A universal assembly for true discernment
Day 65 AssignmentThis evening (or tomorrow morning):
Watch the following 40-minute video. If it is more convenient for you, you can watch the video in 2 parts.
Part 1: From the beginning of the video to 22 minutes.
Part 2: From 22 minutes to the end of the video.
Tomorrow:
Review 26. My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability: What business does one who wants to be immersed in God have thinking about the world? Find the way of living that does not require thinking. It is a path that is right here at your feet now, but all that you think must be let go to see it.
Review 27. Above all else I want to see: This is another way of saying, “Above all else I want to be immersed in truth-awareness.” One who wants to be immersed in truth-awareness must keep God on her mind. A loving, devotional attitude is best. Worship God in every experience. Let the false self be lost in the devotional thought of God.
Review 28. Above all else I want to see differently: When what you see does not shine with true awareness, look to see what your thoughts are. Your attention has strayed from your heart. Your sight witnesses to your attention. Be grateful that the world has awakened you, and bring your attention back to God. Sing a silent song of devotion, and reawaken to your heart.
Review 29. God is in everything I see: Life-intelligence-open-awareness is always present. Reflect on it, and it will be reflected to you. Sing of it, and it will sing to you. Dwell on it. Be with it. Stay with it.
Review 30. God is in everything I see because God is in my mind: Close your eyes for a moment and feel your own heart. Notice your presence as open awareness. Be aware of your silent intelligence. See that you are life. Look within, and see yourself.
Please read The Only Choice is Where from The Teachings of Inner Ramana and contemplate it with your inner teacher. Follow inner prompting regarding the best way to contemplate the reading with the inner teacher. If you don’t feel a specific prompt, ask the inner teacher to share whatever is most important for you to know, see or realize regarding this message.
If prompted, review the tip from Day 323.
For the remainder of Year 2, use each day’s Thought of Awakening as a prayer that you return to throughout the day in order to remain in a state of devotion.
~363~
I want only God now.
I want nothing else.
I ask you, Universe, to help me.
I am not afraid to ask.
I understand you are benevolent-love.
I ask benevolent-love
to help me awaken
to only love,
and I trust you.
Amen.
~A prayer of awakening
*If you don’t already have it, order The Seven Steps to Awakening. That will be our text for Year 3.
Michael Deforbes leads a weekly meditation on Sundays during the weekly program “There Is Only One.” His meditations are inspired by non-dual teachings, direct path teachings, and Buddhist philosophy. With each meditation, Michael takes us on a journey through a non-dual perspective via teachers and traditions such as Helen Hamilton, Scott Kiloby, and Pema Chodron’s Tonglen practice. Each week a new and different meditation is shared but with the Universal theme of encountering the direct experience of Truth as The One.
Enjoy this most recent meditation!
In this program, we watched and discussed a selected TED talk. TED talks follow a unique format. Speakers at TED events have a maximum of 18 minutes to share their messages, which are delivered in highly polished, succinct speeches. TED talks are delivered by people from all walks of life on a multitude of subjects. A great many of these talks are about the insights gained by ordinary people–insights gained through extraordinary experiences or based on their contemplation of the ordinary events of their lives. Either way, their insights are genuine—not based upon theory or dogma, but experience.
The speaker is Holly Richardson. The Ted Talk is called, “When Following Your Heart Leads to Burnout.”
This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.
All there is, is What Is. Just as it is.
Realize there is no separation.
Then there is peace that is beyond understanding.
Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Beyond the individual self.
Stop focusing on words and concepts.
Look where the pointers point!
Be still.
Realize Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Just as it is.
This enlightened book study, which isn’t a book study at all, is led by Regina Dawn Akers.
At this meeting, we heard the latest updates from representatives of three of our subcommittees, the Ministers Association Subcommittee, the Satsang Subcommittee, and the Movie Discussion Group Subcommittee. Jacquelyn discussed Awakening Together’s policy restricting counseling to Ordained Ministers and a new addition to our Etiquette Guidelines. Jacquelyn presented the 2020 Year-End Financial Report. Finally, Jacquelyn shared an exciting announcement that the Awakening Together Retreat House is completely paid off.
Join Manuela as she shares reading from David R. Hawkin’s book Letting Go.
“What’s in the book? It tells of a simple method to reach clarity and transcend your problems along the way. It’s not by finding the answers, but by undoing the basis of the problem…The mechanism of surrender is simple and the truth is self-evident… It is easy, effortless, and enjoyable. There is nothing to learn or memorize. You will become lighter and happier as you read it.”
‘Quiet Observation’ Schedule:
Sunday Evenings, 7:30 pm -8 pm ET
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Kate shares her experience as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. 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.
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Shiryl KaplanTitle: “What am I Slave to?”
Description: Rev. Shiryl shared about The Four Principles of God: From Illusion to Source Retreat, recently taught by Regina Dawn Akers, and how it has inspired her to reflect on ways distractions keep one from having a direct experience of Truth with life. Also, to discover the ways the “ego slave” deception is a preservation tactic and the ways to live beyond the fourth principle of God, even when surrounded by beauty “out there”.
Reading: Rev. Rubye Nasser read from NTI, Revelation Chapters 1 & 2.
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