# Sitting in the Fire and Finding the Light: Sourcing a Special Kind of Courage to Meet these Perilous Times with Joel and Michelle Levey

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Published: 2026-03-09T13:16:11+00:00
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## Resource

This special meditation session will focus on weaving together a profound blend of practices inspired by Longchenpa’s three excellences, along with other potent methods for awakening the special kind of courage, compassion, and spiritual strength needed in these challenging times. These perilous times challenge us all to source new depths of spiritual strength, wisdom, compassion, inspiration, and courage. This special meditation session will focus on weaving together a profound blend of practices inspired by Longchenpa’s three excellences, along with other potent methods for awakening the special kind of courage, compassion, and spiritual strength needed in these challenging times. Insight will also be drawn from the Leveys’ new book – Manual for the Awakening Warrior – which explores how these practices meet the real world of activism, social justice, and courageous earth stewarding for the benefit of all. (See: http://WisdomAtWork.com/LeveysAwakeningWarrior/)

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