All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. Look below for helpful links.

7:00 to 7:30 am – Centering Prayer – Rev. Anne Blanchard
Centering Prayer is a method designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true and, in turn, abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.

8:30 to 9:00 am ET – Contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening – A Daily Devotional Practice – With Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross
This daily, year-long devotional program will be focusing on contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening. The group will meet every morning at 8:30 am ET for 30 minutes to share our insights from the previous day’s contemplation with our inner teacher.  This Devotional program is hosted by Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross.

 3:00 to 4:00 pm – Nisargadatta Maharaj: Contemplating “I Am That” – Facilitated Rev. Anne Blanchard
While the impetus for this program was born from the power and the clarity of the practice of the Minster Preparation Program curriculum, “The Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj” in which his pointings were contemplated, the desire is to share in this practice with all at Awakening Together regardless of any prior familiarity with the teachings of this Indian Master. So whether you have taken the MPP class or are brand new to these teachings, you are warmly invited to join in and see how Nisargadatta speaks to you.

7:00 to 7:30 am – Centering Prayer – Sami Ross
Centering Prayer is a method designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true and, in turn, abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.

This 90-minute program follows the guidelines he set for his students.   It will be 5 minutes of silent meditation, listening to a 1-hour teaching, 5 more minutes of silence,  then 15-20 minutes for the group to discuss the experience. Rev Cyndi has been listening to these audios daily for over 4 months now and has been moved to share them with all of us.

7:30 pm Sanctuary is closed
All times are Eastern Standard Time 
Direct links to join us:
Enter the Sanctuary or see the complete listing of speakers.
How to Enter the Sanctuary

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. Look below for helpful links.

7:00 – 7:30 am – Centering Prayer – With Rev. Anne Blanchard
Centering Prayer is a method designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true and, in turn, abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.

 7:30 – 8:30 am – Being Aware of Awareness Meditation – Led by Rev. Anne Blanchard
One of the core practices of the Awakening Together community is Awareness Watching Awareness meditation. Those words can inspire as much confusion for some as they do clarity of purpose for others. This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no-place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Rev. Anne will lead participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness Meditation. Rev. Anne Blanchard  facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

8:30 – 9:00 am – Contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening – A Daily Devotional Practice with Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross
This program is a daily, year-long devotional practice that focuses on contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening.  This group will meet every morning at 8:30 am ET for 30 minutes to share our insights from the previous day’s contemplation with our inner teacher.  The facilitators are Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross.

11:30 am – Willingness – with Sami Ross
During this half hour we will listen together, either in meditation or contemplation, with eyes opened or closed, as a beautiful prayer of willingness is spoken. We will notice without judgement what is present, the “yesses” and the “noes”, with open curiosity.

12:00 pm – I Think, Therefore…  – Rev. Cyndi Krupp
In this program, Rev. Cyndi will explore how we can use the Conditioning Loop (What I think, I see, what I see, I experience, what I experience I think) to shine a light on how the little self works to keep us in the dark. She will be using personal stories, contemplations, and wisdom teachings. Join Cyndi in using the world that we see and the thoughts that we think to Awaken Together.

12:30 pm – Living The Undefended Surrender Experiment – Rev. Rhoda Makled
With humor, love, and open-hearted awareness, Rev. Rhoda Makled explores her own take on the Surrender Experiment as coined by Michael Singer. Raw, authentic, and faithfully she is uncovering the path to living in the undefended Heart.

Rev. Rhoda digs into topics she is exploring in her life such as what it means to live the experiment of being surrendered. Feeling every feeling and seeing every thought she can, Rhoda shares the journey of studying, journaling, contemplating, being inspired by, and surrendering to Truth. Inspired by so many teachers including those here at Awakening Together, Rhoda shares her contemplations and invites you to come and discuss your experience with your own surrender experiment. This undefended dialogue with Inner Wisdom is just one more way to observe, as the self is undone–the intention being to leave space only for awareness of Awareness and release everything that covers Truth.

