Audio & Homework~ Gentle Healing Year 1 with Rev. Michele Hojnacki – Week 7

March 7, 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 7:

Homework Assignment A: Workbook lessons 43-46. Practice lesson 44 for 3 days in a row; practice lesson 45 for 2 days in a row. These are not intended as ‘breaks’ from the workbook lessons. Practice the lesson fully each day that it is assigned.
Homework Assignment B: Read Regina’s Tips for Lessons 43-46. 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/
Homework Assignment C: Read NTI Acts, Chapters 5-7, p 222-228.
Homework Assignment D: Read ACIM, Chapter 9.VII, The Two Evaluations

Are you ready to look at the teachings of Jesus of the New Testament with deep clarity?

March 6, 2023

Awakening Together is offering a course on Jesus of the New Testament. In this class we will read the New Testament and contemplate it with clarity. You will be amazed at the richness of his teachings as you contemplate directly from the New Testament.

In this class you will:

Become familiar with the life of Jesus as the story is told in the New Testament.
Let inner discernment bring forth clarity.

Purpose:The purpose of this course is to read excerpts from the New Testament and contemplate the deeper meaning of the stories.

Course Duration: 4 weeks

Course Section Times & Starting Dates: Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. ET, beginning April 19, 2023 (Facilitator: Rev. Shawna Summers).

Homework Begins: Wednesday Class; April 12, 2023.

Last Day of Course: Wednesday Class; May 10, 2023.

Facilitators: Rev. Shawna Summers.

Individual Homework Time Commitment:60-90 minutes per day, 4 days per week.

Structure of Course: Four weekly 2-hour sessions.

Textbook needed: The New Testament (any translation).

Format: Classes will be held live on a Zoom Link weekly.

Cost: $120

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Qigong: “The Movement of Now” with Ian McArthur, “Two Hands Upholding the Sky”

March 6, 2023

In this program, Ian teaches about the traditional Mind, Body, and Spirit practice of Qigong (Chi Kung). Qi means life energy, referring to the energy circulating through the body, and Gong means cultivation or work. The two words are combined to describe the practice to cultivate and balance life energy. By following movements (forms) and a simple breathing technique, we encourage more Qi to flow which in turn allows us to feel more peaceful and at One with ourselves.

Live in the Sanctuary Sundays at 2:30-3:30 pm ET/12:30-1:30 pm MT on the 1st Sunday of the Month.

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Quarterly Member Meeting 3-5-23

March 5, 2023

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In this Quarterly Member Meeting, Vice-President Minister, Rev. Rhoda Makled shared about:

2022 Financials for Awakening Together
2023 Retreat House Season
2023-2025 Forum-Based Minister Preparation Program
2024 Pilgrimage Plans and Survey Results

3/5/23 Weekly Gathering: “Giving Up the Fight”

March 5, 2023

Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Marisol Landin

Title: “Giving Up the Fight”

Description: Rev. Marisol shared about the struggle within, the fight to hold on to what no longer serves, and the fight to be right. She took a look at how it plays out for her and the deep desire within to let it all go and surrender to What Is.

Reading: Yolanda Mapes read The Seven Steps to Awakening, quote 22, and NTI Luke, Ch. 22 v.1-45.

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Heart Explorations and Nisargadatta CANCELED This Week

March 4, 2023

Heart Explorations for Tuesday, March 7th will be canceled since both the admin and facilitator for this program will be unavailable. Please note that this program will resume on March 14, 2023, at the normally scheduled time, 9-11 am ET/7-9 am MT.

In addition, Nisargadatta Maharaj: Contemplating I am That for Friday, March 10th is also being canceled and will resume on Friday, March 17th at 3 pm ET/1 pm MT.

Satsang with Jonathan Robinson; March 19, 2023

March 3, 2023

We are excited to be joined by Jonathan Robinson for a Satsang Interview in March and the interview will be facilitated by Lin Castaldo. The Satsang will be held on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. MT. in the sanctuary. In case you haven’t heard of Jonathan he is the other half of Awareness Explorers with Brian Tom O’Connor who we had a Satsang with in January.

