The Second Tenant: Bearing Witness (Part 2, Auschwitz 2: Listening to the Land at Birkenau)
Author's Note: It has taken me a long time and a lot of energy to process the trip as a whole. Writing about it is both exhausting and relieving, and I have been giving myself space to engage with this heavy information and experience at a pace that feels natural and not forced. I had to take a full month totally disengaged from thinking about it before I could even start this piece, and other things in life have taken precedent over me finishing it until now. But here it is--a labor of love. Thanks for your patience and presence for this and please continue tuning in as more reflection on this powerful journey finds its way to words. ~~~ The Catholic Priest from The Center for Dialogue and Prayer speaks to the circle of us—a packed and diverse room of people: Buddhists and non-Buddhists, Jewish and German people, Polish, Finnish, Puerto Rican people; people from France, from the United States, from Russia; people of unspoken backgrounds and beliefs. We are all here to
