A universal assembly for true discernment
In this Quarterly Member Meeting, Vice-President Minister, Rhoda Makled will share about:
The Quarterly Member Meeting will be held right here in the sanctuary at 8pm Eastern/ 6pm Mountain next Sunday, March 5th. We hope you can join us.
Laura Joy Bedford facilitated this month’s movie discussion group.
The Adam Project is a 2022 American science fiction action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Jennifer Garner. Ryan plays Adam Reed, a fighter pilot from the future who uses technology from his world to go back in time and meet his younger self. His mission is to save his wife, Laura. Maya Sorian, the leader of the dystopian world wants total dominion over the time machine technology and wants Laura killed because she knows too much.
The younger Adam helps the older Adam and the adventure begins as they attempt to change the future by destroying the time machine. Along the way, both Adams meet with their father and old resentments surface that eventually lead down the path to forgiveness.
This film was chosen because it explores many awakening subjects such as forgiveness, seeing things differently, the magnetic attraction of ego, Divine Love, correcting error, how love finds itself (the Divine Field), the concept of time, the suffering involved with the desire to be right and the desire for control, and much more, all within a fun story.
You can find this movie on Netflix.
Laura Joy Bedford created a playsheet to use as a guide to contemplating this movie.
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Gloria Wells
Title: “Paper Crowns”
Description: Being is becoming. Left unbothered the flower blooms. Rev. Gloria explored the profound nature of everything and nothing as life continually unfolds.
Reading: Rubye Nassar read from Rupert Spira’s The Transparency of Things, “Consciousness and Being Are One”.
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Rev. Kate shares her experience, poetry, and life with us as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Rev. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
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Join us for a new program, Mindful Movement with Yoga facilitated by Jane Sobel. The debut will be Wednesday, March 1st from 8:30-9 pm ET/6:30-7 pm MT. This will be a monthly half-hour direct practice where we get to practice together.
Whether you are a seasoned or newbie yogi, you are invited to join this 30 min introductory level yin yoga practice. Yin yoga is based on the Taoist concept of yin and yang – opposite and complementary principles in nature.
Yin is known as a quiet practice and teaches stillness. It is a slow-paced (no sweat) style of yoga composed of long-held poses done while seated on the floor. In contrast to more active yang styles of yoga, Yin is practiced with muscles relaxed as we are targeting the connective tissues primarily in the hips, pelvis, and lower spine.
This short class will give you an opportunity to discover how the practice benefits you physically & energetically. This class is not recommended if you have any injuries or are recovering from one. Yin will help you maintain or improve your current range of motion, but is not intended to be therapy.
What you can expect: We will begin each session with a moment of silence to mindfully arrive in the space. We will then move through about 20 minutes of yoga asana (postures) and end with savasana (relaxation pose).
What you will need: Please wear something warm and comfortable. We will not be working up a sweat, so cozy socks are great too! Have a blanket nearby for our closing relaxation pose (savasana). Props like yoga blocks and a bolster are helpful if you have them, but not necessary. If you have a firm cushion or two that will work just as well.
Jane is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher and certified in Yin Yoga.
Would you like to lead a direct practice on Sunday mornings 9:30-10 am ET/7:30-8 am MT every other week? Some examples of direct practices are meditation, dyad practice, walk and talks, yoga, Tai Chi, and Quaker experience contemplating spiritual quotes.
If you are a minister looking for a way to fulfill your annual service requirement, be aware that serving in this way would meet that requirement.
If this calls to your heart in any way to help Awakening Together in this capacity, then please contact us here.
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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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.
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Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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Do you know the desire for a familiar place, for an anchor, for a haven of peace? It is part of being human that we desire for this security. And it is part of the world that it is not able to fulfill this desire. Not now, not in the past, not in the future.
The constant lies beyond time and space. Beyond your perception, your thoughts and feelings. You cannot reach it with knowledge. Nobody can give it to you. There are no words for it, even though – for the sake of communication – we give it names like truth, absolute awareness, God or Tao. The only thing that can be reliably said about it: You can only experience it directly. Direct experience always happens in the present moment. Here and now. The more often you connect with this quality, the more it will carry you and the more you will be rooted in it.
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