A universal assembly for true discernment
Title: “Understanding is a Difficult Let Go”
Description: Rev. Billy will take readings from NTI, Colossians 1, Bentinho Massaro’s new post and readings from his personal contemplation to attempt to blend the highest form of conceptual thought with what can’t be comprehended, “Truth” beyond words.
Reading: Rhoda Makled read from NTI, Colossians 1.
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Retreat participants share how this retreat helped them to identify and resolve the obstacles to peace and lasting freedom through the practice of yoga. They will also be sharing how Jeff’s unique and healing approach to yoga he calls Avita helped relieve chronic pain and bring more joy to their life.
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How would you like to receive mentoring
& serve Awakening Together
at the same time?
This is your chance!
Several Awakening Together ministers are currently taking a 6-week course that teaches how to provide spiritual counseling, also known as spiritual mentoring. On the last night of the course, each minister will use what’s been learned by providing a 45-minute private and confidential mentoring session to a volunteer.
If you think you’d benefit from a counseling session, sign-up to receive free mentoring from one of the ministers currently being trained. We need 11 volunteers who have a real topic to discuss with a minister.
Mentoring sessions will be offered Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30pm ET (4:30pm MT) in a private Zoom breakout room. Afterwards, you will be asked to evaluate the minister based on your experience in the mentoring session.
You may also use the form above to ask questions before volunteering.
We hope that you can join us on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 1:30 pm ET/11:30 am MT for Reflections from the Healing Through Yoga and Prayer Retreat that was facilitated by Jeff Bailey. The retreatants will be sharing how this retreat helped them to identify and resolve the obstacles to peace and lasting freedom through the practice of yoga. They will also be sharing how Jeff’s unique and healing approach to yoga he calls Avita helped relieve chronic pain and bring more joy to their life.
For more information about our upcoming retreats, please: click here
Come join psychologist, spiritual teacher, and songwriter John Astin for a 4-day retreat. exploring the inconceivably rich fabric of moment to moment experience, tasting, touching, reveling in the ever-present presence of whatever is here, reality itself, revealing through every thought, every feeling and every perception, its astonishingly beautiful and profound nature.
Through a series of guided meditative inquiries, dialogue and music, John will invite you to drop down into the deep and fathomless well of your own being, the miraculous presence of life itself. It is here, right where we find ourselves in this very instant, where the true well-being can be found, a well-being that doesn’t come and go but shines forth as all comings and goings.
The retreat will begin on Wednesday at 9am and end by 6pm on Saturday.
The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, 5 nights shared or dorm lodging at the retreat house, breakfast and dinner. The retreat only option includes the retreat fee (no lodging or meals).
Lodging discounts available for Sustaining Subscribers. A Sustaining Subscriber is someone who makes a regular monthly donation to help support the Retreat House. For more information, click here.
Are you traveling to La Veta? If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.
This Gentle Healing Group Year 3 is being led by Rev. Sharon Hepburn. The Gentle Healing Curriculum guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group began year 3 on January 24, 2024.
Here’s a direct link to the helpful facilitator guide for Gentle Healing Year 3 that helps you to know what week you are on: Click Here
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. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.
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Weekly on Wednesdays 1-2 pm ET
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With humor, love, and open-hearted awareness Rev. Rhoda Makled is exploring her own take on the Surrender Experiment as coined by Michael Singer. Raw, authentic, and faithful she is uncovering the path to living in the undefended Heart.
Rev. Rhoda will dig 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 will share 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 will share 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 will explore the teachings of Michael Singer, Regina Dawn Akers, Paul Hedderman, Roger Castillo, Helen Hamilton, and many more.
Live in the Sanctuary
Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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Join us for our next Movie Watcher’s Group which will be facilitated by Julie Butler & Kelly Barber on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT.
Official Competition (original title Competencia Oficial) is a Spanish-language satire starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who dazzle as two egomaniacs preparing to make a movie together. Rotten Tomatoes describes it as a “sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride.” It ranks #4 in Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best comedy movies in 2022.
It’s a delightful film within a film packed with irony and flawless performances by both Cruz and Banderas, as well as the third member of the main trio, Argentina’s Oscar Martínez. The film opens with a billionaire in search of social prestige deciding to fund a unique, groundbreaking film. He hires famous but idiosyncratic director Lola Cuevas (Cruz), who in turn casts blockbuster star Félix Rivero (Banderas) and aging thespian Iván Torres (Martínez). They boast enormous talent but even bigger egos. In preparation for the shoot, Lola submits both actors to a series of increasingly hilarious tests forcing them to confront not only each other but their competitiveness, self pride, and triggers.
As you watch with Inner Wisdom, you may be led to contemplate things like to what lengths you go to protect and project a cherished self-image and how you manipulate and play mind games with others.
Here is a link to the playsheet designed to assist with a Spirit centered movie watching experience: Official Competition Playsheet
Click here for Official Competition Movie Trailer
Official Competition can be watched with a subscription on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Youtube, and Sling TV or rented on Apple TV, Google Play Movie, and Fandango at Home.
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole play Regina Dawn Akers’ Early Teaching videos and invite those in attendance to contemplate those teachings along with them.
Because these teachings are so helpful, Jacquelyn and Connie plan to slowly review them by playing one or two of them each week and contemplating them in a group format.
Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 pm ET
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Here’s a link to RDA Early Teaching that will be played next week: “The World You See Is Not There“.
