Garden of Visionary Play

Words have power. Use them wisely. Especially when describing “the-other” August 27, 2020 – Posted in: Essay

Reading Time: 7 minutesWords have power. Use them wisely. Especially when describing “the-other” I approach you in the spirit of building bridges. I am aware me speaking about my own skin colour can be distorted/used to further flame fires of separation amongst humanity. I write these words from my heart to yours to spark deeper inquiry about the word used by” well-intentioned woke humans” in the name of ” inclusion” to describe the experiences of humans called People…

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Raiding the Inarticulate – On Metamorphosis July 2, 2020 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minute“..the deep benefit, of meeting places in our own mind-body-soul, where our seduction, sexuality, sensuality, & eros, are also invited & given full permission to connect with, our presence, awareness, & consciousness non-judgmentally especially in embodiment, alone, with another, or in group, is oftentimes at first, the vulnerability of starkly confronting, how mere knowing from the mind. is eventually meaningless. exerting only control & expectation, over our inner & outer worlds, is another…

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Path of the daring April 8, 2020 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minute“..knowing is eventually, meaningless, what can be truly meaningful, is being… feeling alive, communing with, the mystery of spirit, the electric fire of lightning… embodying ecstatic union, with our inherent divinity, vibrating the dark light of non-duality, the path of the daring…. marinating in the unknown center of darkness, around which, the worlds of spirit, and the worlds of matter turn… cultivating the arts, of the body-mind temple, going through &…

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The story of Love Movement Evolution & the Spirit of Intimacy January 9, 2020 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: 5 minutesOffering invitations to reveal, feel, & transform aspects of self into greater authenticity. Love Movement Evolution, a project created by Bynoi Desouza in 2015 integrating consciousness, love, sexuality, soul & stillness. Bringing together embodying life-force-energy. Opportunities for individual & community self-inquiry, ritual, music & dance & community co-creations. Individual & collective creative expression informed by greater body, mind & soul awareness. Since 2015, Love Movement Evolution & Bynoi Desouza have facilitated, produced or co-created over 40+…

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In the dark places of wisdom August 29, 2019 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minutein dark places of wisdom, looking for erotic light, I was burned by the flames, of the dark goddess. control she said, is a poor substitute for awareness & erotic embodiment, delight instead in the delicious paradox, of having complete choice, and also, no choice at all. Let go of control, surrender to the ever present field of love, power & freedom, connect free will with divine will, choose what is chosen for you…

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Soul Doula – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHaving complete choice, and also no choice at all, is an exquisite paradox of life, I experience.. when I let go of control, surrender to the ever present field of love, freedom, & power, connect free will, with divine will when I trust, choose what is chosen for me, become curious & play, that I am playing with the course code of civilization itself…. – Binoy Image – Sam Madhu‘s reimagination of Kali…

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On living with a messy personality and becoming my own icon July 21, 2019 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minute..like the dangerous paradox, waging war for peace, persona development can also, reinforce the messy aspects of personality, solidifying rigid, conditioned, self-sabotaging, acquired patterns of being. In Latin, persona can be translated, as theatrical mask, and also a sheath to sound through. Sometimes, the persona, requires purification or dissolution, or being seeing, felt & heard, or tuning or mirroring…. or the resonance of vibration, beyond the scope of words to spell, before consenting…

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About the tantric temples of Khajuraho, the Yogini temples, & conflating Khajuraho with the Kama Sutra April 1, 2018 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: 5 minutesHow did a place like Khajuraho, way ahead of its time come into being? Traveling to sacred sites and energetic vortexes around the world , the tantric temples of Khajuraho have deeply touched me. Every facade – wall, window, pillar, and ceiling – of Khajuraho are painstakingly carved with beautiful, sensuous, and erotic art. YES, really erotic. The mysteries of sexuality, alongside other mysteries of the human experience are painstakingly scultped on the walls of the…

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Intimacy = in-to-me-see? November 26, 2017 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

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Dark Light: the golden shadow of crisis October 28, 2017 – Posted in: LaboratoryofVisionaryPlay

Reading Time: < 1 minutesometimes, crisis is us, throwing off the intensity, that we experience at the core of our being, complaining that we have been abandoned by God. when presence is held, the fire of crisis, in-tense-ity, can also kick-start, the process of involution. crisis can lead to revelation, which when integrated, produces alignment, which can trigger crisis again… staying present with, and not judging crisis, can sometimes let light, in through the cracks, illumination, this is not light…