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Chris Lauretig

Chris Lauretig is a lifetime resident of Cleveland and a graduate of Cleveland Heights High School.  After graduating from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio with a degree in Political Science and a Minor in Philosophy, Chris operated a Baskin Robbins franchise in Cleveland Heights for 8 years.  In 1995, Chris returned to his alma mater and coached baseball at Cleveland Heights High School.  He was the Junior Varsity coach for 4 years and the Head Varsity coach for 5 years. Upon the birth of his second child in 2004, Chris resigned from his coaching duties to spend more time with his family.

In 2001, Chris earned a teaching certificate as a Special Education Intervention Specialist from Cleveland State University.  In the fall of 1999, Chris was hired at a Cleveland area school district as a Job Training Coordinator (JTC).  As a part of his job, Chris was required to earn a vocational certificate, the Transition to Work Endorsement, from Kent State University.  His duties included helping students with disabilities find community-based employment and coordinating the students’ training on those jobs through the use of job coaches. He also helped coordinate the students’ transition from school to the adult world, often through linking students and their families with adult service agencies for support.

In 2002 Chris was hired as the JTC to startup a vocational program that served high school students with typical intelligence, but a history of academic and social failure.  In academic terminology, these students were identified with the special education designation of Emotional Disability (ED).  The program has since added an academic component and turned into an all-day alternative high school.

No matter where Chris has worked his passion for personal growth has been apparent. This is most evident in the development of Out of the Matrix, which occurred as an outgrowth of his work with his students.  He and Tony Senf collaborated to create Out of the Matrix as a program to facilitate the turnaround of these “Failing” students.  You can hear about the results Out of the Matrix produces by visiting the testimonials page.  Chris is often heard saying, “I would not be teaching this material if I did not consistently hear from our graduates that it was one of the most transformative experiences of their lives”.

Chris Lauretig’s book Living the Guided Life!

Link to their website – http://www.outofthematrix.org/meet-the-creators.html

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Lisa Natoli is minister, author and teacher of A Course in Miracles. She writes and teaches on the topics of transformation, prayer, abundance and healing. She is devoted to God and Jesus Christ. She is the creator of the 40-Day Program for Transformation, a free online program http://www.lisanatoli.com

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Kathy Scott Perry was introduced to A Course in Miracles 39 years ago, at a talk given by Judith Skutch and Bill Thetford. As the founder and creator of Miracle Promotions, she has spent the last 30 years producing events with well known spiritual authors, A Course in Miracles teachers, and Course companion authors.

As one of the founders, and events director, of Unity Church of Wimberley, She produced and promoted talks and workshops with Marianne Williamson, Joe Vitale, don Miguel Ruiz, Neale Donald Walsch, Gregg Braden, James Twyman, Deborah King, and others. Her main love and spiritual path is ACIM, she has produced talks, workshops, and conferences with Course teachers Gary Renard, Regina Dawn Akers, David Hoffmeister, Brent Haskell, Mari Perron, Jon Marc Hammer, and many others.

Kathy relies on her guidance and the Voice for God in it’s various forms for everything she does. All of her events and productions are Holy Spirit guided. She lives her life completely on trust in the Divine. She went through the dark night of the soul when both her daughter and former husband were murdered. Forgiving the murderer’s, she was able to let go of fear, guilt, victim consciousness. and alcohol dependence. She gives talks and facilitates classes on forgiveness and healing from catastrophic circumstances. She teaches, by example, that everyone can heal from adversity, and live as a shining light in a world of darkness.

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From Cindy’s website http://cindylora.com/

Cindy Lora is an innovative and extraordinary talent blending an eclectic mix of Visionary/New Age, Alternative Pop and meditative sounds with contemporary beats to create a unique style. Her sultry vocals, creative lyrics, and primal rhythms produce a state of mind which takes the listener to higher places where courage, wisdom, and passion can transform.