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, best-selling author of 14 books, and a professional speaker from Northern California. He has reached over 200 million people around the world with his practical methods, and his work has been translated into 47 languages. Mr. Robinson has made numerous appearances on the Oprah show and CNN, as well as other national TV talk shows.

Jonathan’s most recent book is called The Enlightenment Project: How I Went From Depressed to Blessed, and You Can Too. In it, he shares the best methods, stories, and ideas he’s learned from interviewing 100 spiritual teachers ranging from Deepak Chopra and the Dalai Lama to the late Mother Teresa, Wayne Dyer, and Ram Dass.

Jonathan is known for providing his audiences with immediately useful and powerful information, presented in an entertaining and motivating manner. Jonathan is the co-host of the highly popular podcast Awareness Explorers, and his website is www.TheEnlightenmentProject.net. On his site, you can download a free ebook on the easiest and quickest ways to awaken.

Introducing this Month’s Movie: “City of Angels”

March 2, 2023

Join us for our next Movie Watcher’s Group which will be facilitated by Rev. Kelly Barber on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT.

City of Angels is a 1998 American romantic fantasy film starring Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan. It’s a love story between a female doctor (Meg Ryan) and a heavenly angel (Nicholas Cage). When Cage finds out that he can be seen by Ryan, he longs to give up his immortality to become human. Once he becomes human, he realizes the true meaning of love, and with that, the consequences of the fragile nature of life around him.

This movie was chosen for its spiritual themes of how it falls in line with the Four Principals of God teachings, the power of thought, the arrogance of the ego, and the desire for experience. This movie has a beautiful non-judgmental point of view for all of it.

You can find this movie on YouTube, Amazon Prime, and Google Play.

Live Meditation with Michael DeForbes, “Knowing Stillness” 3-1-23

March 2, 2023

Michael Deborbes’ live meditations are on the 1st Wednesday of the month 9-9:30 pm ET and the 3rd Wednesday from 8:30-9:30 pm ET.

For the first Wednesday of the month, Michael will facilitate a 30-minute meditation on a topic along the spiritual pathway suggested by the live participants. The intention is to see and realize there is only One thing living, which is Life itself. There is nothing but this…

On the 3rd Wednesday of the month, he will facilitate a 30-minute meditation on a topic along the spiritual pathway suggested by the live participants. And during the second half-hour, Michael will answer questions or field any comments.

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Registration OPEN: True Discernment MPP Course

March 1, 2023

The first Ministerial Preparation Program (MPP) course, True Discernment, will be offered beginning: Monday, April 17, 2023

True Discernment is an 11-week course that significantly enhances spiritual discernment. The purpose of True Discernment is to help participants become absolutely clear regarding:

How ideas about self can hinder and help during the awakening process.
How giving meaning produces both time and the sense of self.
The usefulness of the following tools: journaling, contemplation, and spiritual aspirations.
Inquiry practices that are helpful on the path of awakening.
How inquiry practices expose false beliefs.
A primary obstacle that can block the helpfulness of inquiry.
The difference between dishonest and proper use of denial.
Blocks to absolute love, natural compassion and guiding intuition.
How to practice forgiveness, hear/intuit inner wisdom and allow the miracle of grace.
The difference between analysis and inquiry, between beliefs and truth, and between purification and repression.

Cost: $330.

Course Materials: A workbook and over 30 audios are provided to all class participants and included in the cost.

Format: True Discernment will be offered in our Awakening Together Discussion Forum. The purpose of the MPP Forum-Based Curriculum is to enable members to participate in the MPP program who are unable to meet at a regularly scheduled class time due to other commitments or time zone conflict. This course is administered through the Awakening Together Discussion Forum using a workbook as a guide. You will also have a class facilitator. During this class you will watch videos, post homework to the Forum and interact with your facilitator through the forum.

Homework Time Commitment: 30-45 minutes per day about 4 days per week

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