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RDA Seven Steps Journal: Out of the Stillness ~ Many Practices, One Destination (Step One)

January 18, 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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Rhoda Makled ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Purposeful Intention”

January 18, 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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Mighty Companions ~ 1-15-2023

January 18, 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 Sundays at 5 pm ET/3 pm MT.

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Discussion Forum NOW OPEN: 500 Days Contemplating NTI

January 17, 2023

We have added a new Discussion Forum for those of you participating in the 500 Days Contemplating NTI spiritual curriculum that began on January 8, 2023. While the course is intended as a self-study course, we also meet in the Sanctuary to discuss many of the highlights and Self-discoveries along the way. Our discussion group meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month from 7:30-8:30 pm ET. In between meetings, however, many of you may also find it enlivening to discuss with other students what it is you are learning and its ongoing application in your life.

If you are interested in sharing and discussing your contemplations from 500 Days Contemplating NTI with other students, you may find the 500 Days discussion forum at this link: 500 Days Contemplating NTI Discussion Forum

Please be aware that only registered forum members have access to this section of our discussion forum. If you have not already registered as an Awakening Together Forum participant, you may do so at this link: AT Forum Registration.

Setting Up Your Topic in The Forum

Go to awakening-together.org and click on Forum.
Login to the Forum, or if you are new to the Forum, register for the Forum. If this is your first time using the Forum, you will need to wait until your registration is approved, and then you will be able to login and complete these instructions.
Scroll down to find and click on the link for this course, which is: 500 Days Contemplating NTI
Click on Add Topic.
Enter a Topic Title. The Topic Title should include your name and the course name. For example: Rhoda’s Contemplations of 500 Days with NTI
Write a brief note introducing yourself. For example, you might choose to share why you are taking this class. Next, click “Subscribe to this topic” and click Add Topic:

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Rev. Jacquelyn & Connie Poole – Early Insights, “How to Open Up for Spiritual Insight”

January 17, 2023

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: Make Ready for Enlightenment

Heart Explorations: Embracing the Whole Show ~ 1/17/23

January 17, 2023

During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.

To deepen further into the teachings from Heart Exploration here’s a link to the Being Aware of Awareness meditation podcast. In these meditations, the reading from Heart Explorations is contemplated.

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Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Tuesdays, 9-11 am ET
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500 Days Contemplating NTI ~ Revs. Susan Bacon, Rhoda Makled, & Joanne Schneider

January 17, 2023

This bi-monthly program was formed to facilitate the contemplation of the “500 Days with NTI” curriculum together.

Revs. Joanne Schneider, Susan Bacon, and Rhoda Makled host the program on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 7:30 – 8:30 pm ET.

In this program, we engage in and discuss the 500 Days with NTI program designed by our founder and the scribe of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI), Regina Dawn Akers. Regina developed this free self-study spiritual curriculum for people with very busy lives. If you don’t have a lot of available time, but you are serious about spiritual awakening, this may be the curriculum for you!

500 Days provides daily exercises that you can do as you work, socialize, clean house, do yard work, work out, play, etc. It’s a course that goes with you wherever you go!

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Minutes for Member Board of Trustees Meeting ~ 01/09/23

January 17, 2023

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(To learn more about the Member Board of Trustees, click here.)

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Reminder: Join Us for the Debut of Silence of the Heart with Lin Castaldo Tonight at 7:30 pm ET

January 16, 2023

Lin Castaldo will be sharing a new half-hour program Silence of the Heart that will debut Tuesday, January 17th. This program will be on the 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th Tuesdays of the month from 7:30 – 8 pm ET. She will be exploring the book Silence of the Heart ~Dialogues with Robert Adams.

“Robert Adams (January 21, 1928 – March 2, 1997) is an American Self-realized master and a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi. This book is dedicated to the teachings of Robert Adams during his Satsangs from 1991-1993. If you are a sincere seeker, and if you find the all-important heart connection with Robert, your life will never again be the same. Doors will unlock, magic will happen.”

Herein Lies the Peace of God ~ NTI Luke Chapter 21

January 16, 2023

In this program, Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert and Glen Ganaway review and discuss The Keys to NTI.

The program focuses on how the principles of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament inform their personal lives, relationships with others, and relationship with the world at large. This program is an ongoing weekly exploration of the timeless teachings that came through the scribe, Regina Dawn Akers.

Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Sundays at 6 pm ET/4 pm MT

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