Born into a family of teachers and musicians and raised in the Midwest, Cindy was exposed to music early in life. As she developed herself emotionally and spiritually, her musical talents matured with her. Cindy is also a pianist and graduate of California State University, Northridge, with a B.A. in Psychology and a Minor in Music. She has also completed her Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and uses her music and degrees as a “healing” tool to help others transform their consciousness into the “higher” octaves of life. She is currently accepting clients for Spiritual Counseling, and is available for phone sessions. Her touring schedule with her husband, Gary Renard, is extensive, including performances all over the world, where Cindy participates in her husband’s workshops, singing, guiding meditations, and occasional speaking.

Her eclectic CD, “Summer And Smoke,” reveals Cindy as a true Visionary Artist. Her second CD, “Journey Through Sound”, is for relaxation, and explores the use of sound and chant. The CD “Near The Beginning” was a collaboration with her husband, Gary, and includes a mix of some of their favorite popular songs as well as two original songs. Cindy’s latest CD, which was also a collaboration with her husband, is called “Meditations For Couples: Awakening to Love’s Presence Through Partnership”, and encourages couples to reach their full potential in partnership through the process of an inner journey. Cindy’s visionary lyrical style combined with her spiritual nature provides an unforgettable musical and healing experience. As we enter an age where the old paradigms are challenged to allow new ones to flourish, Cindy’s music is right at the leading edge, acting as a bridge to take us into this new way of living. For those who feel drawn to this vision, please join her in an inspiring journey!

Cuban-American born in Miami, Maria Felipe stands at 5’9″ tall with a towering personality to match. Her charisma has captivated thousands of viewers across the United States and beyond, as her pursuit of an acting career resulted in dozens of appearances in national commercials, hosting successful TV shows (including World Wrestling Federation shows with live audiences of 20,000), and traveling the world as a model. After success in her field she felt called inward, and studied to become a Reverend with Pathways of Light, an accredited religious school inspired by A Course in Miracles.

Maria is a dynamic speaker in both Spanish and English. She leads services monthly at Unity Church in Burbank, where she created the church’s first regular Spanish service, as well as performing services in English. Her talks now draw both Spanish and English speakers from all over Southern California. She also leads workshops.

 Maria has created her own channel on You Tube by hosting MariaCoconut TV, a show designed to share and expand the message of love by interviewing other spiritual leaders. In 2013, Maria been a  regular guest on Unity Radio, Awakening Together Radio and Center Of Light Radio. She’s also recently appeared as a motivational speaker on TV shows and news programs for Univison, Telemundo and CNN. She has also spoken alongside prominent teachers David Hoffmeister and Gary Renard in Los Angeles, Mexico, and Greece.

People magazine once referred to Maria Felipe as ’’Una Campeona Sin Rival,’’ which means a champion without rival. This is an apt label for this young, vivacious and talented actress, host, and minister. And the gifts she can share with countless others continue to multiply as she allows the expression of her talents to be guided by the inner light of God.

Maria’s website is http://www.mariafelipe.org/

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Developing Trust & Listening to Your Inner Guide

Shiryl Kaplan interviews Jon Mundy, author of “Living a Course in Miracles.”

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On April 6, Rev. Regina Dawn Akers interviewed Michael Langford in person near his home in Nevada. Michael is the author of The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss, The Seven Steps to Awakening, Manonasa: A Spiritual Autobiography and many other useful spiritual books.

The result of Regina’s April 6 visit with Michael Langford is two one-hour audios.

Also, read the article Regina wrote about her day with Michael Langford.

Daniel Shai joined us Saturday night in the Awakening Together Sanctuary for a discussion of the Headless Way

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Over the past [sixty] years a truly contemporary and Western way of ‘seeing into one’s Nature’ or ‘Enlightenment’ has been developing. Though in essence the same as Zen, Sufism, and other spiritual disciplines, this way proceeds in an unusually down-to-earth fashion. It claims that modern man is more likely to see Who he really is in a minute of active experimentation than in years of reading, lecture-attending, thinking, ritual observances, and passive meditation of the traditional sort. Instead of these, it uses a variety of simple, non-verbal, fact-finding tests, all of them asking: how do I look to myself? They direct my attention to my blind spot – to the space I occupy, to what’s given right here at the Centre of my universe, to what it’s like being 1st-person singular, present tense. (From The Headless Way, a leaflet by Douglas Harding.)
Douglas found direct, immediate and utterly simple ways of Seeing Who We Really Are, as he was searching for a way to share his awakening with others. He called his way The Headless Way.

