries, leaving them extremely vulnerable to the creditor countries. 

Video of the Month

Inquiry Based Learning with Harry Potter

Upcoming Programs

• The CORE (Community, Organizing, Resourcing & Empowerment Group) is an ongoing online program for people who want to do the deeper spiritual and trauma integration work. In this advanced program we continue to deepen our ability to transcend our sense of separate self and develop the skills of Relational Intimacy, Authentic and Embodied Communication, Post Traumatic Healing, and Community Organizing... To apply for this program you must have a regular meditation practice and fill out this confidential application. Michael will then set up a zoom interview to see if this is a fit for you and the group.

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About Michael Stone

Michael Stone is a spiritual author, mentor, shamanic practitioner, radio host, producer, and trauma integration facilitator who co-creates individual and group environments and experiences that support people in transcending the myth of separation, and experiencing deep and profound interconnection with others and all of life. He has been teaching and leading experiential events, classes, teleseminars and workshops on Organizational Development, Embodied Shamanism, Moving Meditation, Mysticism, Relational Intimacy, Personal Growth, Trauma Integration and Spiritual Fulfillment for over 40 years. www.WellofLight.com

Soul Remembering and Restoration: Rediscovering Our Essential Goodness

• Somatic Trauma Integration Facilitation
• Group & Couples Counselling
• Movement & Meditation Experiences

To meet the financial and emotional challenges of our time Michael is now offering a sliding scale for therapeutic sessions online & in person.

If you are interested in working with Michael you can set up a 15 minute introductory call here.

For more information click here.

Poetry Corner

Some Questions You Might Ask

Is the soul solid, like iron?

Or is it tender and breakable,

like the wings of a moth in the beak of the owl?

Who has it, and who doesn’t?

I keep looking around me.

The face of the moose is as sad

as the face of Jesus.

The swan opens her white wings slowly.

In the fall, the black bear

carries leaves into the darkness.

One question leads to another.

Does it have a shape? Like an iceberg?

Like the eye of a hummingbird?

Does it have one lung, like the snake and the scallop?

Why should I have it, and not the anteater who loves her children?

Why should I have it, and not the camel?

Come to think of it, what about the maple trees?

What about the blue iris?

What about all the little stones, sitting alone in the moonlight?

What about roses, and lemons, and their shining leaves?

What about the grass?



Mary Oliver

with love and blessings,

Michael & the Well of Light Team

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