Michael Regan I Soul Work & Coaching

During the final stages of writing Open Mind, Wild Heart, a dream presented a new edition of a pioneering leadership book from many years ago. But the cover is made of hand crafted, green leather with gold lettering that is used in ancient holy texts - like a synthesis of two domains of human knowledge that have been held apart for too long, and that this book brings together in a modern, personal way.

During the final stages of writing Open Mind, Wild Heart, a dream presented a new edition of a pioneering leadership book from many years ago. But the cover is made of hand crafted, green leather with gold lettering that is used in ancient holy texts - like a synthesis of two domains of human knowledge that have been held apart for too long,

and that this book brings together in a modern, personal style.

The first section of the book describes a subtle nudge from within to leave my managerial consulting career to place love at the center of my life and creative work. That private, confidential act of will was followed by a few strange coincidences, a personal loss, and a wrenching ordeal that stripped away the armor that I carried to protect myself from the harshness of the world and opened me to a cosmic love that holds the suffering of the world and makes it holy.

In a state of raw, naked openness and intimacy, one conversation led to another, doors opened where they did not exist, and I began creating a reverential space for nonprofit leaders and social innovators to articulate the vision of their own hearts and to launch new projects that support and empower people who are living on the margins

of our society.

The second section describes how despite working with talented, dedicated people around the country, my sense of a deeper potential in the unseen led me to an experimental leadership gathering where I was drawn beyond the senses into the most fundamental level of reality, where the entire cosmos awoke, remembered its intrinsic, liberated nature, and unleashed tremendous bursts of laughter into the room.

When my awareness returned to the human vantage point, I was elated that such a radical, divine potential still exists in our time. Yet senior consultants and guides dismissed the radical new knowledge that we generated for the leadership arena, so I held the details close to the vest and returned home to explore the implications for my life and work.

The third section describes leaving a multicultural, urban neighborhood for the high desert, a massive influx of dreams, and the challenges and delight of giving birth to original work during an increasingly polarizing time in the world. This section uses the wisdom of dreams to explore various thresholds that I encountered in the embodiment work, and the role of robust physicality in finding balance in my character type, so that the vision of a deeper consciousness and love can become a stronger force on the planet.

May we rise to the occasion.

Michael Regan

October 9, 2024