After his death, his way lives on through his wife and friends, and all the people who have been deeply touched by him. Richard Lang, who knew Douglas since he was 17, has since kept on publishing Douglas’ work and sharing Headless Seeing around the world, through workshops, retreats and speaking annually at such events as The Science & Non-Duality Conference in California.

Daniel Shai

A great help as the world goes through its awakening, is having all the messages of the great sages become de-mystified and experienced first-hand. Picking up and elaborating on the breakthrough first presented to the world by Douglas Harding decades ago, Daniel Shai powerfully introduces us to our True Self.

Daniel discovered he had great passion to share this remarkable Way with the world. After meeting Richard and other headless friends he set off on a world-tour offering workshops and talks worldwide about non-duality and The Headless Way, beginning in Israel, through Europe and now the USA, as well as giving one-on-one sessions to anyone interested.

The impact of Daniel’s workshops is very powerful and is capable of producing a significant shift in the participant’s view of life thereafter. Now they know Who’s experiencing life, and it is certainly a different and more expansive and free space to live from. This immediate shift is due to the revolutionary tools introduced by Douglas, combined with Daniel’s direct, clear and light approach, inviting us to see what is true and let go of what is untrue. Douglas simply told it as it is. That has made him into a great light unto the world.

Daniel had his awakening while sitting in his living room in Israel: he felt a lot of pressure on the top of his head. Placing his attention on the sensation he realized that in his actual experience there was indeed sensation but no head. Instead of a head there was an absence out of which there was pure looking. In that moment, everything in the room became the same: his body, the living room table, the floor, the couch – it was all the same and it all seemed to be silently laughing. Laughing at what? At that there never were two! Everything was present, except himself as a separate being. There was no experience of effort or wanting, and a great joy emerged in which he felt everything as himself, one with everything while simultaneously untouched by anything. It was an experience of pure light.

Leading up to this awakening were several satoris or as he calls them – headless moments. They began when he was first introduced to Osho’s books, then J. Krishnamurti, and kept happening on his spiritual journey, which included studying and practicing Gurdjieff’s teachings, staying at a Buddhist monastery in Nepal, visiting teachers such as Ramesh Balsekar and working with several other such awake teachers.

Before his spiritual journey, as a teenager, Daniel was very depressed. He was struggling with the question of identity. He saw a frightening world in which no one knew who they were, what they are doing and why, yet they all seemed to go on with the show, pretty much on automatic, afraid to stop and ask the real questions. He hadn’t encountered or even heard of spirituality until nearing his twenties, when a friend had dragged him to a session with a woman who was a channeler and numerologist. At the end of the session she recommended an Osho book to him: Beyond the Frontiers of the Mind. He was familiar with philosophy and psychology, since he delved into them to try and solve his depression. It didn’t help. But right as he began reading the aforementioned book he felt a powerful connection that went beyond words and philosophy: an awakening to his own Being had been set in motion.

After his awakening experience, Daniel recalled that somewhere on his spiritual journey he came across videos of a man who said he had no head. He barely remembered the name Douglas Harding but managed to find it online. You can guess how ecstatic he was reading about this man who had the same realization as himself decades ago. The first time he came across Harding he was utterly unimpressed. It was a shot youtube clip of Harding sharing one of his experiments. He was not ready for that simplicity, and was hoping for a more earth-rattling experience that would match his idea of enlightenment at that time, and therefore overlooked the obvious pointed out by Douglas. Daniel does, however, believe that many people today are ready for immediate and simple pointing, and his experience with his workshops seems to prove that true.

After the workshops, people are not left on their own. There are headless groups online and offline which they can join and share Seeing with, as well as discuss the experience of living from Who We Really Are in this world. Also, Daniel, Richard and others are available and accessible and enjoy connecting with headless friends all over the world and supporting them on their path. There is no hierarchy in The Headless Way as there are no levels to Seeing.