For anyone wishing to lead others into the practice of RadJoy, this exercise can be an opening into the experience. It offers a gentle, yet meaningful, way of crossing over the threshold into the altered space of any wounded place. It combines powerful ceremony with honest personal sharing. And it offers people a framework for their tangled emotions, while acknowledging that these emotions are shared by all of us.
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