The Guest House

with Andrew Kenneth Fretwell

This poem by a great Sufi mystic Rumi beautifully expresses the power and purpose behind all of Inner Alchemy: When we have a strong center, a strong Earth, we can welcome all. In my experience this is really the true purpose of being human. To be able to bring everything into the center, to be able to digest and cook from the myriad experiences of our life.

This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~Rumi

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Andrew Kenneth Fretwell

Andrew Kenneth Fretwell's role in the world currently is as a Soul Alchemist and Spiritual fulfillment facilitator. He regularly holds space for the transformation of groups and individuals through his practical clarity around the multidimensionality of the human experience.

He is the founder and creator of WU JI GONG.ORG www.wuji-gong.org a dedicated and committed worldwide community that is inspiring and educating humanity on how to awaken self-love by grounding and crystalizing the multi-dimensional high vibrational essence self (SOUL) and integrating it within the body/mind.

He has also the founder and creator of Original Feeling Touch www.oft-touch.com a revolutionary healing modality specifically designed to create a safe space to get in touch, feel and accept unresolved hidden feelings so that our natural authentic self can be revealed and expressed naturally.

Andrew has literally held healing space for over five thousand bodies in the last 35 years and has also trained many other professional therapists in the OFT approach. Andrew’s experiential knowledge of the emotional anatomy of the body/mind has been instrumental in supporting bodyworkers from many different disciplines.

Andrew also has a one on one counseling/mentoring practice where his main area of focus is in supporting and clarifying each individual's understanding of their Soul's higher evolutionarily purpose for this current life. https://wuji-gong.org/soul-breakthrough-mentoring/

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