#32 | Way of the Graceful Warrior - Gary Dillon (Kekoanui)
“It’s the capacity of our human energetic bodies to find the entire universe in a moment, in a place in your breath, in the breath of life.”
My guest today is Gary Dillon, a mentor of many years and man I consider deeply grateful to know.
I first met Gary in through the Orphan Wisdom school, and have discovered that Gary’s rich and varied life has taken him through many pathways and modalities: including learning the traditional Hawaiian art of Lomilomi bodywork, transformational movement therapy, and the arts of sacred intimacy.
In our conversation today, Gary shares how he was given the name Kekoanui, which means A Warrior of Aloha. We explore the tale of Eros & Psyche and the dynamic nature of divinity, and we speak of the role of memory and beauty, as nourishment for the mythological World Tree.
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SHOW NOTES
The practice of Lomilomi
The etymology of miracle
Story of the name Keakoanui, The great warrior of love
Names call you to a higher version of yourself
Finding the Jesuit Order
The nature of Eros
By the shooting of the arrow, a relationship is made
Grief and the surprise of divinity
Wrestling the masculine
What befall a people…
The willingness to experiment
On memory and the World Tree
Crossing the river of forgetting
“Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.”
A masculine grace
The conquistadors in Peru
A plea on behalf of love