In this program, Rev. Rhoda explores the teachings of Michael Singer, Regina Dawn Akers, Paul Hedderman, Roger Castillo, Helen Hamilton, and many more.

1:00 pm –  Anne will not be with us today: Unfiltered – Rev. Anne Blanchard
Rev. Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface.

2:00 pm – Devotional Non-Duality – Joseph Schmitz
Joseph invites us to delve deeper into the unknown, embracing the journey with curiosity, love, and trust.

Dr. Hawkins wrote that “…the essential required qualities needed for following the pathway of nonduality are humility, surrender, and devotional dedication to the pathway.”

Awakening Together is an assembly of equals joined in a common purpose: awakening to one true Self. While many teachings remind us that we already are that Self—unchanging, whole, and complete—why does it often feel so difficult to live from that as our direct experience?

One suggestion is that it is due to the fear of the unknown. No matter how challenging the circumstances of life might be, it’s still mostly familiar territory in that it’s “my” life, these are “my” circumstances, and this is “my” territory.

Exploring unknown territories can be both dangerous and adventurous. We will journey ever deeper into the unknown guided by the wisdom of spiritual teachers such as Dr. David Hawkins, Angelo DiLullo, Regina Dawn Akers, Adyashanti, as well as the insights found in music, poetry, and the intuitive wisdom within us all.

2:30 pm – CSI: Back to Basics – Rev. Doreen Bonnet
Join Rev. Doreen Bonnet as she uses the tools of CSI….contemplation, silence (meditation), and inquiry. Using her spiritual aspiration as a pointer, Doreen calls upon Inner Wisdom to navigate life and share her discoveries.

3:00 pm – Sangha Led Contemplations – Hosted by  Rev. George Maddox
Please join us as we continue to contemplate Out of the Stillness & The Seven Steps to Awakening.  Each week, we will share from Regina Dawn Akers’ published journal, Out of the Stillness. It was written as a personal journal over 8½ years as she contemplated quotes from spiritual masters and practiced the insight she realized through contemplation. The quotes Regina contemplated were collected by Michael Langford and published in The Seven Steps to Awakening. Both books are used in this program.

A new facilitator will also be assigned each week. Please email Jo-Ann if you feel to volunteer as a facilitator at  [email protected].  The facilitator will be the one to facilitate the program during the following week. The facilitator will lead by reading the quotes, calling on participants who wish to share their contemplations. They may also share their contemplations if so moved. To be a facilitator you will need both books.

Any questions asked, will be posed to the group and inner wisdom will be brought forth from the sangha in response. We invite anyone who feels called to join us as we step into the vision of a highly effective sangha.

4:00 – 5:30 pm – The Awakening Together Sanctuary Is Closed

5:30 – An Hour Tonight! A Lot to Say About Nothing – Rev. Billy Sintiris
In this weekly program, Rev. Billy will expand on Awakening Together’s Core Value Number One by utilizing inspirational writings by various authors, including awakened masters, poets, and personal guests. Words alone, being subject to duality, cannot transform in and by themselves. But when paired with seeing and looking within, we can go beyond their limits. “A Lot to Say About Nothing” is about surrendering self (personal identity). Words can only point to the Truth of the Whole Mind. He will look deeper into the many words used to take us home to the One. NOTE: This program will be an hour long on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, beginning a half an hour earlier at 5:30 ET.

6:30 pm – Last Class! Gentle Healing Year 3 – Facilitated by Rev. Sharon Hepburn
Rev. Sharon Hepburn guides committed students who would like to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. Year 3 is based on The Seven Steps to Awakening.

This group will continue in this hour next week with the title: ‘Directly Inward’. The description: A Group exploration of practices expanding from book learning to “Direct Experience.”  Facilitation will be in the Sangha-led model of rotating hosts each week. ALL ARE WELCOME~!

