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Audio & Homework~ Gentle Healing Year 1 with Rev. Michele Hojnacki – Week 32

September 5, 2023

Rev. Michele Hojnacki guides a group of committed students through year 1 of Gentle Healing who want to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Mondays at 5-7 pm ET/3-5 pm MT and all members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.

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Homework for week 32:

Homework Assignment A: Workbook lessons 208-214 including the tips. Read Regina’s Tips for Lessons 208-214. The tip should be read after reading the lesson on your own. Here’s a direct link: https://devwp.awakening-together.org/interact/gentle-healing-group/reginas-tips/Practice daily awareness-watching-awareness or Loving Consciousness meditation for 15-20 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
Homework Assignment B: Read ‘The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss,’ Chapter 9. You will find it at this link: http://albigen.com/uarelove/most_rapid/contents.htm
Homework Assignment C: Watch any Byron Katie video from the ‘Always in the Now’ playlist. There are dozens upon dozens of videos to choose from. Scan the list and listen to one that attracts you personally. Here is a link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/user/alwaysinthenow

Introducing this Month’s Movie: “How to Train Your Dragon”

September 4, 2023

Join us for our next Movie Watcher’s Group which will be facilitated by Joy Bedford on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT.

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) will be our movie for the month of September.

Please note, that this is the original (first) film in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. All three films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Follow the adventures of the young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous expert in dragons, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons.

As you watch with Inner Wisdom, what is helpful for you will naturally pop out. A taste of what can be contemplated include:

Recognizing and following one’s inner calling by listening to the True Inner Voice even when it means letting go of a self-concept and opening to the unknown, true forgiveness, and the development of trust. You are invited to notice if there is a desire to believe that there are good characters and bad characters. Characters and stories within the story indicate many desires, such as the desire to be right, to be in control, to keep things the way they are, or to desire for something to be different than it is. Notice how consciously or unconsciously choosing desires for particular experiences affects the characters.

This movie is available on Amazon Prime, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Vudu, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, and AMC on Demand.

Join us for Our Quarterly Member Meeting on Sunday, Sept. 10th at 8 pm ET

September 3, 2023

In this Quarterly Member Meeting, President Minister, Jacquelyn Eckert will share about:

2nd Quarter 2023 Financials for Awakening Together.
Details about Awakening Together’s 5-Year Retreat House Anniversary Celebration.

The Quarterly Member Meeting will be held right here in the sanctuary at 8 pm Eastern/6 pm Mountain Sunday, September 10th. We hope you can join us.

Reflections from Releasing the I am Bad Belief Retreat 2023

September 3, 2023

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Following the recent Awakening Together online retreat Releasing the I Am Bad Belief, which was facilitated by Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert & Christy Goldsmith, the retreat participants shared their biggest takeaways, aha moments, insights, and challenges that have sparked from taking this particularly powerful online retreat that’s sole focus is about letting go of this pesky, persistent belief of unworthiness and guilt.

9-3-23 Weekly Gathering, “Already Home, Already Free, No Labor Required”

September 3, 2023

Title: “Already Home, Already Free, No Labor Required”

Description: How much work is needed to be what you are? Rev. Susan Telford poetically shared in depth during this week’s Gathering the felt sense of the experience of That which is already home, already free, right now.

Reading: Jean Eger read from Emptiness Dancing by Adyashanti.

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Tao Te Ching, Ch. 19 “Empower a Strong Culture”

September 3, 2023

Awakening Together’s President-Minister, Jacquelyn Eckert, and Vice President-Minister, Rhoda Makled share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them.

The Tao Te Ching (The Way), written by Lao-Tzu (Old Teacher), is a guide to enlightened leadership. While most people believe effective leadership lies in knowledge and power, the Tao teaches it lies in emptiness, stillness, and presence.

The pair are using three books including interpretations by Derek Lin, Wayne Wang, and Stephen Mitchell. And now they are excited to add Regina’s translation to their contemplations of the Tao and you are invited to join them each Sunday.

Taught Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Sundays 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET

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Mighty Companions ~ 9-3-2023

September 3, 2023

Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes, who are interfaith ministers, share a delightful, funny, and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM. You can find out more about the Mighty Companions on their website: themightycompanions.com

Live in the Sanctuary on Sundays at 5 pm ET/3 pm MT.

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Rhoda ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Looking at Rage”

August 30, 2023

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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.

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Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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Seven Steps Journal: Out of the Stillness ~ Simple Guidance that Always Applies

August 30, 2023

Have you ever wanted to see inside someone else’s mind and heart as they journeyed toward spiritual awakening? Have you ever wondered what obstacles they faced, what inquiries they used, or what insights they experienced? If so, this program is perfect for you. Each week, Regina Dawn Akers shares from her 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.

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Join us for Reflections from Releasing the I am Bad Belief Retreat Sunday, Sept. 3rd at 1:30 pm ET

August 29, 2023

We invite you to join us for the upcoming Reflections from the Releasing the I Am Bad Belief Retreat this Sunday, September 3, 2023, from 1:30-2:30 pm ET/11:30 am-12:30 pm MT.

Following the recent Awakening Together online retreat that was facilitated by Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert & Christy Goldsmith, the retreat participants will share their biggest takeaways, aha moments, insights, and challenges that have sparked from taking this particularly powerful online retreat that’s sole focus is about letting go of this pesky, persistent belief of unworthiness/guilt.