TBT About Going Wild - Ep. 36: "Activation is an Ancestral Gift"

Activation Meditation or Sensory Activation practices align with the Aboriginal practice of 'dadirri' from the Daly River region of Australia. Learn the similarity of the practices, and perhaps learn more to enrich your own activation practice. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome to Truth be Told about Going Wild. I'm your host,
Robert Hensley, and this is the podcast inspired by the
principles of personal rewilding. When I lead a group, especially
in an outdoor activity, I like to try to begin
things with a short meditation for grounding, followed by a

(00:31):
short practice for something that we call full body activation
or just activation or sensory activation. It is a practice
that allows us to really connect with our five senses.
So we begin by observing what we can see, what
we can hear, what we can feel, what we can smell,

(00:56):
and even what we can taste. Doing that, by activating
those five senses and observing those things individually, we are
centered in our body and it makes things like forest bathing,
when we need to be very mindful and observant. It

(01:18):
makes it more present, more mindful. And today I was
doing some some research and ended up down a rabbit
hole and found a concept called the d d right.
It's spelled like it might be pronounced the deary. It's

(01:41):
d A d I r r I, but it's pronounced
daddy and it is a deep Aboriginal practice from the
Daily River region of Australia, and Daddy is a word
that means inner, deep listening, quiet, still awareness, and waiting.

(02:06):
And this spiritual practice is one of contemplation and connection
to self, to others, to nature. And it's often described
as a deep inner spring calling for stillness and reflection,
and it is seen as as a unique gift from
this indigenous culture for peace and wholeness. Again, it is

(02:29):
a mindfulness practice. It's about being present, it's about embracing
silence and allowing things to unfold naturally. And it is,
you know, one of those beautiful ancient traditions that really
reminds us how important it is to observe, to watch,

(02:50):
to listen, and to learn without being rushed or fast
forwarding through things. So what I've learned about d DD
today is that a huge part of this practice is
inner reflection. It's a call to foster self awareness and

(03:12):
inner peace. That it involves deep listening more than just hearing, right,
but a profound, respectful listening, not just to the words
that we are saying or that others might be saying,
but to the world and to the other beings on
the planet. Quiet stillness, this embrace of silence as a

(03:37):
space for renewal. Not that it's a place of emptiness,
but that it is the opposite, right, if we see
stillness as the opposite of kind of what we know
now as a modern life, this kind of hurried pace
that we keep. It also has to do with connection,

(03:57):
connection to place, to body, to spirit, to mind, to
the natural world, and all of that really kind of
kind of comes together through observation. And again, this is
a cultural gift. This is something that is seen as
a vital way for people to find healing and wholeness.

(04:20):
And I really really love the fact that this is
something that I've been including in my practices, in my
classes and in my activities without really knowing that it
was something that was already considered a sacred practice. So yeah,

(04:49):
this is really exciting for me. But for didity. How
this is practiced is it is suggested that we find
quiet moments in nature to simply be right. The importance
of being that we observe natural cycles seasons with patience,

(05:17):
That we allow the world around us to observe us right,
not that we stop observing it, but that we also
allow ourselves to be still enough that other beings can
observe us, That we listen to really hear, you know,

(05:44):
like a deep listening, that we're listening to the natural
world around us, to the sounds of nature, but also
that we listen to the stories and songs and things
that honor the natural world around us, any of those
things that pass on ancestral knowledge. But more than anything, really,

(06:07):
it's being present and aware and allowing our feelings and
insights to arise without being forced. Again, we're hurried. This
is again the DDY And if you'd like to learn
more about that, you can look that up online. Dad

(06:28):
announced and there is a lot of really beautiful things
written about this practice. And again I'm glad that it
is something that I now know has a name. Again
we've been calling it full body activation or sensational activation

(06:51):
or sense activation or just activation meditation. But yes, it's
something now that we know has a much stronger ancestral root.
That it is a cultural gift. And I hope that
even if you've, like I have been practicing something very similar,

(07:16):
that you take the time to learn about Daditi and
how you might deepen your own kind of activation practice
and learn more about something that is again ancestral knowledge.
Sink into it a little bit, learn more and maybe

(07:41):
enrich your own practice with this new knowledge. As always,
there are three opportunities each week for new content from
the Truth Be Told family of podcasts on the Club
Paranormal channel on YouTube. That is Tony Sweet with your
original Truth be Told every Friday at three pm pacificsic Eastern,
Bonnie Burkert on Wednesdays with Truth be Told, Transformation, and

(08:04):
of course me here with Truth be Told about Going
Wild every Monday, same time, three pm Pacific six Eastern.
And this is Christmas Week, so I will wish everyone
you'll tie blessings. I hope that you celebrate safely and merrily,

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and I hope that you're all thinking about all of
the good that will be coming in the new year.
And until next time,