i love celebrating the obon festival every summer when we honor our ancestors’ journeys… i love moments of darkness as a powerful space for seeing the great beyond inside of ourselves and reflecting this sight outward… this year, it’s especially poignant for me since i’ve been spending so many days in darkness… i love seeing this time of healing blindness as an extended obon festival, a beautiful time of communion with ancestors…. thousandfold thanks for deepening the spirit path into great mystery…