7:30 pm – Explorations of the Unbound – with Revs. Sharon Hepburn and Shawna Summers
Please join us for this half-hour program in the Sanctuary Explorations of the Unbound, which will be a live, spontaneous contemplation, between Revs. Shawna Summers and Sharon Hepburn. They will explore and unhinge what constricts the opening to the joyous movement of the unbound. This will be an ongoing weekly program.

8:00 – Joy Enfolding All in Love – Laura Joy Bedford
Join Laura Joy as she joins in wholeness and worthiness with the Presence of God’s Unconditional Love and our True Divine Self. Laura Joy shares what is alive in her awareness during the program and enfolds it in Love if it seems to be different from the astounding and eternal Love of the Divine, so that it is dissolved and the Light that had been invested in it is returned to Source. Participants are warmly invited to join and share in Divine Presence and in opening to what Divine Love is revealing.

8:30 pm Sanctuary Closed
All Times listed are Eastern Standard Time –  See helpful links below.
Enter the Sanctuary or see the complete listing of speakers.
How to Enter the Sanctuary

8:30 to 9:00 am – Contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening – A Daily Devotional Practice with Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross
This program is a daily, year-long devotional practice that focuses on contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening.  This group will meet every morning at 8:30 am ET for 30 minutes to share our insights from the previous day’s contemplation with our inner teacher.  The facilitators are Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross.

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time – See links below to join us in the Sanctuary

8:00 am – Centering Prayer – Sami Ross
Sami Ross leads us in Centering Prayer on the weekends! This method is designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true. In turn, we abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.

9:30 am – Prayer Circle hosted by Revs. Jane Sobel and Melody Brauninger
Jane and/or Melody will share a reading about prayer from different non-dual points of view or personal insight. Time will be given for participants to offer their prayer verbally to the group; a time for those wishing to offer their prayer in silence; and then time for everyone to be with all prayers as we sit in a virtual prayer circle.
Every other Sunday, 9:30-10:00am ET / 7:30-8:00am MT

10:15 am – Weekly Gathering – Rev. Anne Blanchard
Topic: Projection Makes Perception

Description: Dr Hawkins writes, “[t]he rationalizing mind prefers to keep the true causes of emotion out of awareness and utilizes the mechanism of projection to do this.” Join Rev Anne Blanchard as she shares how she is learning to observe this mechanism, is more consistently not falling for it, and is  able instead to discover the true causes of emotion.

Reading: Andrea Putnam will read from Dr David Hawkins’ book, Letting Go, an excerpt entitled, “Life Events And Emotions”.

11:30 am – Weekly Fellowship Time – Hosted by Rev. George Maddox
This is the time when Awakening Together joins together in fellowship as a community. We share what is on our hearts and minds from the recent homily or anything else that is truly inspiring us.

1. What does it really mean to have spiritual awakening as part of my path?
2. What is my unique path?
3. Why do parts of my path feel uncomfortable?
4. How do I navigate the uncomfortable parts?
5. Where is the inherent bliss and joy on my path that spiritual awakening says is there? How do I access it now?
6. Why does my bliss come and go? Why do the bad parts always come back?
7. How do I get “unstuck” if I’ve been on this path many years and yet still have the same issues I’ve always had?
8. What is “Self-will” and why do I need to pay attention to it in order to get unstuck?
9. What is the nature of “desire” and “aversion,” and how are they related to stuckness?
10.  Once I understand everything, or if I already understand everything, how do I actually make the realization happen?
11.  What are paradoxes and how should I react when I find one?
12.  What specifically is it that will permanently lead to spiritual awakening? How do I cultivate this?
    If any of these seem interesting, then I hope to see you there!

