A universal assembly for true discernment
At this retreat, participants learned about five unexpected pathways to wisdom: thought, judgment, pain, helplessness, and confusion. These five pathways are usually thought of as obstacles. With just the slightest shift it is seen that an obstacle becomes a pathway.
With this reflections program, we had the opportunity to hear some of the takeaways, and challenges, and about how these obstacles mentioned above are being used to help the participant in their journey of awakening and healing.
Christ counsels:
Build where winds of change roil never
So rest I now in shelter sure
Stillness loves forever
While sadness drapes a broken heart
In shreds of dour rejection
Eyes of Christ see but Joy
Clothed as God’s reflection
Brilliance beams from your azure gaze
Like laser cuts through steel
Guiding mind adrift in dreams
To follow what is real
Forgiving thoughts of sleeping kin
Of heartbreak, fear, guilt, division
Lifting masks which hide the truth
Of innocence and ageless youth
As radiance of Child first born
Lights the mind celestial
Cosmos fades like mist in sun
Reveals Gods’ Sons as special
Light of the world
A thousand suns
Dim before your glory
As laughter reigns
We wake again
To end the ancient story
~ Dan Wetzel
Join us Sunday, March 12, 2023, from 8-9 pm ET/6-7 pm MT for the next installment of the musical Awakening Together program, Sounds of Awakening hosted by Rev. Yolanda Mapes.
Rev. Yolanda’s guest, Ashley Monique Menard, is a chameleon delivering award-winning performances in Comedy, Horror, and Drama. She is the creator, director, and star of the scandalous Youtube Mockumentary “The Art of Blowing it” about fictional 90’s child star Emmy Hart and her dealing with fear, second chances, and addiction.
In her 6th season filming the LGBTQ Body Positive Series “Skeleton Crew,” she plays twins Polly and Piper and has directed several episodes. She has also won multiple awards for her role as Genevieve in “Demon Doctor” and Opal in “Wasted on the Young.”
Ashley has been Off-Broadway with “Cuff Me: The 50 Shades of Grey Parody” and toured the US with “Date Me Do Me Dump Me” Ashley has sung in almost every club in New York City with her Adele Tribute Band.
She is also the host of “The Eff Your Fears Podcast,” an inspirational pod for creatives who deal with anxiety and rejection. Ashley Monique Menard’s velvety vocals deliver “Brene Brown” intros and insightful interviews.
Rev. Yolanda, the facilitator of Sounds of Awakening, is a trans femme genderqueer actor/singer/songwriter/
Her most recent projects are Sounds of Awakening-an inspirational music program hosted by Awakening-Together.org, “YolandaNanda” a cd, based on her love for mantras of the Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh traditions, “Skeleton Crew” a 5 season LGBTQAI Soap Opera web series, and Alien Love Child Musical, an autobiographical “musical concept EP”. See and hear more music: www.Yolanda.net/audio
Join us Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 1:30-2:30 pm ET/11:30 am-12:30 pm MT for Reflections from the Five Unexpected Pathways to Wisdom Retreat. Anne Blanchard will be facilitating this hour-long discussion.
At this retreat, participants learned about five unexpected pathways to wisdom: thought, judgment, pain, helplessness, and confusion. These five pathways are usually thought of as obstacles. With just the slightest shift it is seen that an obstacle becomes a pathway.
With this reflections program, we will get the opportunity to hear some of the takeaways, and challenges, and about how these obstacles mentioned above are being used to help the participant in their journey of awakening and healing.
All are invited!
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 the debut of a new program, Contemplating Poetry Using Lectio Divina with Rev. Susan Telford. This half-hour program will take place every other week on Sunday morning from 9:30-10 am ET/7:30 am -8 am MT, starting this Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 9:30 am ET. *Please remember Daylight savings time goes into effect on Sunday, March 12 at 2 am ET.
Rev. Susan Telford will be guiding us in learning the contemplative practice of Lectio Divina using poetry.
In each session, Susan will read a poem, drawing from a wide range of poets, including Rumi, Hafiz, David Whyte, Mary Oliver, John O’Donohue, and many others (including her own work), then guide participants through the four steps of Lectio Divina.
Susan shares that this direct practice is a beautiful way to connect with Inner Wisdom and obtain clarity.
Be aware that the time changes in the USA this weekend. Specifically, we go to Daylight Savings Time at 2 am on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
If you are outside of the US, you can use the world clock to reconcile your time zone with the US Eastern Time Zone. That way you won’t miss a thing!
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 next week’s RDA Early Teaching that will be played: Rest is a Worthy Endeavor, Part 1
Regina Dawn Akers shares the games she played as part of her awakening process. The games she played came to her as insight as she read and contemplated spiritual teachings.
We recommend you practice each game for one week. After practicing the game for one full week, move on to the next Awakening Game.
Click play on the following YouTube video to learn about this week’s game.
And don’t forget to have fun!
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
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