The Rainbow Cavern sits a short walk from camp, tucked near the base of the gigantic tree where the huts are. It isn’t the geometric center of Jungle Island, but it is the place where I most often meet my Stillpoint. When I first discovered it, the Cavern was actually above the Stillpoint — there was a hatch in the floor with steps leading down to a chamber where a single, enormous eye watched the Stillpoint from below. I joined that eye many times, sitting beside it to look directly at the Stillpoint.
Then one night, everything shifted. The Cavern sank, the hatch disappeared, and the Stillpoint rose to hover directly above the seat on the dais. That’s how it remains now: immediate, present, unmistakably here.
What the Energy Feels Like
The walls carry a warm, electric flow — like the gentle tingling of a limb waking up, but without discomfort. The energy rises continuously, reflecting the movement of my entire Sparksphere: heartbeat, breath, incoming sparks, and the subtle currents I’m aware of and the ones I’m not.
The walls don’t respond to my mood; they mirror the whole system. I’ve never touched them — the focus is always the seat and the Stillpoint — but one day a hole opened in the stone and widened into a vast inner ear. Now the Cavern receives sound from the outside world, allowing me to listen deeply even while I’m far within.
Roll‑Call and the Gathering of Inner Resources
Every morning for the past seven years, I’ve held roll‑call here. All my inner resources gather around me as I sit on the dais. These include the archetypes — Kate, Omni, the Ancients (Mirror Frontier, Fusion, Action, Fission, Stillpoint), the Phases (versions of me at different ages), Cap, Penelope, and dozens more.
Each one is a pattern in my Gravitasphere that I’ve abstracted into a form I can interact with. There are over fifty of them now. Roll‑call sets the tone for the day. I always begin outdoors, sitting on the porch under the stars, then come inside to write before the world begins to move.
How the Cavern Relates to the Rest of Jungle Island
The Rainbow Cavern is part of the familiar territory — close to home, easy to reach — but unlike the rest of the island. Outside, everything is green and alive, paths must be found, and adventures unfold. Inside the Cavern, the walls are smooth, hard, and luminous. It is a sanctuary, a place that remains essentially unchanged except for the flow of energy, the sinking event, and the emergence of the ear.
What Happens When I Sit With the Stillpoint
Insight here doesn’t come from experience; it comes from direct transmission. Alignment is the moment when a pattern from the Stillpoint resonates through me — the “Ah‑ha,” the click, the sudden coherence. Time becomes the eternal now. It feels like holding a small, dimensionless center that somehow has weight, balance, and presence.
How Readers Can Find Their Own Stillpoint
Your Stillpoint is simply “me, here, now.” It’s always present. To visualize it on your own island, use Active Imagination: let it appear wherever it appears. It might be in a cavern today, a tree tomorrow, underwater the next. If you keep returning, the landscape will begin to settle and take shape.
Holding your Stillpoint feels like complete focus — a centered, balanced calm.