1:00 pm – Sacred Inquiry – Rev. Shawna Summers
Rev. Shawna demonstrates the art of Sacred Inquiry in real-time. Join her as she asks to see with Clarity, questioning each layer of the thinking mind, to see what beliefs are hidden in the sub-conscious. She opens deeper into beginners’ mind with humble curiosity. This is an evolving process, as she discerns for the vibrational level of each thought, exposing the source. She invites all listening to join her in their own Inquiry to experience the strength of this powerful and often surprising spiritual practice.

1:30 pm – Retreat Reflections Program from the Freedom from the Judge Online Retreat – Hosted by Fran Hamilton
This retreat reflections program gives participants of this Online Retreat a chance to share their insights, challenges and anything else they feel drawn to share. It also gives those interested in Freedom from the Judge retreat an opportunity to ask questions. This retreat was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert during the weekend of April 11, 12 & 13th. In the retreat participants  learned to recognize that the voice of the judge is not your voice and  how hearing this voice as “other” is helpful in discovering you are not your thoughts.

2:30 – Live Satsang with Unmani interviewed by Anja Janssen
Please join us for our April Satsang with Unmani, who will be interviewed by Anja Janssen. This LIVE interview will take place from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET in the Sanctuary. Then at 7:30 pm ET, the recording will be played for those who couldn’t attend the Live interview.

Here is some information about Unmani:
Meeting with Unmani is meeting with yourself in the most real and alive way. Unmani is originally from the UK, but has lived in many countries around the world. Since she was a child, Unmani didn’t identify with being a separate individual, but assumed there was something wrong with her, until she came across the expression of Satsang and nonduality. Truth has always been her passion. Unmani had teachers including Osho, Dolano, Nathan Gill, Tony Parsons, Gangaji and several other amazing people who are not considered ‘teachers’. This interview was 65 minutes.

For more information about Unmani’s work go to: www.die-to-love.com.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unmani

Join us in the Morning at 11: am ET for a reflections program! 

3:30 pm – Sanctuary Closed

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. Please have a look below for helpful links.

8:00 to 8:30 am ET – Centering Prayer with Sami Ross
Centering Prayer is a method designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true and, in turn, abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.

8:30 to 9:00 am ET – Contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening – A Daily Devotional Practice – With Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross
This daily, year-long  devotional program will focus on contemplating the Thoughts of Awakening.  The group will meet every morning at 8:30 am ET for 30 minutes to share our insights from the previous day’s contemplation with our inner teacher.  This program is hosted by Rev. Michele Hojnacki and Sami Ross.

The Thoughts of Awakening were given to Regina Dawn Akers in response to her prayer for help. In her book, Thoughts of Awakening, Regina wrote, “she found the contrast between profound spiritual devotion and her typical day-to-day state of mind unbearable”.  The Thoughts of Awakening were given to help her from “falling back into the old state of mind after her morning devotional practice”.  She says of the Thoughts of Awakening, “They are the thoughts that led her from suffering with a split mind to the experience of a highly consistent, happy way of being.” Each of the 365 thoughts is intended for a full day’s contemplation. They are to be read and contemplated repeatedly throughout the day. If you read and contemplate each thought deeply for a full day, you’ll experience shifts towards true perception this year.

The group’s aim is to support one another in a daily practice of inner listening using the Thoughts of Awakening.  This group could benefit those new to inner contemplation or anyone wishing to enhance their practice.

We will contemplate a single Thought of Awakening daily with our inner teacher.
Following Regina’s recommendation, we’ll write it down and carry it with us for reflection throughout the day, as well as reflecting on and putting into practice the guidance received from our own inner teacher.

The book, Thoughts of Awakening by Regina Dawn Akers is available to purchase on Amazon:  https://a.co/d/2ag15vy

Our invitation to join extends to all, even if attending the daily sessions is not possible.

9:00 am ET –  The Sanctuary is Closed for the rest of the day.
All times listed are Eastern Standard Time –  See helpful links below.
Enter the Sanctuary or see the complete listing of speakers.
How to Enter the Sanctuary